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One, Two, or MORE

When Jim and I set out on this adoption process, we had discussed adopting “A” infant.  The key word to remember is ”one”.  We both were open to either gender.  Throughout the course of our home study, we had discussed the possibility of two children.  Then came the day when we would need to decide the number of children that we would like to adopt. 

My husband Jim felt comfortable with one.  I was leaning more towards one because I felt that the children would have a friend and someone that was the similar.  At work, a co-worker provided the qualitative words of “my children would not be the same without each other” that won me over to two children.  That same day, a little girl that I see for speech therapy had a younger brother that was away for the week.  Without me saying anything, she said “it’s just not the same without my brother here, when he gets home, I’m going to kiss and hug him”.  God spoke to my heart through these events that day.

 Jim and I discussed it that night, and he was still not at two.  But with some time to think about it, he was in agreement by the next day.  This was typically the case through the adoption.  After much prayer, and discussion with friends, we decided upon two children under the age of 5 and gave the information to the adoption agency.  We asked the adoption agency what the expected time for the referral would be.  She said “anytime”.   In reality, I thought it would be May or June before we received a referral.  I had been checking the e-mail group, and I when I compared our situation to the others, it appeared that would be the timeline.  We would soon find out that the referral came sooner than expected!! 

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