It's been ages...

I know it has been ages since i have been around. I can't even say that i have been lurking. Our Internet provider has changed hands and we get spotty at best Internet now. That and i forgot my password for a while and when i asked to have teh reminder email sent out it never would send. SO i lucked out and finally remembered the right password. For those of you *****member my foster child dilemma... i had five foster kids we were trying to adopt. Well as of September 26 they are all officially our children. The adoption went through and we are trying to live happily ever after. We are now trying to get our move to Texas going. My husbands last day at work is October 26th. NO we do not have another job lined up for him yet... No our house is not sold yet. Yes it is a huge leap of faith. and Yes maybe we are crazy. But i know it is time for us to move on. I am not even as stressed as i thought i would be. I am excited for the new area and being in a bigger city again... i am happy to have a gym nearby again, and NO SNOW!

Hi Paula~ Boy, have I missed seeing you around here!!! I'm thrilled to hear that you were able to finalize your adoption of your kids. That's awesome! Also, I'm so happy to hear that you are moving. I know that you've been thinking about it for a long time. Have you been cycling recently? Did you ever get to walk a 5K? How's youWLS journey going? Congrats on all of your changes...I know that you must be at peace about it all. Hugs, Kerri

Paula!!!!!! Good to hear from you girl! Congratulatiions on the adoption! Our adoptions were very exciting for us and they have worked out very well! I wish more people would consider foster care as an adoption alternative! Wendy

I wish more people would consider foster care as well. It can be very trying and tough on the heart when they go home. But I know we have made a difference in the lives of the children we have cared for. And in the end we adopted 5 beautiful children from the program. Not only is adopting from foster care cheaper, but you get to have children that would have a hard time being placed other wise. I know the older kids are harder to place with people. But they need love and care as much as the littel ones. I am not so worried about the babies for adoption... i know there are lists and lists of people waiting to adopt a baby. I am more concerned about the ones already in the system that are just waiting for someone to depend on.

HEY PAULA! CONGRATULATIONS on your the family! I am so glad that went thru for you, being I am a mom of two adopted kids myself its a beautiful way to make a family. GLAD your doing well and that your figured out your PASSWORD! NOW you better stay online and post! GOOD LUCK on that move as well