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At 3/14/2006 12:18:00 PM, Johnny said…
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At 3/14/2006 12:37:00 PM, Kate said…
They probably will be. We're keeping things pretty low-key/quiet right now; nothing worse than getting a child all excited about something way too early. "Are we there yet?!" translates far too easily into, "Is little sister coming next week?! The week after?!" Oy!
I have heard, though, that a return trip to China is often a spark for some very serious questions, questions that a-parents simply didn't dream of. In particular, that many children going on the trip to China for a sibling worry that they are being left there, sort of traded for a "new" child. That's why, when we begin talking about the trip there, I'm going to be darned sure I couch it in an inclusive "all" format: "We're all going to go to China to meet baby sister, and we'll all be going home with her!" "Won't it be fun to be back home with baby sister?" Etc. -
At 3/14/2006 10:51:00 PM, said…
Thanks for your wonderful post OmegaMom. What you then wrote in your reponse to johnny interests me because what holds me back the most from adopting again is that even the idea of a baby brother (I had fallen in love with a baby boy on a WC list) or baby sister has caused dd recently to express feelings that we didn't want to be her parents anymore. She definitely has alot of insecurities about these matters yet at the same time is one of the toughest/most perceptive kids her age I have ever met.
Funny thing is she says she wishes she could have an older brother but I am not sure I/we could handle adopting a child older than her.
I really appreciate what you wrote. I esp. like the part of not saying it all worked out because she is now part of our family.
It is so complicated and parts of it totally suck. I hope the interests she is already developing in art, and playing guitar (she is already singing Neil Young, Van Morrison and Patsy Cline songs) will enable her to have an outlet for her own complicated thoughts and feelings. That is what I want to encourage her to do-to express all of these mixed emotions.(Not to mention it will give dh and I something to do when we are old to go hear her band play on a Saturday night like my in-laws did with his band!)
After stumbling into the comic mom's website tonight I can only hope any lyrics re. dh and myself don't sound like something Eminem would have written. -
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Good points. I wonder with the work on #2 if the curiousity and questions will be acclerated?