I don't have any coloring books. It was a thought that slammed into my brain disrupting sleep around 3 a.m. one morning. I can't explain it, I have no idea why, I don't even need coloring books. What age do children even use coloring books? I haven't a clue. We may not even have a placement that is capable of coloring (or likes them), but something in my brain was telling me that I was unprepared. The truth about adoption and foster care is that it is packed with unknowns. While that can be said for some aspects of pregnancy, a quick search in Google yields dozens of results for milestone calendars and apps to track your progress. There are tests you can take to let you know gender so that you can plan reveal parties, showers, and decorate your nursery.
While there are classes, paperwork, and several "tasks" in adoption, the mountain of unknowns can be suffocating (especially if you are a slightly neurotic type A personality like myself). Sure, your agency will work with you to determine the best fit for your home when it comes to age, gender, race, developmental, and behavioral concerns, but as I recently heard an adoptive parent say, "Once you've reached the point of saying 'yes' to adoption, is there a lot you're going to say 'no' to?" Not really. At least, not in my experience. So here we are. Planning for the un-plannable. We fill out the necessary forms. We are fixing up the room and our house as much as we can. And every day we wait for the next step. And if I really need them, I'm sure Target has some coloring books.
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