Second Day of Education Complete

Spent another Saturday at Adoption Horizons with Becky, Cindy and one other couple.

Today, we met Cindy's son who she adopted as an infant and is now an adult with his own children. He talked about growing up in a family where adoption was just a part of his story. He had met his biological mother once as a child but has never wanted to pursue a relationship with her. Cindy was his mom and due to her involvement in helping others build their families through adoption he felt normal. He wished us all luck with our adoptions and was very encouraging and was sorry there is so much paper work and waiting involved.

We also met a woman who has adopted two children from China but also has two biological children. She shared her story with us about how the first adoption, a baby girl, was everything she dreamed and went smoothly. She decided to adopt again before China's new restrictions went into place and was looking through profiles like John and I did and saw a face and knew that was her child. He was an older child, and his adoption was very different. He was a big challenge, trying to overcome the language barrier and developing trust.

Becky also e-mailed me our home study for me to read and approve. Looks good so I think we should be able to send it to BAAS on Monday.