A little back story, we are helping my husband’s grandma raise our niece. Her dad is prison and her mom passed away.
Grandma’s health is declining and we are having to help more and more. She’s ok, she just has arthritis and diabetes so she’s in physical pain a lot.
We recently got orders(military) to move 12 hours away. This would leave grandma and niece alone and that’s honestly, just not best for either of them.
Brother in law is supportive of the adoption. He will not be out any time soon.
It sounds all good and wholesome on paper but I’m freaking out a bit. We have been together for 5 years but only married for one. We have been living together just the 2 of us for less than a year.
I went to college 30 minutes from my hometown and I’ve never lived away from my family. It all just sounds like a recipe for disaster but what other option do I have? I love my niece and I’ve always wanted children but we are still so young and inexperienced.
Any advice?
TL;DR grandma’s health is declining so she wants us to adopt our niece
Edit: thank you for all the amazing responses and PMs! Sorry for not responding to every single comment but I just wanted to let you all know that I’m reading every single one and will be using all of the advice and resources to figure this situation out.
I also want to add that we ARE adopting her. That’s not a question. It’s something we have to do. There’s no way I could just let anyone take her. It’s just kind of surreal to me or maybe even absurd would be fitting.
Submitted August 29, 2018 at 07:37AM by AuntyMom1301 https://ift.tt/2POUNKr
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