So here we are.....
We are going through the process to become prospective adopters.
We have been together for just over 4 years and have always talked about children being a part of our family. Neither of us had any maternal 'urges' to have our own birth children and adoption was always our first choice. Over the last few years, we have been working towards this, buying a house together was the first step and then getting some financial stability.
Things began to move forwards when we saw an advert for a Local Authorities Pink Campaign. We decided to go along and find out more about Local Authoritie's campaign to recuit more gay and lesbian adopters and foster carers. It was an inspirational evening and really gave us the motivation to begin the journey with this Local Authority. They had some great speakers and we chatted informally (whilst sipping champagne) to another mixed race lesbian couple who had a child placed with them already. Their words were left ringing in our ears....."your young, both female and being mixed race, they will be biting your hands off to approve you."
It certainly gave us a lot to think about and we were contacted a few days later by the Local Authority. Two social workers came to our house and visited us for an initial meeting which went really well.
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