Today was a great adventure, and very very informative. It was our first parenting in process workshop, required by our agency in order to be eligible for homestudy submission.
We were a little worried that the location of the workshop was 2 hours away from our home (we didn’t want to be late), but even having to leave home just after 7:30 on a Saturday morning couldn’t bring us down – we were excited at the thought of taking one more step forward.
And during this lovely Fall day we began our P.I.P program.
The workshop was hosted by a social worker who has been working with our agency for almost a decade. There were 10 couples in attendance - each at various points of the 2nd or middle stage of their adoption process, within various programs:Korea , Ethiopia , India , and China
The workshop was hosted by a social worker who has been working with our agency for almost a decade. There were 10 couples in attendance - each at various points of the 2nd or middle stage of their adoption process, within various programs:
I wish I could write more about this weekend as the workshop was amazing! Unfortunately I don’t believe I should. There were some very poignant moments brought about by various exercises, and to reveal any of them here would be to deny other future adoptive parents an opportunity to freshly experience the awakening that may come from being “in the moment” during their own workshop event. …But (I'll say it again) we did have a blast, and saw many couples (including the two of us) walk away with their eyes newly opened to how richly rewarding an adoption can be to all involved.
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