That being said, here is where we now stand. At the beginning of this year, after years of waiting and 2 change of hearts we "pulled our book" only to end up putting it back in again due to possibilities in Florida (which didn't pan out). But since the annual home study was already paid for we decided to go ahead and give it one more year (just to see what might happen). The original plan was to pull our book in December (the 5 year anniversary of our approval), but the last few months have been torture (including a 3rd change of heart), so we are now calling it quits. Stick a fork in us we are done!!
The reality is after some major grieving (and a lot of chocolate cake), we will be just fine. If God wanted us be parents, we would be, but instead he has other plans for us. I wonder what those might be???
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I hope you don't mind my post, but I saw your link under the Adoptive Families post in Facebook & couldn't help but check out your blog. I love the attitude that whatever is meant to happen will, but I have to ask - have you considered foster adopting? I personally was afraid to even attempt traditional adoption because I knew no mom would ever select me (I have health issues that are pretty significant & prevented me from having another biological child, but don't prevent me from being a great mom) - and decided to go the foster adoption route. Within 2 weeks of my husband completing his finger printing, we got a call about a 5 month old girl in need of a placement - and she's been with us ever since (adopted 18 months later). I know the agency we worked with has newborns they place as well - they specialize in 0-3, and we were open to a child 0-1. There's no guarantee that the child will be eligible for adoption, but they're very careful to match children likely to be eligible with families wanting to adopt. If I could do it again, I would go this same route - and it sounds like you've already completed most of the requirements.....just thought I'd throw this out there, as there are far more little ones in foster care than I had ever realized, and we had our daughter in our arms within 2 weeks of completing that final step.
Whatever path you do choose, I wish you and your husband the very best!
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