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<p><p>Hello! How are you getting on? Where did you settle in the end? I hope that things are working out well for you, and that you have found somewhere lovely to live!</p></p>

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<p><p>Hi WhichWay. Thank you for your message, it has been tough but I am sure that we will all come out the other side far stronger. I guess what I was trying to say on the thread, was that you aren't alone in how you feel. Most parents want their childrens lives to be full of love and happiness, and when we get these little blips, it can be heartbreaking. You are pregnant, so you will be doubly affected by these things. The right thing to do is exactly what you are. To tell your daughter that she is beautiful, because she is. Every mother knows that her children are the most beautiful in the world, and it is our job to make sure that our children know that. </p></p>

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<p><p>I have suffered with depression and anxiety for most of my life. Please PM me if you need a chat.</p></p>

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<p><p>Hello, just logged on and saw your message. Hope you had a fab holiday. Will email later.</p></p>

<p><p>Hello! Sorry I've been missing for a couple of days. I have been busy with work, and I bought an overlocker (it was a bargain!), so I have been busy practising with a whole heap of fabric scraps. Going to take the girls to buy some fabric tomorrow so that I can make them a couple of summer skirts. I intend to start making colourful bridal petticoats and also ring cushions and things for work, so I need the practice! I'll email properly later on and will try and find some jewellery and cat pics for the groups.</p></p>

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<p><p>I think with fostering, it is more likely to be a temporary thing, which I think could be difficult for younger children to understand. When older it would be easier to explain. With adoption on the other hand, it tends to be permanent, so that would be easier for younger children to deal with. When my sister abandoned her children (long story) Matt and I looked in to adopting them, went through a number of interviews with social services. They said it can be very difficult to see an adopted child as an equal to your natural children, which I also think would be easier when they are older. In the end their dad took them, so we didn't go through with it. </p></p>

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<p><p>Hope you are well!</p></p>

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<p><p>Ah! Worked it out, thank you! Will catch up with you later, hope you enjoyed your cuppa!</p></p>

<p>Hi Sue, Thank you for your support yesterday. It was much needed and very much appreciated. Would it be okay if I added you on Facebook? I think we have 13 friends in common!</p>

<p>Debs x</p>

<p>Will do! Speak to you next week!</p>

<p>Hi Lizzy. Glad to hear that you feel the same way about Oz! I absolutely love it here and have just started to get paperwork together for our application for pr. We visited the Central Coast area when we visited for our rekkie in September last year. We stayed in Foresters Beach which was lovely. It would be good to meet up sometime. We have two children too, aged almost 3 and 13 months.</p>

<p>Debs.</p>

<p>Hello. We haven't been granted the visa yet - flying by the seat of our pants! Our agent in Sydney assures us that it will be here in time so fingers crossed else we will have to change our flights etc. All of the childrens meds and our x-rays are already in Sydney so it should be fairly straight forwards. My hubbys job will be based in Hurstville, so we are hoping to live in/around Sutherland Shire. What about you? What situation are you in with your visa and where are you heading?</p>

<p>Hi, Longbridge and then Northfield. Used to go shopping with mum and dad in Kings Heath when we were little! Small world, eh! Haven't been there for years and years though! Moved away to uni at 18 and now live in Suffolk.</p>