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Filed under: Adoption, Special needsAt playgroup the other day, I sat next to a mom who adopted her daughter from Guatemala. "Everyone always said, 'You can always adopt'," she said. "Like it's so easy." I knew exactly what she was talking about. I watched my closest friend go through the adoption process, and it's anything but easy. Despite the fact that she was adopting from the foster care system and had chosen to adopt an older child, the process was still one long roller coaster ride.That's not meant to discourage anyone from adopting, of course, because both of those moms would say that the rewards FAR outweigh any difficulty they had adopting. But it does make one wonder, why is it so hard to adopt? Especially in the case of domestic adoption from the foster care system, where -- according to this article -- there are far more waiting parents than their are kids?Continue reading Adoption - Does red tape stand in the way? Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

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