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Hello Everyone ! I am so excited to meet and greet all of the new friends and families who will be looking in on our Older Child Adoption Blog.
In this Category I will share personal stories of our own Foster/Adoptive Family as well as invite other people to share their stories also from time to time.
It will be a place to express feelings and let out
new ideas and support one another during life as an adoptive family.
If you look at my Bio. it will tell you a little bit about my family. I have been an Foster/Adoptive mom for 12 years now. I have a daughter who is now 21 and married, she is about to bless our family with our second grandson.
I have a son who is 19 now and still searching for his place in the world. He has gone his own way and gotten himself into some trouble and is living his life jobless and on alcohol and drugs. We keep in contact with him to encourage him but we will not enable him to continue in such a lifestyle.
I also have a daughter who is 16 and BiPolar. So we have had our hands full with raising our children. There have been times our own therapist has told us that there is no hope. However when you love someone you do not give up on them. You give them what they need to grow stronger and place their feet on solid ground. Ok, yes, at times the ground is soggy and wet and we are not sure if it will support us or not. But we are going to give it a good try until we find our place in this world.
And last but not at all the very least. We have a precious daughter who is now 7. She is the light at the end of our tunnel each day. Our hope for the worlds educational system to work and our dream for success in the life of an adopted baby girl.
Instead of furthering my education through more college I chose to be an adoptive mom and I am telling you. After 12 years now I consider myself to have a degree in Parenting. We had all phases of child care and parenting going on in our home at the same time. We survived ~!
We welcome all the feedback and comments of support and some of your own stories you may wish to share
with us. This is a place to be creative and shed some light on adoption and family life.
Check us out daily for new comments and stories of survival. Thank You for stopping in.
Sincerely,
Shar
Hi Shar,
We are experiencing the adoption of our first child. She is 11 and we are in our early 40s. Talk about an adjustment after having been childless for almost 16 years of marriage! We are totally exhausted, but very happy. She is so much like both of us it is scary. I am all for adopting older children, and I will be sure to check out your blog on a regular basis.
Hi Shar,
We are experiencing the adoption of our first child. She is 11 and we are in our early 40s. Talk about an adjustment after having been childless for almost 16 years of marriage! We are totally exhausted, but very happy. She is so much like both of us it is scary. I am all for adopting older children, and I will be sure to check out your blog on a regular basis.
HI, I am Julie, and I am running the Stepparent ADoption Blog. I came into his life when he was already 8, and adopted him at 12, so I have had to deal with alot of the “older child” issues. I will definetly come in and see what advice you have to hand out!