Where have I been after the disaster that befell us?
Well we took many months to look at ourselves and our goals
introspectively. Adoption isn’t a certain; going to happen thing. Yes, we do all we can to provide a glimpse
into who we are and to put it “out there” but the fact remains you have to hope
something resonates with someone to inquire because a couple page brochure isn’t the whole of who
you are. Then your agency goes under out of the blue so Stunned is an
understatement. We had no clue what was about to happen. After talking with multiple news outlets we
got the story out there and so did so many other families affected.
Now, it’s June and we are into our 4th update in
our 4th year. Updates are a redo of all your paperwork, medicals, fingerprints, and additional background checks. They are a pain to get done but we do it because we must if we want to adopt. We have a new
social worker, our other one has retired and while she’s reached out during our
difficulties it does fall on our new Social workers shoulders. We met last week
for our current update and she is super sweet and wants to help anyway she
can. I was Super stoked she took some of
our old printed IAC letters to alter and send to lawyers and hospitals to hold
onto in case of an expectant mother wanting a placement. I’m still worried it’ll never happen. This is our last year and then I have to
resign myself to be childless. I keep hoping someone will see us and like us
and contact us (who aren’t trying to scam us) but I’m honestly becoming
deflated. The majority of my contacts are folks in Cameroon wanting VISAS and
other such countries with the same expectations.
So I’m in the realm of independent adoption which means we
are on the web, and we apply for situations through lawyers in our inbox. I’m obviously still on Adoptimist and other
websites for us such as our own website but it’s a scary place to be.
Besides that we have recently taken a trip to Miami and Key
West with our friends and had a blast.
Now that may make you think of activity after activity but we just
relaxed for once. We walked, went to the
beach, ate great food, and drove to the keys where we rented jet skies and
shopped in town. It was the calmest vacation we’ve had in a while. We normally
are a go see all the things but not this time.
The Golden Mammoth on the Boardwalk in Miami
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