tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459125097671585218.post8206613601727820322..comments2022-08-20T11:01:58.138-04:00Comments on God's Perfect Timing: My (Take It or Leave It) Advice To Expanding FamiliesClara Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12455144709881447861noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459125097671585218.post-15316077617062133962012-05-27T08:24:19.750-04:002012-05-27T08:24:19.750-04:00Yes! I completely agree...having someone to confi...Yes! I completely agree...having someone to confide in, someone you can call to just vent is so helpful! I didn't do that until just recently, because I didn't want anyone to think we regretted adopting. WE DO NOT REGRET A THING. Also, we are in the process of adopting again, so I know that decision would be questioned. Big Sister will be home next month and everyone is looking forward to her arrival. Transitions are so hard though. We love every one of our children and I would give me life for any one of them. That does not mean, however, that things are smooth sailing. This world is broken and filled with injustice. When we decide to open our hearts and home to hurting children, we all grow closer to God, no doubt. However, we also get a closeup view of how the world's injustices affects individuals lives. For me, that is the motivation to press on. I would love to connect with you!!Clara Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12455144709881447861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459125097671585218.post-12493619481198760782012-05-26T16:50:19.313-04:002012-05-26T16:50:19.313-04:00We grew rapidly as well and are in the beginning s...We grew rapidly as well and are in the beginning stages of our second adoption. We have four children. 3 bio boys ages 4,3, and 7 months and an adopted daughter, age 2. The past 4+ years have been insane to say the least but I wouldn't change a thing! My advice would be to have someone outside of the home that you can tell everything to. Find someone you can confide in and vent to them as often as needed. We brought our daughter home and I had our son just one month later. To say the changes were immense is a gross understatement. Everyone had to adjust and make changes. We went into adoption all rosy eyed, and yes, it's beautiful.....but it is HARD. We needed safe people to talk to. And now we are crazily thinking of doing it all again! This time we feel called to older child adoption....this means displacing our oldest, which we are prayerfully walking through right now. To add another little person would just be irresponsible in our minds, however we feel very strongly, God's leading to adopt again. So that leaves us with going older. I'd love to connect with you if possible! My email is amyscopel@gmail.com.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com