Next Steps
Sorry I’ve been so quiet this month. I thought I’d catch you up on what’s happening now. I feel such …
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Panel said YES!
We have been approved! I spent the morning keeping my emotions buried very very deeply, so I could cope with …
Panel Prep & Final PAR
S/w emailed yesterday with the final version of the PAR, and saying she wanted to meet with us before panel for …
More PAR Edits
I spent the whole of Monday evening working on more edits for the PAR. Hubby, lucky him, is working away …
PAR Edits
Phew! Our social worker sent the first sections of our PAR for us to read. The PAR is the Prospective …
Friends and Family Training Day
Our VA holds a ‘Friends and Family Training’ day occasionally, and we were invited. There were approved and (like us) …
Stage Two, Session Eight
This is it. The final (pre-arranged) session of Stage Two! This was the first session in a while when we …
Stage Two, Session Seven
The penultimate session! Out of time to put in details, but maybe I’ll come back and edit this eventually. Suffice …
The Unofficial Guide to Adoptive Parenting, by Sally Donovan
This book is subtitled “The Small Stuff, The Big Stuff and The Stuff In Between”. Sally Donovan, as you might …
Other Adoption Books
Our adoption agency has a list of books that they recommend we read. In addition, we’ve found others through Amazon searches …
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