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Hi,
Thank you so much for all your help and your story. You asked about our son.....it's quite a story. I'm gonna make it short. Our oldest son is my husbands bio child. He has had coustody since he was 2mts old. I've been with him since he turned 7mts old. His bio mother saw him about 5 times between the age of 2mt-12mt and all visits were supervised and she hasn't seen him since. He is now almost 4 years old (December). We also have 2 bio children together, a 2year old boy and a 6mt old little girl. We want to adopt another girl, but we don't want a baby. We are asking for placements between the ages of 9mts and 1 1/2 years old. My state (Florida) said that the only way to get a child this age was to go through the foster/adopt program.
Adoption was our choice. After the delivery of my daughter I became very ill and had some healing issues and had to have surgery. During this surgery I had my Dr. tie my tubes because we were so sure we want to adopt and not have anymore biologically. Adoption has always been on our heart. In my family on both sides there is adoption and I love it! It's a crazy ride it seems but we are depending on God to guide us and lead us every step of the way. I wanted to adopt internationally and we went to all the orintations and signed up with a local adoption agencey (who was great), but during this journey I wanted to explore all my options so I could make a educated decision so I looked into the state programs. I talked to my hubby about this program and surprisingly (because he is a softy) he had the same out look about the whole thing as I did.........We could make a differance in the life of a child, show them love, a smile and the love of the Lord, even if only for a short time. Thrilled at this I got classes set up for the begining of next year (2005). We are moving soon (locally) in to a bigger home, and I want to be settled before starting classes.
My husband are young like you and your husband and we feel like we have an awesome oppertunity to make a differance in the life of a child. We are excited and know we have a long road ahead of us. We trust that God will lead us and guide us each step of the way.
I've truly enjoyed talking with you and hope you will write again!
Be blessed!
P.s. about your boys......my oldest has sensory intergration
dysfunction and has similar problems as your boys. He has
started preschool 3 days a week 9-1 and is doing great. He
attends therapy ot and pt 2 times a week. More about that
anothe time. When they start school I bet they will surprise
you and do GREAT!!
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