I wanted to take a minute to update everyone on our process. Things are going very well and it's getting really busy now! We have solidified the adoption agreement with our agency and the home study agreement with another agency. So far our adoption costs are:
Application Fee: $300
Home study Fee: $2,500
Required Adoption Education $220
We have many potential adoptees following us now, so I want to be as transparent as possible in our journey. I’ll update the cost and requirements as we go along. We’ve finished 2 out of the 6 or so online courses required of us. They take about an hour and we do them from our home computer. I can’t complain about that at all! I’ve been surprised to learn of the ways adopted children continue to grieve throughout their life. Most people think that they should just be happy to have a family that “saved” them. They rarely consider that the child may wonder about and mourn the loss of birthparents, their culture, previous caregivers, siblings, and orphanage friends. Even if a child is adopted at birth they will still possibly grieve the loss of identity. On top of that, there are triggers that may provoke a sense of loss or ignite curiosity about their life before adoption and these triggers and responses may change at each developmental stage. Wow. One suggestion I really liked involved a life book. We’re beginning our child’s life book and will continue to add letters, pictures, cards, notes from siblings, and stuff from Ethiopia. I can’t wait to add stuff from Ethiopia. I really love this project.
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