I always thought I would adopt. I looked into adoption even before I thought about DI. It seemed impossible at the time because I was being scrutinized for having a disability. Now that I have my own healthy, happy children...I still think about it. I am hoping that the fact that I can manage motherhood can now be proven might help my case. Also, I'm strongly considering special needs adoption and/or foster adoption of an older child. I've done (am doing) the baby thing, so don't mind if I miss some of that. But haven't done the daughter thing, so maybe there is a girl out there waiting for me? I'm not ready to do it immediately, but I would like to make an appointment with DHS to just find out about it so I can plan for the future, but so far I haven't had the nerve to make the phonecall. Not sure what I'm afraid of. It's a combination of the possibility of them telling me, "Are you crazy? We're not going to give a child to you! Get the hell out of my office!" or them saying, "Oh, thank god you came in, we have 150 emotionally unstable and abused children who need homes right away. We'll be sending all of them to your house tonight!" As you can see, I probably have a lot to learn about this process.
Which brings me to Clutter Girl. I meant to put Clutter Girl in my Blogroll weeks ago, but this is a great site about a single woman on a journey towards foster adoption. Her site is Founding a Family in Clutter. She has added all kinds of supportive comments to this site and her own site is a good read, so go read it, NOW! I anxiously look forward to learning from her and wish her the best of luck on her journey. I can't wait till she becomes a mom!
She has also pointed me towards Cubbie Girl, who is a foster mom and shares her experiences. I admire foster parents so much. (The good ones-). That has to be such a courageous and wonderful way to make a family.
Oh, I've been tagged by Cluttergirl for a "Five" meme. Five favorite movies, Five this, five that... I keep wanting to do it, but everytime I sit down to write a post, my mind goes blank on the fives. I think I write these posts too late to come up with anything that exists anywhere else but the very top of my head. But I'll try sometime.