Briefly -

[kyburg]

The name of the agency we met with today was Heartsent. The biggest issue I see today is paying for it all. I have to give them credit - they don't post the fees involved on the website. They do discuss them as soon as you are ready to talk about them - which I think shows a bit more class. Everyone knows the process costs money. You aren't here if you haven't discovered that having children outside of getting pregnant costs money - lots of it.

But we also discovered that our experience with DCFS wasn't unusual - far from it. One couple had spent fifteen years with them and didn't manage a placement.

We get through this process? And we've already been told it isn't as demanding - we're in. We will have a child at the end of it.

How much money? Think of us buying another car. About that much.

Where? I can think of two to three places to pull from - and most of that will have to wait until Monday.

Suffice it to say, I'm going to be looking for things to raffle/auction off to raise funds.

And it was a very nice afternoon.

Comments

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

WRT DCFS: Argh! Makes me want to do things that they'd lock me up for.

But....

we're in.

WOOT!!!!!

Count me in on the raffle. :)

[raspberrypie.livejournal.com]

that sounds lovely!

good luck to you :)

[hobbitblue.livejournal.com]

I feel so sorry for all the kids waiting patiently for a new loving family while the DCFS dicks around....

Heartsent looks a very well organised thing, fingers crossed all goes well, and yep, happy to help with fundraising efforts. Do you have some ideas on which country as yet, or is it too soon to be thinking that specifically?

[secanth.livejournal.com]

I'll be keeping you in my thoughts, hon. I was lucky...mine was an 'in-family' adoption, so my folks didn't have to go through all the red tape. *hugs* I've always been proud to be a 'chosen child'.

[bigbigtruck.livejournal.com]

I'd also be happy to help.

I'm so glad things are finally moving forward. I can't believe DCFS was trying so hard to keep deserving kids out of a loving home. asshats.

[djdig.livejournal.com]

Good luck Donna!

You'd make an amazing Mom!

[kinchyle.livejournal.com]

I live about a mile away from the headquarters of Wendy's, so the Dave Thomas Foundation popped right into my head when I read this. They don't, unfortunately, offer grants to assist adoptive parents, but they do have a list of organizations that do (http://www.davethomasfoundationforadoption.org/html/considering/financial.asp"). Hope it helps.

[vampireanneke.livejournal.com]

I'll help as much as I can. One day I hope to adopt and hope to have the same support your seeing here iwth your friends. (Hugs) Good luck!

[riverheart.livejournal.com]

Great good luck to you, and let us know how it goes; we may be following in your footsteps.

[penguido.livejournal.com]

May you get the right child for your family.

*hugs*

We'll wish you well, and we'll help where we can when it's time for the money roundup.

[muimi07.livejournal.com]

Oooh! You and unclejimbo would make such awesome parental units :D Best of luck and I'll keep you in my thoughts.

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

Whoa.

Dude - how are you these days? I've got you in my thoughts a lot these days - until all of the financial crap resolving yout mother's estate is done, it's the least I can do.

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

That link isn't clickable, but I was able to drill it back - *nods* - yes, very useful. Going to let my fingers do the walking tomorrow. You don't ask, you don't get -

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

I can't think of a better time to do it - the thought of you and Charles going with us to China to start our families together popped into my head and nothing sounded so right in my life.

Check the links from the comment posted above - find the money someplace. This is looking like an incredibly good option.

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

*sighs* I wish I'd had your stable homelife at your age - that's nothing to sneeze at.

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

*earmarked* Hmm. That has potential.

Wish you could have seen Jim's face when he read that. *grins*

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

Look at your quilt-making stash - that's what I'm doing today. I think I may make a quilt to raffle from that cache of silk swatches I've been hoarding since my days at Superba....

[stronae.livejournal.com]

I'm very glad to hear that you're that much closer. :)

Time to look at what I can sell

[riverheart.livejournal.com]

I need to check into this, definitely. I need to find out, first, if we're talking about sell-the-art money, sell-the-car money, or sell-the-Hill money.

I hesitate to part with the Disney serigraphs for this, as Bob and I bought them on our honeymoon specifically to decorate a child's room someday, but if selling the serigraphs helps to bring that child home to us, I'll do it. I need to call up Circle Gallery and find out what the current valuation is. We have a complete set of the 1989 serigraphs (a dozen different ones), identically numbered, framed and still wrapped in their original gallery wrappings. Of the edition of 9500, the first thousand numbers were sold as complete sets.

[riverheart.livejournal.com]

Hey, that's an idea....

Wow.

[tomlemos.livejournal.com]

That's great to hear.

Good luck.

[vigilante024.livejournal.com]

congrats to you guys! I know my parents had to pay alot to get me, and i hope I was worth it >_< and I'm grateful everyday for them (even when I'm cranky with them)!

but I'd love to help out in any small way I can!

speaking of which, I was gonna sell some of my anime/manga stuff to clear out room and for alittle cash, but I'd really like to send you a box for you to raffle/auction off (you are a much better cause then me buying cheeseburgers for myself) if you want the stuff just lemme know where to mail it to :D you can email it at vigilante024 at gmail dot com

[lesliepear.livejournal.com]

Good luck. My friends who adopted were lucky that grandparents helped with the costs - but they are wonderful parents to their son and he is so lucky to have them.

Let me know when you have anything to sell.