Following Foughts

If Plan A doesn’t work, there are 25 other letters.  After our first adoption opportunity didn’t work out, we jumped right back in...and I mean jumped in with two feet! One week later we were matched again. This time Mama A lived in Florida with her grandmother and aunt and her two other children. Her grandmother was not in good health and her Aunt was slowly becoming unhealthy.  Now, remember our first expectant Mom was  not really wanting much contact? Well, this was the complete opposite. Mama A would text me on the average 1,000 times a day. I’m not exaggerating. She was my full time job. And I have an actual job! I have never been so stressed in my life. It became a bit of an obsession. Like, her kids won a fish at a school fair and they named it Jami. You can’t make this stuff up!  I spoke with our agency about this and their response was “well, she clearly needs someone to talk to.” Yes, I agree...and I am happy to talk to her, but this is not my job. I ...

October 14, 2013.  The date we officially became a "waiting family" with Adoption Network Law Center (ANLC).  This is the agency we chose.  I did the research, talked to the ladies and had a good feeling.  We were referred to them from another reputable agency, our local attorney had worked with them several times, so we felt comfortable in our choice.  As time went on, we would not feel this way, but more on that later.   ANLC has their own media department that puts your profile together and gets it out to expectant moms based on what they are looking for.  They have your profile on different websites, different social media, etc.  The main profile is one that we are given access to check on.  We can see how many people visited our page.  With that being said, that had become my new obsession.  Everyday, and probably more like multiple times a day, I would check to see how many people visited us.  I gave this website t...