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Rachel Taylor
- Female
- Westminster, SC
- United States
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Rachel Taylor's Groups
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Adopting Older Kids
111 members
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Christian Adoption
153 members
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Texas Adoption
51 members
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Transracial Adoption
368 members
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Special Needs Adoption
110 members
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Rachel Taylor posted a blog postNot a match
Well since I last posted we have been considered for a sibling group of 2 girls , were in the final choosing and then were not chosen. We have now recieved a new referal from the foster care system of a 3 year old biracial little boy with seizures and Pigeon toes. We have submitted our homestudy and are waiting to hear back. Keep us in your prayers that God will send the child or children that he intends for us.
MamaPoRuski left a comment for Rachel Taylor"Rachel,
Thanks for introducing yourself on the SN group! Can't wait to hear of your newest additions! God Bless!"
Rachel Taylor commented on MamaPoRuski's group Special Needs Adoption"Hi. To introduce us ...we are Jeff and Rachel, married 12 years ages 37 and 32. Jeff works with special needs children at our local high school and I am a pediatric home health nurse. We adopted our daughters about a year and a half ago. Amber is…"
Rachel Taylor joined Deborah Mumm's group
Adopting Older Kids
Adopting an older child can be a challenge. It can also be a wonderful experience. Share what it is like to adopt a child older than 3.See More
Rachel Taylor joined Patti B.'s group
Texas Adoption
I noticed in one of the groups that several of us have adopted in Texas due to their accomodating laws. This group can serve to help waiting parents and for us can be a place to get to know families with similar adoption experiences.See More
Rachel Taylor joined Melissa Breddin's group
Transracial Adoption
This is a group for anyone who has or is considering adopting children of a race other than their own
Rachel Taylor joined MamaPoRuski's group
Special Needs Adoption
Commonly called "special needs", children who have a medical diagnosis attached are often over looked by adopting couples. To know them is to truly love them! Share your experience with these remarkable kids!See More
Maria Voss commented on Rachel Taylor's blog post The Wait"The waiting is most definitely the worst, but I can say that after all Greg and I went through, we are glad we had to wait longer than some because we would have never met our son, Gabriel. I kept telling myself that slow and steady won the race and…"
Elizabeth Burns commented on Rachel Taylor's blog post The Wait"I completely agree...waiting stinks! Amy-I feel the same way about "rejection". I think for our case, it is hard because the agency splits families into "have a child" or "don't have a child"...They tell us most…"
Amy R commented on Rachel Taylor's blog post The Wait"Hello, I know what you are saying. I have been waiting for a match since my homestudy was approved many months ago. The waiting is killing me and the fact that I get "rejected" nearly every week by a child's social worker does not…"
Emily Ann Banks commented on Rachel Taylor's blog post The Wait"Oh sibling groups are amazing. The seem to just adjust so much better because they already know someone in the home. I am so glad we went that way!"
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- How are you touched by adoption?
- adoptive parent (domestic adoption), friend or family member is touched by adoption
- If you have adopted, or ar hoping to do so, which agency have you used?
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- We tried for 12 years to have children doing all the infertility treatment things. Then my sister in law adopted a baby that a 13 year old she knew had. My mother in law told the lady that did her homestudy that my husband and I really needed some children and asked her to help us.lol
She called me, we did a homestudy and in about a month or two she called us to look at a profile. We were hoping for an infant (like most other people). The profile turned out to be a 9 and 5 year old sibling girl pair. They had been shuffled around foster homes in Texas because the youngest had severe special needs, mental retardation, inablility to communicate, not potty trained, shaken baby syndrome, and mild cerebal palsey. She would tantrum and bang her head on anything and couldn't be soothed. We read the profile and the 9 year old was asked what she wanted in an adoptive family. She said that the only thing she wanted was someone who would be good to her little sister and love her and that it didn't matter how they treated her as long as they were good to her sister. Well we prayed about it and felt led that these were our girls. It was scarey at first of course but I think God placed them in our lives for a purpose. Crystal (now 6) has just made amazing progress. She can answer yes or no, take her plate to the sink, make decisions, shows affection and interacts with others, and can turn the tv on and off. She was not very interactive when she came home so this is tremendous progress. She knew 3 words and now she knows about 30 when she wants to say them and is starting to recognize concepts like hot. Amber our now 10 year old has done awesome and was on the all A honor roll for the first time this year . We are all so pround of her. They have been home since Feb 2008. What a wonderful Journey. We are now in the process of looking for another adoption match so remember us in your prayers. God bless.
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Not a match
Well since I last posted we have been considered for a sibling group of 2 girls , were in the final choosing and then were not chosen. We have now recieved a new referal from the foster care system of a 3 year old biracial little boy with seizures and Pigeon toes. We have submitted our homestudy and are waiting to hear back. Keep us in your prayers that God will send the child or children that he intends for us.
Posted on August 30, 2009 at 2:19pm
The Wait
Okay so we are waiting for an adoption match again. We recieved information on a 18 month old with a lot of medical issues and submitted our homestudy for him. We are praying for God's will in this matter. I just hate the waiting for staffing to see if we are chosen. The waiting drives me nuts. Anyway. If this dosen't work out we are considering looking for a sibling group again or another daughter around age 10 so she would be close in age to our oldest Amber. Did I mention that I hate the… Continue
Posted on June 26, 2009 at 6:23am — 4 Comments
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- At 10:10am on July 13, 2009, MamaPoRuski said…
- Rachel,
Thanks for introducing yourself on the SN group! Can't wait to hear of your newest additions! God Bless!
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