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So You Want to Adopt?
A Beginner's Guide By Lisa A. Goldstein
Hopefully now you feel better prepared to embark upon what will surely be an adventure. If you still feel besieged, you're not alone. All of Conroy's adoptions began with feelings of being overwhelmed. She has learned to take organized steps with measured emotions.
She says each process has been challenging in different ways and has this last bit of advice: "Hope for the best; pray for success; expect the unexpected and roll with it. Holding your child in your arms at the end of it all is worth it."