Most of our family and friends know that we are trying to adopt.
Our two boys are our little miracle children. After several failed pregnancies and 2 deployments we have them but we have not been able to have any more. So, we are trying to adopt.
We decided that we would do this through the foster care system. We've been licensed to do foster care in the past but because of our military (always moving) lives, we have yet to actually have any kids in our home. With the exception of a short respite experience we had in Utah many years ago.
We got our license the day before my birthday and have been anxiously waiting to bring children into our home since. There are sooooo many kids who need a good home. The deeper we get into this the more we see the extent of need that is out there. In Texas alone, there are 6, 500 kids in foster homes who need to be adopted. That's just Texas. These are not all the foster kids, just the kids whose parental rights have been severed. It's so sad. And when we look (which we do often) at the photo listings and profiles of those kids we just want to bring them all into our home.
So, 2 weeks ago we were selected to bring home these 2 children who are 2 yrs and 3 years. When we got the email about these two, along with a description of their situation we felt very inspired! But, it wasn't meant to be :( . We found out that a great aunt decided she would take them. (Family first) But, If it doesn't work out with this aunt we will definitely be the ones that get them.
We are once again waiting to hear if we've been selected for a different group of children. Hopefully, we find out this week!
2 comments:
Marrian, I think you guys will do so well. Just from knowing you even back "in the day" of college... LOL Anyways, I use to work in foster care and saw many things - some not so pretty. You are right there is a great need for families to take in these children. I hope that you have a good experience and all goes smoothly with these two little ones. Looking forward to keeping up with this new journey your family is taking. You are inspiring!
I read this article (well the beginning when you first posted it) then it disappeared (my phone's fault), glad to catch up!
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