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It's hard for me to answer this question since I just adopted my beautiful twin baby girls.  I can only speculate reasons.  I know a friend of mine desperately wants to adopt but can't because her husband doesn't feel he could love a non-biological child like he does his bio son.  She's praying for God to work in his heart.  ...

My husband and I just recently adopted twin girls in August.   I know exactly the range of emotions you are talking about.  I felt the same way.  I was excited, hopeful and at the same time guilty and felt bad for the birthparents too.  Once we met them it was even more complicated because we really clicked with them. 

Well it sure has been a roller coaster of a ride since I last posted!  Since then we have adopted twin baby girls who are turning months old this week!!!!!  We brought them home from the hospital and its been go go go ever since.  We had our 1st homestudy meeting on July 30 and got the call about the babies on August 4th, met the ...

Though I really don't have any advice for you, I just wanted to let you know that I am praying for you and your husband.  I have seen remarkable changes in my own family.  When I was a kid my dad kind of went through something like that.  He really pulled away from my Mom and I because his feelings had changed as well.  They ...

Thank you for all your prayers and kind words.  I appreciate it.  We just got a call on Monday from our agency that we are being considered for twins!  We are waiting to hear if we are chosen.  I am so excited and nervous at the same time.  This is our first potential match through the agency (we had about 4 private matches

Thank you.  I really appreciate it.

I mostly lurk on this site but post occassionally. Anyway, I have a prayer/praise.  My dh and I have started the adoption process (PRAISE GOD).  We are in a Domestic Infant Program with a Christian Agency.  It has taken 3 long years to get to this point of moving forward with our adoption.  We have had a long journey ...

Hello! I thought I'd be the first one to post here.  My dh and I have recently started the adoption process. We will be starting our homestudy this week!!  We are in a Domestic Infant program through a Christian Agency.  We are very excited to watch God work.  I would love to ''meet'' anyone else who has adopted, thinking of ...

That was really funny.  I had a good laugh reading that.  Thanks for sharing!  I especially like #18!  I think I'll try it sometime.  If you hear of some crazy lady being arrested in the parking lot of the Philadelphia Zoo, you'll know who it is!