thank you for sharing this. It was a long, several year process with several agencies and lots of heartache before my children were able to adopt a wonderful boy from the Ukraine. I get weary of people saying, "Well, why don't they 'just adopt'". It isn't easy and in their case, was quite costly, but ALL WORTH it as I got to watch this "little boy" graduated from high school this year.
This seems unbelievably challenging and frustrating from both ends of the spectrum. You have done a great deal of work into the background not only from the human side but also from the bureaucratic side of adoption. Kudos to you and thanks for sharing what many of us have not experienced.
thank you for sharing this. It was a long, several year process with several agencies and lots of heartache before my children were able to adopt a wonderful boy from the Ukraine. I get weary of people saying, "Well, why don't they 'just adopt'". It isn't easy and in their case, was quite costly, but ALL WORTH it as I got to watch this "little boy" graduated from high school this year.
This is quite a process!
This seems unbelievably challenging and frustrating from both ends of the spectrum. You have done a great deal of work into the background not only from the human side but also from the bureaucratic side of adoption. Kudos to you and thanks for sharing what many of us have not experienced.