Russian Database

I was reading on the FRUA website that you are able to see pictures of children who are up for adoption so after trying to figure it out for about an hour I was able to look at some of the pictures. I thought long and hard about whether I should show these pictures to Gerard. He has a big fear that we will get their and the referral that we will receive will be for a child with sever special needs. Although I am to care for a child who has these special needs and these children to desperately need homes. Gerard does not feel that he is able to meet the needs of this type of child.

So after lots of thought and consideration and in the spirit of not giving Gerard a panic attack I showed him the data base. As always he surprised me. I showed him children that appeared normal in the data base and some special needs children who we would consider. I think he took it very well. The one thing that he said that I think said it all was "I know My Bozz will be able to find us the right child. You know what we can deal with and what we can't deal with so the decision is yours."

As far as the age we are planning to move it up to 24 months from 18 months. I feel comfortable with that change and I think Gerard is somewhat relieved once he saw the pictures.
I want to thank everyone who kept us in their prayers while we made this decision.

Here is the website for the Russian Database
http://www.usynovite.ru/