I received an e-mail last night from our placement caseworker entitled, "Two GREAT Siblings Looking for a Family!" When I opened it, a picture of two adorable kids smiled back at me. There was a little girl who is 7-years-old and a little boy who is 6-years-old. The message gave a little background on the pair, as well as their interests and basic personality descriptions. (You never hear tons of information on the first "feeler" sent out about a child or sibling group. Once you are matched with a placement, then you will be given a more complete account of their history and current situation. Once you are preparing to adopt a child, you receive their whole file and get to read the WHOLE shebang, every note, every message, etc.)
After the Man of the House returned home from coaching a football practice, we sat down to dinner and looked over the e-mail together. After some discussion, we agreed to tell her that we are interested. 6 and 7 may have seemed a little old several weeks ago, but after the Match Event, seeing all of those older children, we agreed to spread out our parameters, so to speak. We'll see what happens!
I don't want to jump ahead of myself, but I've been having visions of sugarplums dancing in my heads, dreaming of a Christmas with "our new children", coming together as a family, celebrating together... What a fun time that would be!
Side-note: I also found out from our caseworker yesterday that the sibling group of two girls won't work out for us. They are, for whatever reason, a "moderate" care case, and we are only licensed for "basic" cases. Quick prayers that a good home will be found for those sweeties!
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