No Pie in Our Eye

Journal Entry - November 28, 2011

We've got a lot done in the last seven weeks!

We've had 3 appointments with Glory (the social worker who is doing our home study), one more this week and our homestudy will be done.

We met with Gordon at Mission of Tears. He presented their terrible communication as a way to sort out "pie-eyed" parents. So sending in an application in April and not being accepted as clients until September was a test. Apparently all my calls and emails proved that we were serious and they agreed to work with us. This is not for the faint of heart.

Our contracts for them, and a check are sitting on the counter tonight. I'll send it in tomorrow, and then it's official.....we'll be trying to get 'pregnant' :)  (Steve thinks we should back up paper pregnancy with conventional methods just to be sure......)

In our discussions with Gordon we changed our request for what kind of child we'd like to adopt. Initially we thought one older child would be good, but after speaking to others and thinking about it, I wondered if 2 slightly younger kids would be better.

Imagine my trepidation at asking Steve if he wants to adopt 2....I waited ten years for a yes to one, then asking for 2 six months later.

To my surprise, Steve said yes. No maneuvering required.

So we changed our application to two children between the ages of 5 and 10, siblings, with at least one being a girl.

I am actually allowing myself the smallest glimmer of excitement. Not enough to bury me if it's in vain, but a glimmer.

Next steps: finish police check with OPP, send completed homestudy to Mission of Tears, pray pray pray!