Its been about a month since my last post. A lot has happened. A lot of feelings flying around. Feelings of anxiousness, sadness, excitement, hopes & love. Then we have the illnesses that are being passed around. LOL. I've been sick, the dogs have been sick...the only one who hasn't been sick is Doug.
Doug & I went to another waiting parents workshop last week. We met another couple which was nice. We gave them some helpful information. I wish there was more support groups for the adoption journey. Though, I have found some nice pages on FB.
We have started doing stuff around the house again. It's almost spring time so we need to do a spring cleaning.
Getting the yard ready to plant more grass seed. I also want to plant some yard shrubbery this year. I'm hoping we will be able to get the house painted in the fall...not sure though. Everything cost money & we are trying to save.
I've had a little disappointment today. I'm getting the feeling that people see our fundraising as not being able to afford a baby. I'd like to put an end to that right now. We are able to grow our family but people fail to realize how much it is to adopt. It is thousands of dollars. It is all fees that go to an agency, a lawyer, a social worker, administrator fees. Very little even goes to the expectant/birth mom. In this economy, no one has over 40K laying around in a bank acct. And before we started this journey we had no idea that is how much adoption cost. All the money we saved went into our home. Now we are @ square one....scrimping & saving & doing all we can to afford the adoption fees so we can grow the family we talked about having.
Its VERY late. Time for bed. <3
