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Saturday, November 5, 2011
How do you know when you are ready to adopt again?
I was thinking about this recently, because earlier this year when my sister asked me if we ever planned to do another adoption, I told her that it was too much paperwork, and I just didn't know if I could do it again. But this past summer, since the kids are getting older and I have actually ventured to leave the house with all 4 by myself, I started having a funny feeling when I counted heads to make sure I had the same number of kids I had left the house with. I would count all 4 of them, but still felt like someone was missing. Hmmm. From the very beginning of our family I have felt drawn to the idea of adopting a waiting child. I didn't bring it up to Mr. B. for quite awhile, because I thought he would think I was crazy. I did a lot of praying about it, but the feeling didn't go away. Eventually, we did talk about it and decided to start the adoption process again. Since we have done 2 international adoptions and 1 domestic adoption, we have a lot of experience with the process--a lot of paperwork and a lot of waiting. I'm pretty good at the paperwork part, even though it can be frustrating, but I'm not very good at the waiting part.