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February 7, 2012, 8:43 am

Quote: I will not say we'd completely rule out an AA adoption, but looking at that data gives me pause. I'm not going to be able to interact with the black community. There isn't one. Guppy mentioned, for example, how they have a large liberian population and church there. We...

February 7, 2012, 8:39 am

I would assume most states have similar provisions built into the codes as the state licenses agencies. Adoption Agency Closing Policy - Executive Office of Education - Mass.Gov Easiest would be for those whose agency closed without notice would be to contact the state AG to be advised where...

February 7, 2012, 8:21 am

Only a note of encouragment, hang in there. If you've adopted I would not let him call her momma, she is now his sister. To me Momma is an earned title. Just because you have a baby doesn't make you mom.

February 7, 2012, 6:41 am

I'm an only and DH has one sister 6 years younger, SO to me having more than one child seemed CRAZY! We have three kids but they are spaced well apart so it really never seemed like we had more than one. Our boys are 21 and 17 and our daughter is 7. We still all do things together often, all kids...

February 7, 2012, 5:43 am

Quote: Originally Posted by crick I personally have held some things back. Not because of secrecy or it's not theirs but because I don't see the need to hurt them further. An example would be some of the things said by the bmom, bdad & bfamily in the file. Specific hurtful...

February 6, 2012, 11:07 pm

I am very familiar with your situation, as far as not knowing anything in advance, because that is how it was with most of ours. With our first two, the agency gave us a minimum of 12 months before they would consider us for a baby. Beyond that, they could only tell us that it would most likely be...

February 6, 2012, 8:52 pm

My 7-yr-old son has been going through the same thing for the last 6 months or so. He also has a brother and sisters that are with his birth mother that he wants to meet. We have no way of contacting her and haven't heard from her in over 3 years. But even if we did, I have the same fear of...

February 6, 2012, 8:02 pm

Thank you for your support everybody!

February 6, 2012, 7:21 pm

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February 6, 2012, 6:34 pm

Aaaaagghhhh!!!!! I still have about 80 days to go!!!! What am I going to do for 80 days!!!! It's so tough to wait!!! We went to another dr appt with emom. This was our second time meeting her. She wants us at all the appts with her. I just love her to death. She seems so sweet and...

February 6, 2012, 6:26 pm

Okay you have GOT TO explain how devastated you are about this. You just cannot go through the next six months and allow her to have that idea in her head that she's raising "your" child. You might have to repeat yourself several different occasions even. Love her and support her and do...

February 6, 2012, 6:05 pm

I am not who you are looking for, but this Austin,Texas church came up several times during my journey: GraceCares « Grace Covenant Church

February 6, 2012, 5:37 pm

I have now been told that we can't finalise where we live - I think it is to do with the putative father registry as that is the situation we are in. I think it's simpler for us just to finalise in TX rather than try and wangle something different. Worst case, just one parent needs to fly and we...

February 6, 2012, 4:39 pm

Quote: Originally Posted by JaSaBr There was a maternity home in Kamloops called Marion Hilliard but it closed down in feb of 2003. I know this home for a fact as I went there myself in 1986. It was on Serle Road out in Westside and it was run by a church and sponsered by the...

February 6, 2012, 3:36 pm

Many states also have a procedure for removal from records. I think you would need to ask your social worker before you started the process. I can see situations where a founded report would not mean that you were an abuser particularly if the founded incident was over a foster child. For...