Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
~ Helen Keller
Everyone knows the stages of life - you grow up, get a job, get married, raise your family, your children grow up and move out on their own, and you and your spouse spend the rest of your lives focusing on each other and spoiling your grandchildren.
Well, it looks like we are about to flip our lives upside-down. In more ways than one!
My husband and I have been married for 32 years. We didn't have children and we've spent those 32 years focusing on each other and our careers and hobbies. And we have been very happy.
And now, in our early-to-mid-fifties, we are beginning the process to qualify as adoptive parents with the state of Florida. If we successfully complete this process, a year from now (or so) a teenager may be calling us "Mom and Dad."
Daring adventure - here we come!
To be continued...
P.S. - is "daring" another word for crazy?
Daring and wonderful! I am sure that there will be difficult moments but approaching the world with love is a good way to live.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Ruth! I agree - there will undoubtedly be many difficult moments, but there's no other way I'd rather approach the world than with love... :)
DeleteMaybe a little crazy, but I think it's great that you're willing to open your home to a kid that would have a hard time finding one otherwise. Best wishes for getting through the process!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Becky! I can live with "a little crazy" - it's "around the bend" that worries me! ;)
DeleteDaring and a bit crazy, maybe, but the most amazing gift to a child!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Kristi! Not every kid would consider us that much of a gift - people in their 50s without any experience raising children - but hopefully we'll find someone in the foster care system who thinks we are just right! ;)
DeleteWow, Gwenn, you and Scott never fail to amaze me! Congrats! You have so much to give.
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