The last few weeks have been all about paperwork.
Throughout this home study process, there are lots of forms to fill out. There are about 10 assignments from the Pride training book, to tons of forms making you analyze your childhood, your relationships with your spouse, family and friends, to how you currently live your life. It's a very interesting self-reflective process to go through this.
The first interview was some general questions about what kind of adoption we wanted to pursue, the age range of the child we wanted to adopt, and things like how we felt about open adoption, children with special needs, history of drug use or mental health issues with the birth parents. I won't go into details about what we said - I think that is better left as a private choice between my husband and I.
