I would really love to hear how things are going with your new DD if you'd care to share...I hope it is as wonderful as I suspect you are making it...<img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Many Blessings,

Mrs. W

Thanks for asking. Things are going very well. I am hesitant to call her daughter at this point...even though I treat her as such...I just know how things can change with foster care. My son just loves having her around and loves the companionship. It's funny, but in some ways it has taken him away from me a little bit since I was he main play friend prior to this. I am hoping that it works out so that we can go forward with an adoption at some point. For right now, we are enjoying the blessings given to us all.
Again, thank you for asking! Life is very good right now. In about ten minutes they both will bound off the bus and bring welcome chaos into our home. The labs (I have three) and I all wait for three o'clock to roll around!
Take care,

Medc

You are such a BLESSING to both of them..to have such a loving and caring FATHER....WOW!!!

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Thanks Mimi.

MEDC...

I'm so glad to hear things are going well! My cousins just completed the adoption of their foster daughter...they had a lovely party welcoming her officially into the family...What a blessing for all of them!

When will you know whether or not you get to adopt her? It is wonderful that your son has taken so well to the adjustment...that gives me goosebumps to think about really...And MEDC, I think the world of you for what you are doing...just wanted to let you know that...<img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Mrs. W

P.S. I TOTALLY know and appreciate that 3:00 p.m. chaos that you refer to-We have that around here at exactly 3:38 p.m. every afternoon and we only have one DD and a 25 POUND RAGDOLL CAT!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

The adoption process could be short or long depending on the legalities of having the parental rights of both parents removed. I was told that this is a pretty clear cut case and that the results are just about guaranteed. But... and as is always when it comes to court... you can never take anything for granted.

There is another issue here in my county. They have been giving preferential adoption rights to same race parents. It has actually been a HUGE issue here and while it generally impacts younger children (who have more people looking to adopt them) I am fully aware and ready to do battle with the county should that issue be brought up.

MEDC

PS... thank you for your kind words. 5 minutes after getting home... the 5 of them are now outside running around! Mrs. W... one 25 lb cat... heck, I have 250 lbs of dog running through! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

MEDC...You just earned more cool points in my book based on the above!!!

Mr. W and I were just talking about what we were proud of regarding our parenting...One of the things that came up is that we have never taught our DD any form of hate...We've always made sure to purchase dolls of as many races as we could find and our dd has friends from all different races/ethnic groups...She loves all people, and we are proud of that...I LOVE hearing that other people feel the same way about that issue! Good on ya! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Mrs. W

wasn't always this way with me Mrs W... and for good reason. I worked in an African American area as a cop and lets just say that while I accepted people no matter their race... they hated me because of my skin color... not the badge. Heck, there were black cops in my old district that used the "N" word in a very derogatory word towards the residents in that area. I had people lie about me calling them that and using the race card when none existed (heck, I am Italian and although a lot of Italians would be hesitant to admit it, we all have African lineage in our blood (note the geography and our darker complexion!). It took a while for me to get past some of that stuff. Now, people either accept us as a family or they are not part of our lives. My son took some teasing at school for a few days... but he has his dads sense of right and wrong and let the kids know that will NEVER be brought up again. I am proud of him.
Thanks again.

MEDC