Joanne posted this on another board, and I wanted to comment on what you wrote. It could have been me writing something like that a few years back, because jumping through all those “hoops” does seem daunting, if you begin thinking you have to tackle the whole thing at once..

Think about adoption — or any other big undertaking — as a drive across town. Do you lament all the red lights you might encounter? You don’t wait to leave until all the lights turn green, because that just doesn’t happen — you’d never leave the house.

Instead, you drive, and eventually, the lights turn green as you get to them. Sometimes you wait. Sometimes you detour. Sometimes there are obstacles that you have to find creative routes around. And yes, sometimes you don’t end up where you aimed to go.

But the risk of red lights don’t stop you from taking the journey.

Good luck to you and your family as you decide what comes next.