Sibling Group Adoption - What We (I) Didn't Expect

I have been wanting to write for some time now about a few of the things we experienced through our adoption of five children at one time.  It has been one year since we traveled to Colombia to adopt our 5 children, and one of the main reasons it has taken me so long to write this is that I don't want it to look like I am complaining.  My goal is to give a little bit more information to adoptive parents about what they may also experience.  Information about what the parent may feel that I didn't read about in any of the books or watch on any of the videos.  This is about the mom.  This is about the dad.  This is about the children that were already in the family when the new children were brought in.

There is a ton of information out there about the adoptive children, but this isn't about them.  It's about the feelings, frustrations, and the confusion that the rest of the family may well experience.  It's about knowing that "this too shall pass".  That it will get better.

I will title each post related to this as: Sibling Group Adoption: _________ and will fill in the blank with whatever topic I am writing about.  I pray that God's hand is in my writing - that what I write will help other moms and dads and their children to be just a little more prepared and to know... that it will get better.

In Christ,

Karen