You've probably read previous posts on this blog about our plans to adopt from Korea. Phillip and I are now seriously reconsidering that plan. I have had some feelings of doubt lately about if this is really the right thing for us to do.
I called a friend of mine the other day who works for CPS to see if she could give me any kind of information. We just wanted to atleast look at some other options before we get too commited with Dillon International. I kind of thought that she could confirm my thoughts that trying to adopt through CPS was not the best thing for us. But much to my surprise, we have come to realize that it just might be the best thing for us.
I spoke with a lady who works at The Arrow Project, which is an agency in Angleton that places kids through CPS. She told me that there are many healthy newborn infants that come through their agency that need permanent homes. The child would start out as a foster child then after six months, we could move to adopt. It is a little more risky because there is always a chance that a member of the birth family could want to reclaim the baby. And that is a little scary. But they do not place infants with families wanting to adopt unless they feel as sure as they can that they will not be reclaimed by birth families. It is very sad but many of these babies are abandoned and no one in their biological families can take care of them. It sounds like this process could move rather quickly if we decide to go in this direction. She told me that if we will adopt a child of a mixed race that we could have a newborn straight from the hospital and that the wait would not be very long at all. Also, there is absolutely no cost to us.
It all seems to good to be true. We have not burned any bridges yet with Dillon International, but we are really starting to feel excited about this change of plan. It is very possible that we could have a new baby as soon as the end of the summer. We are going to an orientation meeting early in June and we'll just see where we go from there.
If you're reading this, thanks Pennie.
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We are going through DePelchin right now. It will be a challenge, but we are getting excited. We just finished our PRIDE classes tonight as a matter of fact. It is not a bad thing. We saw two families tonight who had adopted and they had beutiful, though not perfect families. Remember, the babies are taken for a reason and at minimum, the majority may at least be drug exposed (as I understand from our meetings) but that does not mean that they will not be perfectly fine. And even if they are not perfectly fine, they are still loveable, it just depends on what you and Phillip think you can handle. I will pray for you and please pray for us too.
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