{"id":1231,"date":"2011-03-06T09:43:24","date_gmt":"2011-03-06T14:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beccablogs.com\/?p=1231"},"modified":"2011-03-06T09:43:24","modified_gmt":"2011-03-06T14:43:24","slug":"adoption-progress-every-little-bit-helps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beccablogs.com\/?p=1231","title":{"rendered":"Adoption Progress.. Every Little Bit Helps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday at <strong><a title=\"Gearing up for Word Camp Miami\" href=\"http:\/\/beccablogs.com\/?p=1214\">Word Camp Miami<\/a><\/strong> was aMAZing! I&#8217;ll be doing an in-depth recap on that later with pictures and some stuff I learned. Needless to say, I am crazy excited about today and getting some stuff implemented around here.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fletcherfam.com\/bb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/adoption_love.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1236\" title=\"adoption_love\" src=\"http:\/\/fletcherfam.com\/bb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/adoption_love.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"227\" \/><\/a>Saturday night, we started talking and eventually got onto the topic of adoption. Actually, it was from a blog lead I got at WCM from one of the guys I met. I started reading the blog earlier and it is about a Caucasian family that was in the process of adopting their second child. The first child was a little Caucasian girl and the second is a little African-American girl. They also have a biological son. I flipped through most of her blog reading snippets here and there to Steve, then flipped over to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/adoptuskids.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">AdoptUsKids.org<\/a><\/strong> to do yet another <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/adoptuskids.org\/Child\/ChildSearch.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Child Search<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>I would read off the names and ages, quickly scan the profiles, then show him the pictures.. And then do a more in-depth read of the profiles for why (physically\/ mentally\/ emotionally) the children were in the system. His comments were always the same: &#8220;Why are they in foster care? What happened that they are now in the system? Where are their families?&#8221; Rightfully so as I&#8217;m yet to come across a profile answering those questions.<\/p>\n<p>Actually, no. Tonight I found one that stated some possible causes and that potential adoptive parents needed to know about those topics and the adverse effects.<\/p>\n<p>This exercise led to questions of, since we might be able to actually choose, do we want 2 boys, 2 girls, or 1 of each? Yes, We want 2 siblings. I *think* we decided on one of each, but there&#8217;s plenty of time to figure that out.<\/p>\n<p>The comment &#8220;we need to get things rolling if we&#8217;re going to do this&#8221; was uttered. While, yes, I still would love to have an infant, I am so happy over this adoption process! Biological kids aren&#8217;t ruled out at all, we&#8217;re just not going to focus on that until I get insurance again. From that point, we&#8217;ll see what the feasibility of things\u00a0occurring\u00a0naturally are and make the decision then.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thediversityprojekt.org\" target=\"_blank\">Image source<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday at Word Camp Miami was aMAZing! I&#8217;ll be doing an in-depth recap on that later with pictures and some stuff I learned. Needless to say, I am crazy excited about today and getting some stuff implemented around here. Saturday night, we started talking and eventually got onto the topic of adoption. 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