One year.
The dossier still sits in the queue untouched with an expectation it will be reviewed within the upcoming months.
How can I describe what the past year was like? The excitement at sending off our dossier, the planning of what month we'd buy a crib, the putting off buying a crib because the wait continued to get longer and longer.
I believe the labor of our wait pales in comparison to what others close to us have endured: two grandparents and one uncle passed away, cancer reared its ugly head, tragedy occurred on a college campus.
And the good things that have happened around us make us smile in the meanwhile: our niece is pregnant with her first baby, our great-niece turned 3 and exclaims "Oh my goodness!" at each present she opens, jasmine blooms, and our garden bears fruits and vegetables.
Happy birthday to Chris's father!
1 comment:
Happy Anniversary from the ones that share that date. I always tell people that adoption is like being pregnant...with the gestation of an elephant!
Jolene Belchak
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