Just a quickish update on the process so far. Since I last blogged we had our physicals and got our tb skin test, we both go back to get the skin checked tomorrow. I am in the process of making our fire escape plan. And we have the first two of the three required pre-license classes this saturday.
Hubby and I haven't really sat down to discuss what we are absolutely not open to, ect. So that is on the plan sometime this week! We see Chris next tuesday as well, so we are truckin along.
We have after much thought and a lot of prayer on my part taken our entry into the LSS lottery out of the drawing. This came about because of how happy with how we are moving along on the process. Another reason is both sides seam a little pissy about the possibility of having to work with the other. But in the long run I am happy that we are going with the foster system. I, after a lot of prayer, have felt that this is really what God has set on my heart for making our family. I know and am ready for the risks that come along with F2A. Also with LSS we were recently asked to let our name go into an early lottery, they needed a few more names for this year I guess. That call is really the one that got us to thinking praying. In the end we both knew in our heart that LSS was not going to be our ticket to a family. A happiness can be taken from this(ok, actually a few). I will not have to deal with the sadness that I would feel if not chosen, and most importantly (in my mind at least) I wont have to take out 20K from my savings account-so yeah!!
So we are really enjoying the foster process, ask me this once we get placed and I may say different, but I am thinking not.
In other news (but still in the family realm of things) I have been thinking alot of being a parent, and personally I'm freaking out-ok well not freaking out but very worried at my parenting ability. I mean really, what do I know, I don't have kids and only been around kids a little bit. Maybe that is how all to be parents feel... IDK.
Ok, this were I will end it, off to state fair with the hubbs!
I'll loan you my free range kids book when I get it back from a friend. It puts a lot of things in perspective.
ReplyDeleteMy mom always said, "Your job as a parent is to put yourself out of a job." The main goal is to get them to 18 and have them not need you to get through life. (Not that they won't need you cause you're a parent but that they won't need you as far as being a functioning adult.)
You just make it up as you go along :)