Wow, when we look back at the last few weeks since we announced that we are adopting we realize how fortunate we are. Everyone has been so supportive. The positive responses with the joy and excitement that people have expresssed about our decision have been so uplifting! You all have been connecting us with adoption programs and other families that have adopted and sending us ideas so quickly! Yea and THANK YOU!
Another teacher at Akiva (also adopting) and I already had our first Parents Night Out and it was really well attended! This was helpful to parent's that needed care for their kiddo's during an event and great for us as we are both putting the earnings towards our adoptions.
In the meantime we have done more research and talked with more families that have adopted. After we get back from Illinois we are going to sit down with this new situation and the new information we have, pick an agency and fill out the application. YEA! We will have a country in mind when we choose the agency (they each tend to have a few country programs that are their strongest)but do not have to have a 100% decision right then. There are still some things we are trying to find out about some of them and we may not those yet.
So on this Thanksgiving we just wanted to say how much we appreciate your enthusiasm and input. This will continue to be an exciting and at times stressful process but with all of you all behind us we will be always know how much love that our child will have to come here too. What more could one ask to have in mind in times of stress! THANK YOU and we hope that you all had a HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Love, Lisa and Mark
