6 more credits for the impending adoption

Yesterday and today as Richard and I recommitted to the adoption process by continuing to learn and foster our growth in the adoption world. We decided as a couple that we would update our knowledge of adoption care. We signed up for a communications class where we learned or should I say became familiar again with "I Statements", the four danger signs of negative communication and different ways to handle family conversation. It was a great lesson and we actually went back and evalutated some our our last conversations in the last month. It was great to reflect on past conversations though at times it did feel very unnatural. Some things were brought to our attention that we need to work. This class was a spring board to have dialogue about the different ways we communicate with one another.

The second class that we took tonight online was on House Safety. After our fire inspection guy came and wrote us up for a minor infraction (not having our fire escape plan posted...let me mind you that I could have posted in 2.1 seconds... but was not allowed to and told that my soical worker could change the outcome upon her inspection of our home). I deemed it necessary that Richard and I revisit our home inspection and learn to "self-scout" out our home for ourselves. After taking the class, I must admit there are somethings that I have let slip out of my mind in the long...long wait for the adoption. We do have some clutter on our patio and I do need to recaulk Richard bathroom. There was also reminders of what to do with medicines and that second refridgators in the garage need to be locked. We also need to update our first aid kits in our car. I know these are all minor things but it was a good refresher course that at first I was not really wanting to take. It has opened up conversation about the little things in life that we tend to forget about.

Thanks for taking this journey with me Richard. I love our open little discussions.