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You Know You're An Adoptive Family When...

  • your child's new therapist scares the snot out of her... and you love him for it, and know you've finally found the right guy.
  • you daydream about how to add rooms or re-partition space in your small home to make room for more children.
  • for that matter, you wonder if there's someone who could retro-fit your van with another bench seat instead of the 2 seperate ones in the middle row, to make room for just one more child...
  • you have to remind yourself to let out of town friends and family members know how many kids you currently have, in case they missed a coming or a going.
  • you have to explain why the birthparents they love aren't on their "Safe-Side Adults" list.
  • you overhear your newest children talking in the bathroom, debating about whether they like this home better, or a previous one.
  • you tell your son he's your favorite black-haired 8 year old (since you also have a blonde 8-year old), and he replies with "And you're ONE OF my favorite moms."
  • your children see an advertisement with a baby in it and ask if we can "get that one."
  • your children ask to "keep" the babysitter.

Foster & Adoptive Placements

  • **K (3 days old)
    Picked up from the hospital 10/1/10, not sure how long she'll be here, but we're enjoying her!
  • **Gideon (7) and Malaika (5)
    Placed July 13, 2009 for adoption. A relative came forward and they were removed from our home Sept 26, 2009. Returned April 18, 2010. Adoption Finalized September 20, 2010!
  • L (11 days old)
    September 15-16, 2010 (2 days)
  • S (3 1/2)
    January 2010 (2 days)
  • C (6 months)
    December 2nd-23rd, 2009. (3 weeks)
  • C (8) & J (5)
    March 20th-22nd, 2009. (3 days.)
  • T (2) and A (13 months)
    February 2009 (3 days) Update: adopted by a family in Eastern Washington
  • R (1-2)
    February 4, 2009 - February 17, 2010. (1 year). Native child - tribe wouldn't allow adoption. Moved to a long-term foster home.
  • S (age 10)
    New Year's Eve 2008 (6 days) Update: being adopted by a co-worker of Brian's!
  • J (6) & S (2.5)
    December 2008 (6 days)
  • **Hallie (3 weeks)
    Placed August 2003 - Adoption Finalized December 2004
  • **Sam (13 months)
    Placed August 2002 - Finalized Adoption May 2003
  • J (7) & F (18 mo)
    Father's Day Weekend 2002 (4 days)

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02/19/2011

The Time Machine

For our homeschool program, we have to check in weekly, and the children all fill out a short survey.  Among the questions last week were where and when you would go if you could travel back in time.  Gideon's answer was interesting.

"I would go back in time to when I was born and see what it was like for me to grow up. Because I don't know exactly how my life went and exactly what happened and I think it would help me understand things better if I knew what really happened."

Sam, of course, wasn't happy with the question as written (this from the boy who was writing his own songs by his second piano lessons, not satisfied with the songs in the instruction book.)  He wanted to go FORWARD in time to see what was yet to be invented.

The time machine came up in conversation again yesterday in the rear seats of our van.  We were headed to a friend's house when I overheard their conversation and Malaika threw in her idea...

"When I'm a grown up, I'll go back in time to when I'm a kid and tell myself to pull it together and do better, so I'll do what's right."

Hmm...

Posted at 06:00 AM in Adoption, Children |

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So insightful those kids are ;)

Posted by: Christy | 02/19/2011 at 08:44 AM

Something to pray over- these sweet thoughts of your kiddos'.
If I could travel through space and time, I would travel into my kids' heads so I could understand what's behind some of their longings, quirks and unexplained peculiarities.

Posted by: rebecca m | 02/19/2011 at 08:46 AM

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