In honor of National Adoption Month, Foster 2 Forever is sponsoring a blog hop.
When you google "National Adoption Month" the frist link that pops up is US Dept of Health & Human Services, Child Welfare Gateway. In the first paragraph you read, it states over 100,000 children are waiting for permanent homes in the foster care system. At the same time over 7 million women in the US are suffering infertility, or about 1 in 8 couples (resolve website).
As I said before, I wish I could cut through the red tape and start knocking on some of these doors with some of these beautiful kids.
Adoption through foster care is a tremendous blessing, one that I wish more people would take advantage of. When I just wanted to be a mom, fostering seemed so big and intimidating. Now, as a foster parent, I realize there is nothing to fear. Fostering has taught me how to love deeper. God has blessed me with two beautiful children as a result of stepping out in courage. Our first adoption "Auggie" was finalized on July 14th. We are looking forward to our second adoption of "Catie" possibly in the early spring. Both of these beautiful children came to us as babies. In the end, the process was far easier than anything we had previously looked into about international adoption. Not to mention, 20,000 times more affordable.
Consider opening up your hearts and your home to the blessing of a foster child (or children). It will change your life (and theirs) forever.
2 comments:
I love how positive you are! And I love that you're educating us on fostering and helping us see through the fear and unknowns.
It's great that it has been something so positive for your family. Adopting through fostering is a bit part of the way that we chose to grow our family too. I also wish that more people would be open to this because as hard as it can be, it is so worthwhile!
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