Hey, did you know I love adoption!? Yeah.
Sometimes I feel like I have the most incredible job in the world. Sure, it has its downs like any job (like case-noting every conversation I ever have with anyone! UGH! Or writing multiple home studies in a week), but I have had so many incredible, sacred, amazing experiences during my 5 + years there. I so wish I could record the details of all of these amazing experiences (since this is my outlet!) but they are not my experiences to share, so I can't. Each and every adoption that I have been a part of has a beautiful story attached to it and I hope I remember them for years to come, even after I am done at LDSFS.
I just felt like I should share a little experience I had today, minus identifying details of course.
I got to go to court today with a couple who waited for 12 years-- yes, 12 years (and that was the wait time after they decided to pursue adoption-- years before that dedicated to trying to conceive) for their little guy. I think I mentioned a while back doing a home study in one day- this is the couple. They had chosen to close their file a year or so ago and to just be happy with themselves as their family when out of the blue, they got a call from a family friend who knew of a baby that had already been born. Commence the busiest 24 hours of my life!! We met on a Thursday for the first time, did interviews and paperwork all day, and met the birth mom and had the placement on Friday. Insane. So anyway, this is the couple that finalized their adoption today. When asked by the attorney to testify in open court what this baby means to them, well, let me just say that there was not a dry eye in the room. The judge was even wiping his tears. The spirit was so strong.
Adoption is such a sacred thing. I know that each child goes to his/her home. I have felt this is true in my own family, with Flor, with my niece Kylie, and with my Aunt Linda. I am so grateful for a loving Heavenly Father who sends these children to the right homes, even if it is not the "traditional" way.
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