[Montraviatommyg]

The next meeting of the support group starts at 6.30pm on Tuesday the 13th December at New Life Pentecostal Church, Low Grange Road Billingham. If anybody wants any more details please pm me.

Pip

[MrsSmith]

Pip - I might've missed you posting about it already, but I was wondering, how'd the first meeting go?

[Montraviatommyg]

Thanks for asking, only a couple of people turned up for the first meeting as the weather had been bad ... snow and icy road conditions so I knew there would be a low turn out. One adoptive mum couldn't get there as she couldn't get a babysitter for her 7 yr old (adopted) and 5 yr old twins (bio) but she is determined to get there on Tuesday. Funny thing is she knows I am quite friendly with her eldest's bmum so it has helped our friendship greatly as she uses me as a sounding board at times. She and bmum know they can trust me which is the greatest compliment they can give me. Anyway the first meeting did go well and a couple of church members were there for support as well so we had a good time ... went too quickly. One of the church members there is a counsellor for children in care so he found it quite enlightening to listen to the other side of things. When he isn't at work he will come to the meetings.

Pip