I have deleted this post 4 times now. I'm having a bad day and it's 6:13 in the morning. Everything I type seems to be an angry rant. Unfortunately, I don't have any great news to share.
You would think I would have learned to stop checking my email first thing in the morning, but I don't. I finally heard back about some answers to some of my questions from the adoption agency.
There are currently 30 families waiting in the book. Yes, 30. When we first were put in the book last January there were 13 families, we made 14. That number has now more than doubled. I also learned that there are 2 potential birthmoms, neither has officially decided that adoption is the route they want to take. If they decide that they would like to do adoption, they will choose from the 30 families. On the bright side, they aren't accepting anymore families (wish they had made this decision about 10 families ago...)
This is depressing. I really try to stay positive about everything adoption related and have faith, but let me tell you- this REALLY puts a damper on that.
So now, what I'm asking everyone is to pray. Pray for us, pray for the other families waiting to adopt, and pray for the birthmoms who are trying to decide the best option for their child.
Maybe with enough prayers, we can have a Christmas miracle...
I will leave you with a less "ranty" point. A cute story about 3rd graders and adoption.
I've been meaning to post this for awhile, but I overheard my students having a conversation in class. They were discussing their "cultures" (vocabulary word) and kind of what that means and where they come from. One child says to another you're black, that's your culture. The child corrects the other one very politely and says that he is mexican and his family is from mexico. The conversation continues... then one child says well I'm adopted and that is part of my culture. Another child yells to me and asks what is adoption? So I explain what adoption is to them and that Phil and I are waiting to adopt. The child who was adopted is amazed and says "That is so cool Mrs. Ross! Adoption is AWESOME! I hope you get a kid soon, but then you have to go to court to make it legal and then you get to have a party!"
See, even in the eyes of a 3rd grader- ADOPTION IS AWESOME!
