We have recently published "Precious Steps - Stories by Family Care Adopters". This is an anthology of the personal experiences of a group of Family Care adopters, who came together as participants in the same series of group preparation sessions.
You can order your copy of Precious Steps at the price of £5 per copy (including postage) from Family Care
..We married in 1991 and moved into our first home, which we had spent the previous year renovating with the help of our families. After our marriage we both continued working, enjoying married life and having lots of really exciting holidays to far away places. Life was good.
Eventually we got to a stage in our lives where we both felt that we wanted something more - we wanted to start our own family. We just never thought that we would have problems having our own children but after a year of trying and nothing happening the pressure was really on to get pregnant...read more
I’ve never wanted the standard family life, and I don’t suppose I’ve got it. My experience of adoption has been different to many other people’s experiences, because I’ve never tried for birth children nor never particularly wanted them. For me it’s been a bit of a mixture of a) wanting a child, and b) wanting to help a child, who’s been let down, find some measure of healing and wholeness. I wanted to parent a child who already exists, rather than create a new one...
read more of my adoption story