Would You Rather...?

Would you rather love and not be loved back or be loved but never love?

Always wear earmuffs or a nose plug??

Be able to read everyone’s mind all the time or Always know their future??

Sweat moderately but constantly 24 hours a day all over your body or have an irremovable metal pin in your jaw that constantly picks up a New Age radio station??

Eat poison ivy or a handful of bumblebees??

Be born with an elephant trunk or a giraffe neck??

Always take a cold shower or sleep an hour less than you need to be fully rested??

Should we get on the ride or not?

We want to get on the adoption ride. We just don't know when and how. Do you know that it costs a bit more than $60,000.00 to adopt two children from Russia? How do people do it, and how will we raise that much money? HOW?!

Yes, No, Yes, No...YO-YO

Ever since I learned that having more children wouldn't be a good choice (according to my doctor), we have been contemplating adoption as an option for our family.
**Alright, calm down; we aren't doing this like tomorrow or even next week. It would be more like in a year or more to even start the process. **
Stephen and I decided that we would want to adopt from Russia. However, when I was going through applications and agencies I discovered that the parents have strict medical requirements, as well. If you remember, Stephen had melanoma three years ago (screeching tires sound here).
That led me to call every adoption agency that I could research to see if we are automatically discounted from the running. So far, two agencies have said that the possibility is zero, and four agencies have said that it may require more paperwork but do-able....
The roller coaster never stops...