Every day, there are thousands of kids waiting for a home to call their own.  They are all over the world...in orphanages, in foster care, and many right here in our communities.  Some of them may have had a rough start in life, and others have had bad experiences but the effects are rather mild.  So many people who have experienced infertility want to adopt infants, and that's a wonderful option.  But think about all the "older" kids out there who need homes too.  There are several advantages to adopting a domestic sibling group or an older child...advantages that many people may not have considered.  List of advantages and disadvantages

Sherri and family adopted a sibling group of 3 from the Tennessee domestic foster care system.  Many of the songs from Sherri's latest CD "For The Children" relate to her adoption experience.  At the time of adoption, the children were ages 5, 7, & 8.  Front row, Christopher (age 8, adopted), Nicholas (age 5, adopted), Brooklyn (age 7, adopted), and Brendan (age 7, biological).  Back row, Turner (age 3, biological), Sherri, and Greg.  Above is the first picture of Christopher, Brooklyn and Nicholas that Sherri and Greg saw of their future children before they met them.

Photo taken March 2005

This was the first day Sherri and Greg met their adopted children.  It was at a McDonalds, and it was on Brendan's 7th birthday (July 2004).

Links

If you are interested in adoption, you can visit some of Sherri's favorite sites:

www.adoptuskids.org (Profiles of waiting children in the U.S.)

www.state.tn.us/youth/adoption/profilesstart.htm (Profiles of waiting children in Tennessee)

www.adoptchildren.org (Profiles of waiting children in Texas)

www.nwae.org (Northwest Adoption Exchange, photo listing of available kids in Oregon, Idaho, and Washington)

www.agapenashville.org (AGAPE's website, agency where Sherri & Greg completed their classes and homestudy)

www.bethany.org (Bethany's website, an adoption agency that specializes in infant adoption)

www.shaohannahshope.org (Shaohannah's Hope, Steven Curtis Chapman's adoption foundation, gives grants to help cover adoption expenses)

www.thegoughs.com (Our adoption website)