RunCinderella

Disappointments

The foster agency we had been working with called us last Friday and informed us that they likely would not be willing to issue us a foster parent license due to my husband's disability. This was devastating news and we were both very upset. They knew about his disability before we even had our first meeting with them and they never said a thing about it until last week. We had already invested a ton of time, money and emotional energy into this and they never even mentioned having concerns.

We talked about filing a discrimination lawsuit, looking into other agencies, and all that. But, at the end of the day, we felt like all of that would just be a tremendous waste of resources and we would still be without children. The only other option (besides private adoption which just costs way too much) is for hubby to get a vasectomy reversal. (Which costs a lot, too, but less than private adoption.)

So, that is the plan. There is, apparently, an 85% chance of pregnancy after the procedure. That is better than a 0% chance from foster/adoption, I suppose. I really didn't want to be pregnant again, but we want more kids. It is too bad that we will not be allowed to give a good home to very needy children, but will just have to bring more into the world. There are already plenty out there who need good parents. Oh well...that is our fine government/legal system at work for us!

posted by Cindy @ 11:26 AM