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Post by Claire on Jun 20, 2004 0:01:30 GMT -5
We are wishing you all the luck. This little boy sure is lucky if he gets to have such compassionate parents who I'm sure will give him all the love he needs. Keep us posted. And by the way age has nothing to do with how much you can love a child.
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Post by PamelaF on Jun 20, 2004 10:05:03 GMT -5
Hello! Just got this post from Monica's board. Just to let others know when I wanted a baby with down syndrome, it was because there was one in the hospital for over 5 weeks. I called, and it had been just placed! WELL 2 months later I got a call about Jonathan! He was 5 days old! I took him home by 6 weeks old. Jonathan is now 14 years old! He is such a light and joy of our lives! So when ya put it out there higher powers help clear the mountains, so that the angel can get to you! So I know it will happen for all of you, like it did for me. I also went to Cambodia to pick up a baby girl with a cleft lip and palet. She was 4 months old and is now 8 years old! She is brilliant, and so beautiful! I am just updating my file so I too can have a little one with special needs. About 2.5 years ago I opened our home to a 9 month old baby with achondroplasia. She is wonderful, and such a joy that I decided I want to do this again! So now we await a child from the QUEBEC area! Just put it out there, and watch it happen...>>>>! I am 45, and I just feel like a kid still! I went to the waterslides yesterday with 2 of my kids, and another freinds child. What a blast! Just be a kid at heart, and ya will always feel and be young! Have a ball with your kids, and forget your age! Sending positive thoughts and beliefs to you all! Cheers! ;D Pamela! MOM to Jonathan 14, Charissa 8, and Chanysse 3, all adopted and of asian descent.
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Post by christie on Jun 20, 2004 20:41:52 GMT -5
First I would like to say WELCOME to UNO, Pamela ;D Looking forward to hearing more bout you and yours ;D
Hmmmm but I am a bit confused as to what you mean you got this post from "Monica's board" Hmmmm I don't have any idea what board that is and I have only posted here.
Have to admit I do get a bit paranoid bout things on the Net soooo I will let you guys know what happens to little Kevin, as soon as I know, although I have a feeling things go slow when involved with the system. For now I think I will stop posting all bout this here but wanted to THANK you all for your well wishes
Funny I forget how UNO is an open forum and anyone can be reading this info or copying it Sometimes I just forget that I am not sharing with people I feel I have known for a long time, silly me
CC
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Post by PamelaF on Jun 21, 2004 7:23:48 GMT -5
Hello CC Monica had a great board about down syndrome and has many members. She herself adopted a boy with down syndrome. She is from Canada. I joined that group a few months back and enjoed reading the posts. That is how I found your place. It is a great group too! Life sure has changed us all with the net and all....! When i adopted my son 14 years ago I did not have all this axcess to info and great people to network with! What a great support! ;D Keep on believing in your dreams....they will hapen! Thanks ! Pamela!
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Post by ourangelalicia on Jun 21, 2004 12:45:46 GMT -5
Monica's board is at Trisomy21Online.com
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Post by mom2mikey on Jun 24, 2004 0:58:24 GMT -5
Hello, I'm "Monica" and I have lurked at Unomas for many years - almost since when I first adopted my son 5 years ago. I enjoy reading the board. I just wanted to clarify that the post was not "copied" but rather I put up a link to it on an adoption board that I have at a site that I have... when I read the thread all I could think was that I wanted this little one to find a home as quickly as possible! Had I waited a bit and seen that there was an interest by people here, I probably would not have posted a link... I know how hard this whole adoption thing as I've lived it. Anyway - just to clarify, here is a link to what was posted on this other site... www.network54.com/Forum/message?forumid=256538&messageid=1087337346. It is simply a link back to here.
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Post by mom2mikey on Jun 24, 2004 1:02:10 GMT -5
Opps - I wanted to also add - good luck to you Christie. I adopted my Mikey when he was 7 months old. He had been in foster care from birth. There are hoops that need to be jumped through but after you have had your child home for even a day all of the hoops and all of the hassels you went through fade away into nothingness. I wish you much luck in this journey and I look forward to reading how things progress from here. If you have any questions about the process I went through, I'm more then willing to share although it may be a bit different as Mikey's was an adoption in Canada. We did have to deal with two different provinces though and ensure that we followed adoption laws in both provinces which made the process a little more complex.
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Post by christie on Jun 26, 2004 0:23:24 GMT -5
Monica THANKS for the explaination, I was confused as to why someone said here they found this post from another board as I knew I only post here and couldn't imagine how this got to another board. No problem and if your post helps Kevin find the right home I am ALL for it ;D
I haven't heard back from the case manager in over a week She said last week she was gonna mail me out a package, which I have not recieved as of yet I just assumed she would have done it right away BUT I guess when working with the state noting goes fast
I am not sure if I should call her again or just wait. Maybe the family in Vermont did work out, I have nooo idea. ALLS I know is I pray this litle boy finds the right family as soon as possible ;D
CC
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Post by mom2mikey on Jun 26, 2004 9:53:40 GMT -5
Christie - I hear you on the frustration of waiting. I found out about Mikey in mid June and I'm a teacher. My summer break is July and August and I wanted to push to have Mikey in my home by the beginning of July so that I would have the full two months of summer with him before I went back to work part time (I'm a single mom so manuvering taking time off would have been difficult) in September. Even with really pushing, it was July 20th or so before I met him and then we did one week of transition and I brought him home right around the end of July. It can be a slow frustrating process and its hard to balance allowing the time it takes for papers and what not to be processed with "pushing it". I did make phone calls on a regular basis and perhaps was even a bit of a pain but as I told them it was just ensuring that I had the information as the waiting part of it was so very hard without the information. I hope that this is the child that is meant for you. Its amazing because it sort of reflects my journey to be a mom as I found out about Mikey on an e-mail group I belonged to for single adoptive parents and made the phone call as a result of that and then things just sort of took off. I'm hoping that perhaps in the next year to three years that I will be ready to update my homestudy and start the process again. If you would like to see pictures of Mikey, here is a link to his website: trisomy21online.com/mikey.htm and if you would like to read our adoption story, here is a link to our story: trisomy21online.com/Who's_Who_Pages/mom2mikey_ourstory.htm Good luck to you... I am praying that this will work out for you .
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