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Coming out to say hi!
O.k. I really new here. I read a lot more than I post. I'm trying to "come out and play" more often. So here's my story!
I am a single woman who has been in the process of adopting a healthy infant (domestically). I've been with my agency for a little over two years now. The waiting is the hardest part! The room is all ready and all that is needed is the baby. So I'm trying to keep positive thoughts in that area.
Recently, I've been considering adopting an older child through our local DHS office. I have just learned that there will be an adoption picnic in my area in about a month. It will give everyone a chance to interact with the children and then talk to their case workers at the end of the day. While this was not my first choice for building my family, there have been too many "signs" pointing toward me attending this picnic to ignore!
[I had orignally decided to follow thourgh with the domestic infant adoption and then a few years later work through DHS. But now it seems that maybe I will just be reversing the order. Who knows it could take another two years for the domestic adoption to go through.]
So needless to say, I'm starting to get more and more excited as the time gets closer to the picnic. So if I go and find a child I'm interested in then it's back home to start all the paperwork and get another room ready! My hope is that I'm going to need that other room done soon!
I also just wanted to add how much I enjoy reading everyone's posts! I am learning so much through you all!
j2l
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