We received a phone call from our local social services representative, and answered some questions to start the adoption process today. I am not sure of anything at the moment, but she asked for our work contact information, our dates of birth, full names, and gave us a bunch of information regarding what kind of things they will look into during the adoption process. We have a lot of forms to fill out, and need to provide criminal record and child abuse registry checks (obviously). We requested to have only children 0-5 on our possible matches, simply because I am only 20 and it wouldn't be appropriate really for me to be parenting a child any older than that (for now). That being said, with that age range, we could be looking at a 4-8 year wait to be potentially matched with a child. In the mean time, we need to attend an information session in a few weeks, followed by a course a couple of months later if we decide to continue on the adoption journey.
I was really surprised, because C actually seems very excited (or at least a lot more enthusiastic) to be going through the process. When I told him I had called the 1-800 number, he gave me a big smile and a kiss, which is a far cry from "I'm not so sure that's the route we should be going." And when I told him the rep had contacted me this afternoon and I had to call her back, he told me to get on it right away! I'm very excited that he's looking forward to exploring the option with me and taking this big of a step towards starting a family of our own. I'm feeling very positive, please hope and pray for us as we start our journey!
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I was really surprised, because C actually seems very excited (or at least a lot more enthusiastic) to be going through the process. When I told him I had called the 1-800 number, he gave me a big smile and a kiss, which is a far cry from "I'm not so sure that's the route we should be going." And when I told him the rep had contacted me this afternoon and I had to call her back, he told me to get on it right away! I'm very excited that he's looking forward to exploring the option with me and taking this big of a step towards starting a family of our own. I'm feeling very positive, please hope and pray for us as we start our journey!
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