Our Adoption Story: Pt. 4

Part one is hereHere’s part twoPart three Our placement started July 2, 2003. This was a very big step for all of us. It was during placement that they were returned back to foster care by the other two familes that originally had wanted to adopt them. I knew that Cimion & Shawna were hesitant and scared and they had a very right to be. here we were, the third couple telling them that we were going to be their...

Day Fifty Five (some photos)

I’ve been trying really hard to post pictures at Forever Parents but for some reason, after I scan them they come out SO BIG!!! Blogger has a setting where you can resize pictures so for now I’m going to post some here. I have two to start with…the first is Jacqueline on her 7th birthday. She’s in our dining area before we painted the walls. Those sliding doors are no longer there either,...

Our Adoption Story: pt. 3

Read part one here. Read part two here. We continued to visit with them on the weekends and talking on the phone during the week. Billy was able to get every weekend off for several weeks in a row so we could have time with them.I felt very strongly that we not buy them gifts or take them to many places in the beginning. There is a tendency to give foster children lots of stuff, I guess to make up for the shitty life they...

Day Fifty Three

What a great day today! The weather was so beautiful that we spent most of it outside in the yard. I got a lot of gardening done, and it was badly needed. We have an area in the front that I planted some flowers in last year and some of them had died, so I replaced them and some just needed some tender loving care. We also “planted” out artifical Christmas tree from last year. We decided to get a bigger one so...

Our Adoption Story: pt. 2

Here is the link to part one. Our homestudy got approved and we continued looking at files. We found one of two girls and decided to meet them at one of the picnics. They were 6 & 7 year old and we deicded to find out more about them. About a week later we were told that the younger one was being to abusive to the other and they had decided to adopt them seperately but that the younger one wasn’t ready yet and were...

The right choice

I love these moments. These little moments prove to me that I made the right decision removing my children from school and choosing unschooling. My 7 year old daughter & I were reading in our back yard yesterday. She was reading a book about ants and I was reading Zen Parenting. Over the last 11 months of her being out of school, I’ve discovered that she processes information by talking about it. I’m exactly...

Our Adoption Story: pt. 1

Pre-Adoption: Our Life BeforeMy husband Billy & I always knew we wanted to adopt. We had talked about it, several times, early on in our relationship. Personally, I never had the feeling that I wanted to be pregnant. I’m not quite sure why, it’s just something I’ve always known. As a matter of fact, the idea of becoming a mother didn’t occur to me until I was way in my 30′s. Billy & I...

Anniversary

A couple of weeks ago, my family had an anniversary. It was 3 years ago that Billy & I met our children. We spent some time looking at pictures from that day and talking about things that happened and how we felt. We’ve all changed so much from that day. I’ve haven’t blogged about the journey that led us to adopting our three children. Most of my posts have been about what’s happening now. It may...