Being awarded our certificate
We had several families come and talk to us about fostering and adopting. One family was adopting a teenager I was familiar with through my work. I boo-hooed through her entire story. I am so happy she has found a loving forever family! And I was so proud of how far she has come since she was last in our office. That is one spectacular girl who is going places in life!
I was somewhat discouraged by one of the families. They set out to adopt and went a year without a match, despite sending out home studies to several states. They are now fostering, and were turned down for an adoption of one foster child because the child was a different race than them. Instead, the child was matched with a family of his own race. Now, I suppose I understand this in theory. But the fact that the child was already in their home should matter! Long story short, I am having another episode of doubt with the process. I am scared that it will not work out, and we will simply spend six to twelve months waiting for a child that isn't out there. We are still going to do our home study (if they ever figure out who CAN do it). Hopefully it gets done quickly so we can get this ball rolling!
I'm trying to stay positive, but I am thinking we better have a plan C and D ready in case this doesn't work.
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