Page, Lucy B, Kim, and Robert and Marilyn mention future
How did you overcome your loss?
“...it came to a point that I knew that I just had to keep going forward and I had to get on with my life and it was either a case of moving forward,”
What are the brilliant things about adopting?
“Adoption is adoption and that child has the same status as a child who is born to you, birth parents can’t ask for them back and in just the same way, you have a right to get on with your own life, so yes you can have relationships, social services have”
How did you find the process of being approved?
“And so it’s a wonderful process to explore both your own history as a child and what you’d like to continue in the parenting and what you’d like to do differently.”
What is the hardest thing about adopting?
“...we hope that, with understanding, they can lead their own lives in a competent way and look after their own children and break the cycle. ”