Paula, You always have the most interesting news regarding options...you have *really* done your homework! :) Because of you, I would *love* to adopt. It will have to wait until we move again, since the 4 of us (DH, MIL, Alicia & I) are all crammed into this tiny 3-bedroom manufactured home.
Peggy > If we do adopt again.... it will not be with CHINA (unless we wait until the > situation returns to our having no more than 4 minor children in our home). > That could be a while. > > But I am passionate about adopting from Haiti and Vietnam. Plus, while I am > not trying or not even wanting to be pregnant right now - - I cannot rule > out my desire to have another baby biological. I have decided that if we > adopt, and we are going to be assigned, rather than selecting, a child. I > will not specify gender. May seem odd given the fact that I have five girls > and one boy, but I figure adopting is jus another way of adding to a family > and I wouldn't want to try to intervene with some magical, awesome situation > where the perfect child for us is another girl; even despite our having one > boy. However, that said, I would probably choose boy if we went with Haiti. > The truth, however we don't want to admit this... is that Black Boys are > the last to be chosen for adoption. If we do adopt from Haiti (and you can > adopt more than one child at a time with that program) I would seriously > consider adopting two boys. The Haitian country is terribly poor. > > So yes, I certainly hope that Walt is inspired. By doubling up bedrooms we > could easily accomodate 3-4 more children with ease. The idea of adopting a > sibling group is also a wonderful warm feeling in my heart. > > > > Paula --- You are currently subscribed to may99 as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
