Bring a sack lunch

We attended our first adoption class on Saturday. For the agency in Denver we have to log 24 hours of these classes. Each class is 6 hours. They will have a wide range of topics and speakers. Saturday we had a lady from Aurora Mental Health talk to us about PTSD, Reactive Attachment Disorder, and other possible pyschological issues we may have to face with an adopted child. The second half of the class dealt with the grief and loss that an adopted child is likely to experience. It was a little scary learning about all this but I am very glad that they are warning us about this now. At least we will be somewhat prepared. There were probably 15 couples there, all varying in age and circumstance. It was neat to get to meet people in the same place as us and get advice too. The majority of the couples were adopting from Ethiopia. We met one couple in particular that was about our age and have a daughter about Z's age. We may get together with them and some other couples they have met sometime. It would be great to have those resources. Please continue to pray for us as we walk through this.