We're HALF-WAY DONE!!!!!

Yesterday was our 3rd PRIDE class. I'm so incredibly grateful that we're taking the Saturday classes! Since our classes are longer, we actually have 2 sessions in one day. Yesterday's first session was very heavy and depressing. It was on Grief and Loss. We talked about the loss that the children in Foster Care and the kids that are Adopted feel. We had a video that was simply words across the screen and children talking. It showed a child's view of going thru the process. All the feelings they experience and how they don't understand why they should feel grateful. They've lost so much and all they want is to go home and belong. It was so heart-wrenching. We then had to explore our own losses in life (health, death, etc).

Thankfully, the 2nd session was much easier and we ended class on a very positive note. We all sat in a circle and each one of us expressed what it was that we wanted to offer a child. It was really neat to hear from everyone in the class. There's some in class that we hear from all the time because they speak up & answer questions (like my hubby). Then we have some in class that sit back and listen and we rarely hear form (like me). Most of the things everyone came up with was what all of us want to offer (sense of security, love, faith, acceptance, etc). Mine was a sense of family and that, no matter what happens, you can always come home. Steve's was a sense of humor and not to take life so seriously.

They were also finally able to update our folders. I checked ours before leaving class to ensure they had everything I'd turned in. Thankfully, they did. I'm just waiting to get a copy of Steve's Divorce Decree in the mail and we need to finish our Auto Biographies and turn them in.

One of the ladies was also talking about the home inspection she had with the State of CA. So, it sounds like those are getting done, too. I'm hoping to get a call to schedule ours very soon! So, today I'll be cleaning house and making sure everything is in place! I want to be sure we're ready. I'm pretty sure everything is done that's on our Checklist, but I want to check it several times to be absolutely certain. I can't chance having to reschedule. After we're done with class, we'll get scheduled for our home inspection with the County of Riverside. After that, we'll be licensed and then its just a waiting game........