My son is adopted and, ask anyone here that knows him, couldn’t be anymore mine. I chose not to entertain the stupid 17 that wants to talk about race and ethnicity. Mainly because I’m trying to be a nicer person and I just don’t know how I can be diplomatic with that 17ing 17. I adopted because we couldn’t have children and knew that I had love to give and skills and experiences to share. The love we give Mini me comes back 10 fold. There are countless families in crisis and they will be having children who deserve a loving family. Follow your heart and trust in your decision. You’re not just adopting a child. You’re adopting a grandchild, nephew, friend, future spouse and parent. You’re not adopting a 17ing hunting dog for field trials. PM me if you’d like to speak privately. We went through Bethany.
OT: Adoption
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This is really all you need to know if your wanting to make sure your heart is in it. Once you heart is in it, you will be amazed how you navigate any challenges or adversity to get that child in your arms. And once you get ahold of him or her, you immediately start thinking of all those skills & experiences Jester talked about. I had my son watching turkey videos & listening to Sturgill in the NICU. Now he loves to hear a gobble & dances when we play any music. We love to travel & we take him everywhere. It has been the best 11 months of my life.
Man, I haven’t posted on here in years. I hope I’m replying correctly to the original poster.
Dorndog, my wife and I are currently going through the adoption process now. We are going through Lifeline Children’s Services in the Jackson area. They are a Christian-based organization with main headquarters in Birmingham. They’re expectant-mother centered, as they have counselors to seek out and help women through the process. They say about 80-90% of their expectant mothers keep their babies, which is the ideal. For those who want to take their babies to term but cannot keep their babies for whatever reason, they have families like ours willing to step in. There’s some open-ness to domestic adoptions now, but that can vary from person to person. If you want a Christian-centered agency, look at them.
Also, for a domestic adoption, it costs about $28k, plus lawyer fees. So you’re looking at over $30k, at least through this agency.
Feel free to pm me for more details. I honestly haven’t checked this site in years hardly, but my father in law pointed me to this thread. I’m encouraged by the responses. I’m currently a father of 2 wonderful boys and hope to add another soon. Fatherhood is one of the highest blessings of the gospel and of life. Nothing like it.
Dorndog, my wife and I are currently going through the adoption process now. We are going through Lifeline Children’s Services in the Jackson area. They are a Christian-based organization with main headquarters in Birmingham. They’re expectant-mother centered, as they have counselors to seek out and help women through the process. They say about 80-90% of their expectant mothers keep their babies, which is the ideal. For those who want to take their babies to term but cannot keep their babies for whatever reason, they have families like ours willing to step in. There’s some open-ness to domestic adoptions now, but that can vary from person to person. If you want a Christian-centered agency, look at them.
Also, for a domestic adoption, it costs about $28k, plus lawyer fees. So you’re looking at over $30k, at least through this agency.
Feel free to pm me for more details. I honestly haven’t checked this site in years hardly, but my father in law pointed me to this thread. I’m encouraged by the responses. I’m currently a father of 2 wonderful boys and hope to add another soon. Fatherhood is one of the highest blessings of the gospel and of life. Nothing like it.
