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giving up
We have two children ages 7 & 9 and were hoping for one child or a sib pair under age 6, ideally with only minor "problems". The process was taking so long (and our agency kept adding hoops for us to jump through) that we became discouraged. Because of this an after reading DianeS's reply to a recent post explicitly describing the trials and tribulations of adopting a foster child, I have decided to give up Fost/Adopt. DianeS- don't get me wrong- I do appreciate your harshly worded but honest description. It was a good wake-up call. This path that we have been on has been too long and I am not willing to jump through so many hoops without any kind of guarantee of getting a child. More importantly, I am no longer willing to subject my bio children to lots of drama.
New plan- I am hoping to pursue international adoption. It is obviously a lot more costly, but perhaps the best thing for my family. I am very interested to know if anyone out there has been in this situation and I welcome feedback. God Bless.
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