[awebaby]

I have read often on these boards of people having "signs" aobut their adoption process and all that accompanies their journeys. I thought I would share a truly awesome "sign" that I received this week:

I was spending a wonderful day with my mother and we were discussing our adoption desires (mine & dh) during breakfast. We were discussing all sorts of things encompassing the adoption process, a good talk.

Our story: I have known since an early age that I would not have any biolgical children of my own. My DH and I have been wanting to adopt. We are working with an adoption advocate and eventually will adopt private/domestic through an agency. Unfortunately, we have been trying to get all of our financial ducks in a row. I'm so anxious to get the ball rolling, however we are facing some obstacles.

So as my mother and I left our breakfast place and drove on to our antiqueing trek (we were in separate cars), I was running numbers in my head and thinking out loud about "will we be able to succeed in adopting", "is this a pipe dream" -- you know all that yes, no, maybe thinking in circles! I kind of got the blues and just thought to myself, I guess the answer is that we are not destined to adopt and we should just fill our lives with each other. I was resigning myself to the idea that my three dogs would be my only babies.

I took a long deep breath and as soon as I had it all out, my cell phone rings and startles me. It was a friend of mine who knows of our desire to adopt and wanted to pass on some information about a child to be born in a few months and the mother wanted to place the child for adoption, she wanted to know if we would be interested. I was so stunned, all I could say was "Yes, we'd like to know more information".

Needless to say, it was a profound moment. And, no, I'm no longer resign to thinking our adopting won't happen! This might not be the child God intended for us but I GOT MY SIGN!

Keep the faith! Thank you for letting me share my story.

Kerry
aka Awebaby

[MommyofEli]

What a good story! I really do believe in signs....and that to me is just more proof of them being real. I will be praying for you in hopes that your baby will find you soon.

[redhedded]

Kerry, Your story is awesome; thanks for sharing it. We had a similar experience upon meeting the second expectant mother with whom we were matched. We had chosen a fairly obscure Thai name for our future child; my husband is Thai. We traveled a very long distance to meet with her in this very very small, not diverse town. After our meeting, we drove through town and stopped at an antique store. As we exited our car, we looked up to see a Thai restaurant with the name - the first and middle name that we had chosen months before. We had chills and took a photo of the sign.

That match was not to be; however, shortly thereafter our perfect newborn daughter arrived. She is now two and has that Thai name.

Best of luck on your journey.

[tlc4kidz]

I've posted this before on the foster board, but it's just too good to not share. Several years ago we were told about a child legally free for adoption....I went to meet her, fell in love and was sure she would be our daughter. Long story short, she couldn't be placed with other children the ages of our bio's. I was sad and thought about her often over the next several years.

About a year ago I was up in the middle of the night feeding our 5 month old fd (who we got at 2 days old from the hospital). A voice told me (and no I don't normally hear voices) that she was the first girls sister. I called a friend who had originally introduced us to the older girl and sure enough, they were sibs. We are now in the process of adopting our fd and I can't believe it....if all goes well they will BOTH be a part of our lives forever!!

[punchkin]

I know this may sound strange, but i also believe in signs. DH and i have known for many years we couldn't have bio kids because of medi issues with me. However about 2 years ago i had a dream that i was in labor and i had a beautiful, fat baby girl.I awoke crying i was so happy. That dream un-nerved me. I discussed it with my hubby, mom and other family members. i just couldn't seem to shake this feeling. now mind you i've seen many foster kids come and go, as not only do we foster i have a sister and aunts that do too, and have for many years.
The day that baby A was placed in my arms at 10 days old straight from the hospital, i took one look at her and broke down crying, saying thank you Jesus, you see this is the baby from my dreams. The case worker looked at me, thought i was crazy of course. I ordered her baby pictures from the hospital a few weeks later, put it beside my baby picture, now no one can tell them apart, except hers is in color, mines bl\wh. One more . There are 7 of us [my siblings] and all seven of our ss#'s start with the same 1st 5 #'s. Lo and behold cw brought me baby A ss card and what do you know, her 1st 5 #'s are just like ours. now i wouldn't consider this a sign except i have 17 nieces and nephews and 10 great nieces/nephews and none of them even come close

[sadiegirl]

OK, here's my sign:

Earlier this year, we turned in our paperwork and were "officially waiting" in January. Well, I just couldn't stand it, I had to do something, so I went to Babies R Us and registered on Jan 31.

Fast forward several months, we meet an bmom and are matched. Guess what her due date is? Jan 31...

Hope that it's a sign that everything will work out...