Adoption Woes

We have been trying to adopt since last fall. We are attempting to work with the great state of FL, but it's been up up hill battle. First they try and discourage you with the application. Then it's 10 weeks of classses. Then it's working with an underpaid, under-trained, case worker who takes all her notes in long hand in a spiral notebook. We finally got tentative good news yesterday that we may have an approved home study in the next month. Yes, month. It's taken them 3 months to get to this point. There was a very discouraging article in the Sun-Sentinal (June 11, 2007) on how long it takes to adopt in state.

You know, you think you are doing the right thing to try and help a child in need in your community, but these organizations are so difficult to work with. We can't afford an over-seas adoption, and I really want an American child. I want our child to grow up and look like us, relate to us, proud to be an American...

We have so much love to give and this process breaks my heart. Empty arms, aching heart, pounding head...