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My husband and I are in our late 30's and have been talking about adopting a foster child for a number of years. God decided that I can't have children and we are both at total peace with that. We initially learned about all the kids in foster care who need homes on one of our local news stations and later looked up the website that had been mentioned. It broke our hearts to see pictures and read profiles and/or watch youtube videos of kids longing for homes. From time to time we still go on the website and have noticed that some of the children on there have been there for years.
One of the major reasons we haven't yet moved forward with the process is because we're afraid that we wouldn't have the parenting instincts that natural birth parents have. I was hoping that someone without birth children would be able to tell me what their experience was like.
I have finally requested an information packet from Bethany Christian Services, but I'm still really nervous wondering if we'd make good parents. Are we too old? Would the instincts you need to be good parents come to us?
I guess all I can do is continue to pray and know that God will ultimately lead us down the path he thinks is best...
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