Phew! I've been searching for hours for some sort of forum for single adoptive parents. I'm glad I finally found something! I've had my four and half year old daughter for exactly thirty days and wow! I can't believe this has finally happened! I'd been at it for fifteen months before I found her (no thanks to the agency I hired - don't get me started!). Anyway, from the time we (a friend and I) located her to the time I picked her up was exactly one month. I can't even get into the many miracles that had to happen in order to bring her home. I know, though, that she is the right child for me (one day she'll believe I'm the right mom for her, I hope and pray). I'm sure anyone reading this can (has) related to the frustrations (and of course awesome joys) of being a new parent to an older child. In the past eighteen months, mine is her fourth (and final) home. Needless to say, she doesn't believe that she's actually staying with me. I'm praying everyday that she comes to realize that I'm her mom and am not going to send her anywhere else. I will have had seven weeks at home with her (when I return to work), so we'll have had a lot of intense time together. I'm grateful for that.
Anyway, I just wanted to make contact with others. Please respond when you can. I'd love to hear words of advice (from someone who's there or been there, not someone who thinks they have all the answers about an unfamiliar situation - had enough of that already) and words of encouragement.
I'll be around.
Anyway, I just wanted to make contact with others. Please respond when you can. I'd love to hear words of advice (from someone who's there or been there, not someone who thinks they have all the answers about an unfamiliar situation - had enough of that already) and words of encouragement.
I'll be around.
