August Alphabet
In a bid to make me blog every day I’m picking up this meme from BellaDia to make an “Encyclopedia of Me”. Every day I post something about me based on the next letter of the alphabet so here we go with A
A is for Adoption
This word seems to have been dominating the lives of my DH and I for ever. We first enquired about the possibility of adopting in February 2006 and since that time we have been on preparation courses, had our house assessed, been interviewed about every aspect of our lives and attitudes to parenting, had our friends and family complete references and be interviewed and we finally feel like we are getting near the end of the process.
We have one more interview with our social worker and then she has to write a report based on all the information gathered to go to a panel of experts (social workers, doctors, teachers, foster carers, adopters etc) who decide whether or not we are suitable.
All being well we should have our panel on 28th September and then we wait to be matched with suitable children. It;s starting to feel a little more real now and we’ve even begun to decorate rooms and child-proof the house and garden.
Wanting and hoping for a family has been such a big part of our lives for so long that it’s hard to imagine now that it might actually happen.
Blogged with Flock
Friends of mine are in the waiting stage of their adoption process and are waiting it out writing a thesis while studying here in Australia (they’re Canadians). It’s been kinda fun working through all the rearing baby stuff with Barb and Larry – they are so much more mentally prepared for this than Philip and I are because of the interview/inspection approval processes. So, we’ve had great fun comparing different parenting models, diet (subject of Barb’s thesis) and suchlike. I hope that the interview goes well and you can get your queue placement. Are you going to adopt from overseas or within the UK?