Three year anniversary of LID

Tomorrow, June 19, it will be three years since the China Center of Adoption Affairs (CCAA) received and logged in our adoption application. LID=Log In Date. Three years.

I don't really know what to say about this anniversary... sure you all know that when we started the process, we expected to wait about a year and a half to bring our child home... and that we've been quite patient and enjoying our life together in the meanwhile.

Could I say the wait has been tough? You bet. Could I say I've considered whether we should drop out of the China adoption program given that we might be waiting another year and a half, maybe more, maybe less? Yes, I've considered that. Could I say that I've imagined holding our child in our arms and bringing her home? Well, cha, yeah. I am sure I could share a lot more about the wait if I really thought about it. But instead, I'll choose to make an adoption journal entry privately- it has been six months since the last time I wrote in it... maybe my entry will be a short note to our child-to-be.

And I will continue to await rumors on the next batch of referrals...