I was surprised to look at the date of my last post 4/23. We have had a lot of contemplating going on since then. The April referrals never came and haven't yet in May either. Things have slowed down so much that we needed concrete answers from our agency and then time to step back and figure out what to do. After speaking with our agency they said that we could easily continue to wait another 12 to 24 months. The realization hit us pretty hard but we finally felt like we knew the truth. I definitely had been in denial. I kept hoping somehow all of the changes in the Ethiopia Adoption program wouldn't apply to us. As you may know from reading past posts we have felt some urgency with our wait time due to the fact that our twins are going to be Juniors in high school next year and because we aren't spring chickens anymore. We weighed that concern in our decision about how to proceed. We looked at all of our options: changing agencies, changing countries, or domestic foster/adoption. Our final decision is to remain on the waiting list for a child from Ethiopia while we proceed to take training to become foster parents. We are not closing any doors just opening a new one. So we will see where this journey takes us. I can't begin to explain how relieved and relaxed we feel about this decision. It has definitely taken some pressure off and I am not sure why. I think for the first time I truly feel I am letting our future child be in God's hands. My obsession with checking in with emails and facebook is completely gone. What a relief! We begin our Foster Care training on June 9th and have already begun paperwork etc.
We will keep you posted!
Love,
DMM
We will keep you posted!
Love,
DMM
