Married. 43. Adopter of two young children.
“...you just have to draw a line with that sometimes and move on and that’s what we decided to do”
How were you matched with your child?
“...we were just sort of sitting there, sort of jibbering wrecks going ‘Oh my God…you know, these children are totally beautiful. And we could never have made more beautiful children than what we’ve seen here today.’”
How was it when you first met your child/ren?
“By the time we left, they…we were only there for about an hour and…by the time we left, they were calling us mummy and daddy. Which we weren’t expecting at all.”
How did it feel when they first came to your house?
“But my daughter didn’t speak all the way home, which was a good hour, you know. And it was kinda quite tense, so we.. we spent the journey home singing nursery rhymes, and trying to fill those quiet pauses and stuff. ”
How is adopting children different to birth children?
“...the bond developing and the trust developing, and the love developing between a new born baby and the birth parents… And that…and I always feel quite envious, and quite jealous that…you know, that we missed out on doing that with our children, bu”
