Forever Family

Oh my God.  I have a blog.  I have joined the growing ranks of crazed cyber geeks around the world and now I throw my voice into the electronic din.  I feel so…hip.

Wouldn’t you know it…now I have writer’s block.  Damn.  I never was able to perform under pressure.

Let’s try this again.  As the site host has generously given my first blog a title, let’s make it relevant.

“Hello World!”

My purpose in creating this blog is primarily to share my journey in fostering (and eventually adopting) a special needs child from the Department of Child and Family Services (here after to be called DFACS for the sake of brevity).  It has been an extremely emotional journey thus far (both good and bad, but far more good) and every new day brings new experiences.  If I can convince even one person to consider fostering or adopting a child from DFACS, I will consider my public service efforts a success.

When I think “adoption,” the first thing that pops into my mind is Angelina Jolie.  I can only guess that many others think the same way.  Thanks mass media for constantly pointing out that the Jolie/Pitt clan is made up of adopted and “natural” children.  Don’t get me started here…there will be several posts devoted to my pissiness with the media.  I am as fascinated by Angelina Jolie as any other person (and the answer is yes, if I had to pick one other woman I would “lez” out with, it would definitely be her) and I absolutely admire her quest to adopt as many children as possible.  However, I fear that she is doing the kids in our country a disservice.  Adoption is not a fad or a craze, and while there are clearly many kids globally in need of good homes, there are great kids here who could use a “forever family.”

Not all domestic adoptions turn out like “Baby Jessica,” and certainly kids aren’t in the DFACS system because they are “broken.”  My tale is going to show you just how much you can make a difference, and just how rewarding it can be to open your heart and home.