We finished our adoption classes Saturday afternoon! I found the classes very informative. I was asked by family if the classes made us want to run away & the surprising answer is no! I guess this was the goal of DCS, but we actually came out of the classes feeling more prepared & with a better understanding of not only the process, but the emotions involved with the process. We feel relatively secure in our positions of future mommy & daddy. AND not all of the information was what we'd already seen online, which was our fear... Okay, a lot of it was... but the anecdotes were good add-ins and made it seem more real. :)
I even made a friend- another mommy-to-be who is interested in adopting sibs. We both look forward to having someone to call who knows just what we are going through. This was a great surprise since all sources seem to indicate people looking to adopt siblings are rare... even more rare are those who don't have kids at home already who are going from 0 to 3 (which is what we both are interested in). She also has a set of "inspiration kids" and we were both very glad to hear that her set and my set are not the same set, although our similar frequenting of the adoptuskids.org site let us each be familiar with the other's set of "inspiration kids". Additionally, the trainer overheard us talking about these kids and said she had wondered who we were interested in. I don't know why that made me feel good but it did. Someone who knows us a little more than through email knows we are interested in THIS set of kids. And didn't seem to think it was a crazy idea... :)
Theoretically, of course, they are JUST inspiration kids, we should not get too attached to a photo and mini-bio. But, let's be honest. It was an amazing relief to realize we aren't dreaming about the same kids so we didn't have to see each other as competition. Also, there is a possibility that I will be heartbroken if (yeah, ok, when) these kids get adopted before we've gotten to the point to throw our parental hats in the ring, or, worse, if we have reached that point and are not the chosen parents.
Right now is a waiting period. We have finished our classes, but do not have any information about the home study yet. I'm busying myself with beginning to clear out closets & otherwise organize all the catch-all type piles that have lived in the rooms which will belong to the kids. Not the most glamorous aspect of preparing for kids (I'll let you know if I do find a glamorous aspect), but necessary.
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