The Frustrations Of The Chase!

I don't know how many people read my blog truely understand the sheer grit and determination it takes to be an adoptive family. It is not for the weak, that's for sure. If you are not overwhelmed with the many options of adoption (international, private, foster/adopt, independent) you will certainly buckle at the sight of the mounds of paperwork and leg work!

Then on top of all of that, try switching agencies, from the one that you just adopted from to the one that would best suite your needs for the future. Not all agencies are created equal and the CERTAINLY are not created with the same rules, ethics, and requirements!!! What worked at one agency may very well not work for another and they my make you jump thru even more hoops just for the fun of it! (cue sarcasm)

This is what is happening to us at the moment. It is time for our update to be done on our homestudy and we left one agency to become a family for another. So we thought! After a week of myself and my previous agency faxing, calling, and aquiring new paperwork and records. They had the nerve to say "Sorry, We Can't Help You"!!!

Now this is frustrating for sure, but we are on a deadline as we have an expiration date. Also paperwork has to be done, out of MY CONTROL!!! Which is the part that KILLS ME!!! I need that control! But I know that HE is in control and just laughing away at me at this point! LOL

See, we have many hurdles to jump and many people to impress. Not just in the beginning, but for an entire 6 months after that baby is placed in our arms! You are never really comfortable and you never really can let your guard down until that judge says the words "He/She is Finalized" and signs that long awaited Decree! THEN YOU CAN BREATHE!!!!

Why would anyone in their right mind want to ever do this??? Answer to people that really are no better than you! Jump thru physicals, a zillion questions, fire inspections, fingerprints, financial scrutiny, vaccinations on pets, temperment on pets, safety inspections on your home, hours of training, lots of $$$$$ for it all, and I'm sure the list goes on!!! WHY would you want to subject yourself to that???

HERE'S WHY







When you see YOUR CHILD, all of the grief, pain, and stress, melts away and you would do it 10 million times over just to bring your babies home! That's what it's like to be an adoptive family!