Today we attended the first of two seminars for adoption at the Buckner office in Longview. You may remember that we also had our orientation meeting in Longview about two months ago. We met some great couples back then...and all of them were there today. We enjoyed reconnecting with them and seeing where they are in the process.
Today's seminar was primarily about attachment of the child, bonding with the baby, and having a sense of entitlement to parent the child. These are common issues in adoption. For many adoptive parents, there is a lack of the sense to entitlement to raise a child born by someone else. We also discussed the losses experienced by the birth family, the baby, and the adoptive parents.
Some of this is review, but very much needed. The good news from this meeting is that Buckner currently has no families in the "book." This means that those in our class are the only potential adoptive parents through Buckner in Texas.
Thanks for praying,
Jeremiah, Amanda, and Hesedah
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