Perspective

PERSPECTIVE

You are about to embark upon the most frustrating, challenging, and ultimately rewarding experiences of your life.

I can make you two guarantees.

One – if you stick through the frustrations and possible changes, we will find you, with the help of our Heavenly Father, the child that is meant to be part of your family.

Two – you will not be happy with this process until your child has come home.

The  most important thing that you can do is to keep your eyes focused on the goal.

If you remember that the goal is to bring a child into your home, then the small frustrations will ultimately seem just that – small.

Talk with families who have placed through Lifeline, and surround yourself/yourselves with people who truly understand what it is like to walk thru domestic adoption. The loss of control you will feel in this process is like no other you will ever know and like no one else can understand, unless they have been where you are now.

Most of all, do your best to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

And when you worry and become frustrated with the paperwork or the wait or the many number of little details involved in adopting from the USA, remember to be thankful that you have the opportunity to worry about the small problems, because that means someone else is worrying about the big ones for you.