This is a joke, right??

Imagine my surprise when I read the article below. One can't seriously think that the powers that be in China(who are so diligent in their reviews of families hoping to adopt a child) would approve someone like Britney Spears to adopt twins! Is this a case of celebrity special privelege? Is there a way of adopting privately in China? For the love of all that is good please let this be a bunch of bullsh*t tabloid pot stirring. Read on, friends...read on...

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Just what Britney needs, two more kids
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var PageContent= 'Britney Spears is reportedly set to adopt Chinese twins.\n\nThe troubled singer - who recently lost custody of her two sons, Sean Preston, two, and 14-month-old Jayden James, to ex-husband Kevin Federline - is allegedly in the final stages of talks with an agency about adopting the six-year-olds.\nFriends claim Britney - who has three supervised visits with Sean and Jayden a week - is desperate to fill the void in her life since she lost the boys and believes opening her home to the disadvantaged youngsters will give her life new purpose.\nA source said: "She misses her boys terribly and needs them in her life. She thinks adopting the twins is the perfect solution."\nThe \'Gimme More\' singer - who was ordered by a judge to undergo random drug tests to prove she\'s a suitable mother - is also said to be planning her own funeral.\nBritney, 25, is so concerned her unhealthy lifestyle will eventually take its toll so has splashed out £25,000 in case she ends up in an early grave.\nA friend added: "Adoption and a funeral? They two don\'t exactly go hand-in-hand.\n"Paying for a funeral is a sensible thing to do - but not when you\'re only 25! It\'s a case of too much, too soon with Britney."\nEarlier this month, Britney was banned from driving with Sean and Jayden and her court-ordered parenting coach recently slammed her mothering skills, saying her household: "Ranged from chaotic to almost somber with no communication at all."\n(C) BANG Media International';
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Britney Spears is reportedly set to adopt Chinese twins.
The troubled singer - who recently lost custody of her two sons, Sean Preston, two, and 14-month-old Jayden James, to ex-husband Kevin Federline - is allegedly in the final stages of talks with an agency about adopting the six-year-olds.
Friends claim Britney - who has three supervised visits with Sean and Jayden a week - is desperate to fill the void in her life since she lost the boys and believes opening her home to the disadvantaged youngsters will give her life new purpose.
A source said: "She misses her boys terribly and needs them in her life. She thinks adopting the twins is the perfect solution."
The 'Gimme More' singer - who was ordered by a judge to undergo random drug tests to prove she's a suitable mother - is also said to be planning her own funeral.
Britney, 25, is so concerned her unhealthy lifestyle will eventually take its toll so has splashed out £25,000 in case she ends up in an early grave.
A friend added: "Adoption and a funeral? They two don't exactly go hand-in-hand.
"Paying for a funeral is a sensible thing to do - but not when you're only 25! It's a case of too much, too soon with Britney."
Earlier this month, Britney was banned from driving with Sean and Jayden and her court-ordered parenting coach recently slammed her mothering skills, saying her household: "Ranged from chaotic to almost somber with no communication at all."

Talk about being put on a shelf...

This might give you an idea of just how many other families are waiting patiently to move from the review room to the matching room. Somewhere in the stacks and stacks of dossiers awaits ours. As of yesterday, those with dossiers LID on or before Aug. 31/06 have finished being reviewed. Those with LID of Dec. 8/05 are finally receiving their referrals. Almost a two year wait for them. Could late 2008 be our time? As much as it kills me to wait, I think that I can deal with that. Longer, however...well that is the bigger question. Do good things really come to those who wait? Today, my answer is yes. Ask me again tomorrow.