Farah Day Two

Keeping Farah gave us insight into the private adoption process that we didn't have before.

On the second day that we had her, we were to bring Farah to the adoption agency so that her birth mother and father could see her one last time. They would also be signing the papers terminating their parental rights that day. There's a day between leaving the hospital and signing the papers so that the birth parents can be sure about their decision. I like that rule.

We saw Farah's birth parents. We didn't meet them-- they walked right past us on their way in to see the social worker-- but we saw what they looked like. They were both tall. Thin. Young... I'd say college-aged.

Little Farah slept through the whole thing. The only time she'll probably ever meet her birth father, as he didn't see her in the hospital when she was born.

I feel so sad for the birth parents. But at least they were empowered to make the best decision they could for their baby, unlike most of the parents of children in foster care, who have their kids taken away. So it's sad, but not half as sad as it could be.