My husband and I have started the paperwork to adopt in Arkansas. We are hoping to adopt a school age child. Has anyone adopted an older child here? We are very excited and are starting to educate ourselves so that we can provide the best home possible. We are hoping to adopt a sibling group...

Found a woman through Freecycle who teaches at a small school in my county. She has eighteen students, all very low income (to the point where some didn't get any presents this year and some don't even have winter coats), and she responded to my offer for some Halloween lights, because she...

DH bought me Microsoft Office and Student 2007 for my budgeting and book writing. I'm stoked! We installed it today and while I was editing Chapter One, he was playing around with Excel on his PC. Now I've been really resistant to using any computer program for my finances, but this is really...

Has anyone adopted their grandchild? If so what is the general process. We have been raising our granddaughter since she was 1 yr old, she is now 9. Her father, my son, is in prison and will be until she is almost an adult. Her mother has addiction problems as well as two other children she is...

Hello ladies- A goodf riend of mine is a foster parent also. she has had these 2children (ages 2 & 4) for 18 mths. I have did respite care for these children several times. My dh & I are thinking about adopting them. Please pray everything goes right, they would fit perfect with my family :)

Hi, All I am a notary who does lots of adoption work for couples adopting babies in foreign countries. Notarizing these documents is very, very tricky. Most notaries do not handle them correctly. Many of my new clients tell me they are the third or fourth notary they tried. Frequently, the...

Hi, All I am a notary who does lots of adoption work for couples adopting babies in foreign countries. Notarizing these documents is very, very tricky. Most notaries do not handle them correctly. Many of my new clients tell me they are the third or fourth notary they tried. Frequently, the...

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http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,18223,00.html I'm still sad she split from Dennis Quaid :( This may be good to highlight the possibilities in adopting from China. (Unlike Angelina Jolie who adopted from a country the rest of the U.S is barred from.)

Have any of the FV homeschoolers done this before? Do you have any reputable organizations you can suggest to me? Ds1 is insisting on adopting an endangered animal. His requirements - he wants a photo of the animal (the animal, not just any animal of that species - he wants a pic of the...

Get memory books (just like baby books) only they are specific to adoption. The ones we have are titled Baby's first year - a memory story for our chosen one. It is so neat to have. We even have letters from the birthmoms and have them in each book.

I am so excited I could literally just burst!!! As everyone knows we have been foster parents for the past few years in the hopes of adopting a child. We have had the worst luck, but been able to help a lot of children. After our last heartache of raising a baby from 10 months to 2 1/2 years I...

I am not getting any younger (30 next year) and don't seem to be able to find a mate/SO. Also I'm not able to have biological children so even if I was married would have to adopt. I am seriously considering adopting as a single parent and am wondering if anyone else has done it? Angharad