I often compare international adoption to being 11 months pregnant. You are way overdue to have your children, you are fed up, frustrated, hormonal beyond words and the doctor is telling you they are not really sure when you will deliver. Nice. To say this process has been a roller coaster ride is tame in comparison to the emotions we have felt.
We were recently informed by our agency that both G and K's paperwork is 100% complete. G has her Liberian passport. K does not have his passsport. We are hoping to hear tomorrow that he has received his passport. We have learned through this process to not hope too much because you will be disappointed. Hope still creeps in no matter how much you try to remain realistic. I do believe we are in the final stages and will have our children home by October. Hope is creeping again.
I want to say the bright spot in this process is the other adoptive mothers who have connected and tried to help one another sort out fact from fiction, support each other when we did not get it from our agency and muddle through this process with little guidance except for what we were able to learn on our own. If you are going to feel like you are 11 months pregnant this is a good group of women to go through it with.
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