Hi Friends! Friday morning I met with the regional adoption placement coordinator. The next children we have join our family I want to have the good possibility of adopting them. She showed me profiles of lots of children! We're looking at adopting an African American sibling group of 2, ages anywhere between 0-9. There is no timeline for us but I'm thinking they would join us by the end of the year. I'm taking a few of the profiles with me so Raymond and I can talk about them.
Some people have asked me why I didn't want to adopt Juliette. I have several personal reasons that are private. But one reason is purely statistical. Caucasian children are the highest requested race of families choosing to adopt foster children. I knew that Juliette would have several families interested in giving her a forever home. African American children are the least adopted children from the foster system. Plus, as everyone knows I have natural skill in doing their fancy hairdo's!!! I'll never forget the teachers from the preschool laughing and teasing me because I took an African American hair care class, especially Angela. Thanks to a private lesson from Angela my skills improved greatly.
Later in the day Friday, I received a phone call from a CPS worker stating I was under investigation for abuse toward Juliette. I was not surprised since her parents had made multiple complaints about me. The CPS worker asked if she could come to my house that day and meet. I was surprised of the short notice but since I have nothing to hide I made an appointment for her to come over. Geez!! This is only my second complaint in five years, I hear that is a really good record. When the woman arrived at my house Buddy greeted her(BARKING and JUMPING) as usual. She said said she was very allergic to animals so I advised her that we meet outside. With 3 cats and one fuzzy dog, our house in infiltrated by animal hair. Well, we had a very short conversation and she pretty much closed the case. She had to investigate the complaint because the parents made very serious charges against me but she had already visited Juliette at the daycare over a month ago, and took pictures and everything. Needless to say, I'm very glad it turned out to be so simple. The woman didn't even want to do a walk through of my house!
Only 7 more days until my trip! I'm slowly but surely getting prepared for my trip.
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I am glad it went good with the CPS lady. She could always talk to Mrs. Sockemtickemlickem and she would vouch for you!!
ReplyDeleteDon't forget to e mail and blog while you are gone so we don't worry. Have a safe trip and a wonderful reunion with Raymond. I hope everything goes in your favor. Joan