Good News Will Come Eventually

Well, Jen and I received some more news and unfortunately it is not the happy good news we were hoping for.  We had originally thought that the two sibling girls we received information on were going to be the children that we adopted.  We received a number of pictures of them and we were very excited.  Originally we thought the girls were five and nine, but we have just learned that the information was wrong.  After speaking with the agency, we found out that the pictures they had sent us were older photos from a few years ago.  So their ages are actually thirteen and nine.  We thought long and hard and realized that those ages just were not a good fit.  We know we want to adopt older children, but we felt that it was something we wanted to do when we were a little older.  This was a difficult decision to make, especially after looking at the photos so many times.  We actually began to consider them our children.  This is truly one of the most difficult things either of us has ever done.  Every time we don’t accept a referral, we always wonder what will happen to those children.  The only solace that we take is that there are many people out there adopting, and there is the right family out there for every child.