At the end of the last day that Farah was with us, we packed up her few belongings and brought her to the adoption agency so that she could meet and go home with her new family. We thought we'd just be dropping her off, but the case manager asked us to meet the adoptive family and answer any questions they might have.
Wow. What a beautiful moment to be a part of.
Farah is the first child for her parents. They looked nice, middle-aged, and well off. They were so happy. The dad didn't know how to burp her-- it was cute to see him bumbling and trying to figure out how to hold her.
Husband and I feel so special to have gotten to see this whole process, from leaving the hospital with the baby, to Farah saying good bye to her birth parents, to meeting Farah's forever family. Not many people aside from the case managers get to see so much of the private adoption process. What an amazing experience.
For all of the crummy parts there are to being foster parents, experiences like the one we had with Farah make it all worth it.
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