Originally Posted by toi123

I've had my (3) kids, adopted (6) kids (still my kids, just a different method)and now I am the custodial parent of my second generation daughter of one of my adopted kids who had fetal alcohol syndrome. Five of the adopted kids are still here, including the baby of 7 months, so my "empty" nest will probably happen when I leave this nest and go to the big nest in the sky. It's fine with me, though. It's what I do!