20 Questions

I feel overwhelmed by the last few weeks. Time is flying by and I don't feel like I am making any progress!

We are so close to finishing all the steps and paperwork to do the actual homestudy and have our social worker assigned! This has taken way longer than I anticipated. Things like having to redo my fingerprints 3 times is a bit frustrating! Mark has made about 6 trips to the doctor's office to have them redo forms because they are rushing through. It is so difficult relying on others. One thing we have been so grateful for are the friends an family that have taken the time to write letters and fill out reference forms on our behalf. We've been working through out last two big forms, here are a few of the questions...

How would you handle a child who couldn't trust you?
What would you do if this child became disruptive influence on your marriage?
What would you do if your child wanted to see their biological parents?
How do you feel about adopting a child who has been sexually molested?
Will your friends and family accept a child from a different culture?
What do you and your spouse disagree about?
Describe communication with your spouse?
Etc....

All the questions are clearly to know the environment where the child will be going. But, it is difficult to expose your whole life to strangers.

We are looking for support groups of other couples that went or are going through the adoption process. If you know of any, please let us know!