Paperwork

These last 2 months have been very busy. We received our packet of papers to start. As many of you know this is a time consuming process. We started with reading two books. One "Parenting the Hurting Child." It was full of great information to learn about attachment disorders. One thing at the beginning we learned fast was that love is not always enough. Adoption through foster care; these children are placed in foster care because they have gone through something bad enough the state felt they needed removed from home/family to be safe. 95% of these children have been sexually abused. Kevin and I took 4 classes on how to help, encourage, and raise a child in these situations.
So after these classes and books read, we started on the stack of papers. FBI check, background checked, SS income info., references, list all 29 homes ever lived in, took tests, and more. Finally Thanksgiving week we mailed it out! Yes I did the happy dance many times.