Hi! This video is about our very fist Match Event For adoption through the Texas Foster Care System. National Website for Waiting Kids: www.adoptuskids.org/ Texas Website for Waiting Kids: www.dfps.texas.gov/applicatio...
We got licensed in June of 2023. We put in so many inquiries, but it wasn't until we went to an event in February that we got matched. I meet in a few hours for a disclosure meeting. I think with the overwhelmed social workers, it makes a difference to meet people in person.
I think you are 100% right. Their caseloads are so big I think our inquiries probably get lost in the shuffle. I just have hope the right email will hit at the right time. ☺️
So so soooo excited for you and your future kiddo. Teen adoption is SO important as you know, but you have to align with whatever child it is so you’re right to both be open to all ages. And if you get a teen that ages out and goes on to move out or go to college you may have room to get a smaller kiddo later on 🤷🏼♀️ I mean idk how that works but just a thought. God bless you guys in your journey!!
Thank you for sharing your news about being fully approved, and making yourselves available to children through opportunities like a match event. May God guide you every step of the way!
Sounds like your solution is to find a teenager with a younger sibling. If you only have one room, find ones of the same gender. Keep it as simple as the authorities allow. You are right, it is like online dating in the aspect that no matter how promising it looks on paper, if there's no chemistry it won't work. It's just human nature. It's how God made us. The difference is, what my mom told me, we are the chosen, and you get to choose like my parents did. Don't feel bad cuz you can't take them all home. Giving just one a home is 100% more than 0. God will send you the child that needs your family the most and you will know it. Keep the faith!
I will for sure let everyone know where we are in the process and when we get matched. However we will not be legally able to show our family until adoption is finalized. Even after finalization Matt and I will have to discuss what we think is safest for our kiddos in this digital age. But I will be able to talk about all my feelings in the process.
Igual que me parece maravilloso adoptar, el modo que tienen ahí de hacerlo(no me refiero a vosotros en particular, sino más bien al Estado) me parece lamentable. Elegir un niño, exponerlos en una especie de pase de modelos donde se publicitan, es humillante y degradante. Cuando se tiene un hijo biologico no se elige el carácter que tendrá, ni su inteligencia, ni sus talentos. Se le ama como es y punto. Y el compromiso es para toda la vida, sea como sea el niño,tenga la personalidad que tenga. Adoptar un niño no es como ir a elegir un coche, o un cachorro. Me duele mucho que hagan eso con los pequeños. Lo he visto en un documental y es asqueroso. En Europa la adoppcion se realiza de otro modo, te asignan un niño en el rango de edad que has pedido, y no lo conoces hasta el final. Creo que es mucho más justo para ellos. Igual que no eliges a tu bebé, sino que lo conoces cuando nace. Y puede que se convierta en drogadicto, en delincuente, o desarrolle una enfermedad, peto es tu hijo y lo amarás como sea. Es mi opinión.
I have struggled with a lot of the process but have come to view it as wanting what is best for each child. The state isn't perfect and the system is very broken but they do advocate for each kid to match them with a family with similar interest and with a family that is capable of meeting their needs. We have been matched and no one is perfect including our future daughter but we have all the resources and skills to meet her needs. My heart would be broken if she had been placed with a different family that couldn't meet all her needs and she had a failed adoption. The system isn't perfect but it's the system that we have to work with.
