 Dear Full Circle, When Tricia and I got married we knew it was important to both of us to have a family. Since we also knew there were potential obstacles to having a child in the most typical fashion, we started thinking about adoption from the very beginning. After a couple of years of marriage, we decided the time was right and we found Full Circle. We were quite fortunate and did not have to wait a very long time for a placement, buteven so, the process of adoption is challenging. When you adopt, if you are at all introspective, you reexamine your own life and childhood. You think about your own parents and the things you liked and didn't like about how you were raised. If you've lost a parent, you think about that too. The adoption process takes you deep inside yourself. I think one reason, among many, that we found the experience so profound was that we came out of the process not just with a beautiful new baby, but also with a better sense of ourselves. Full Circle was part of the biggest growth experience my wife and I have ever had and for that we'll always be grateful. Regards,
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