Week 2 - It Begins
Yesterday we got assigned our social worker to begin our homestudy. My stomach soared and twisted and turned at this first mile marker of our very long journey yet to come. I'm excited, albeit terrified, as I consider how far we've come to reach this place.
Over the past couple of years, we've collected reams of paper from prospective agencies, joined listserves and forums, made phone calls and talked to adoptive parents. We have filled out numerous applications, and had our fingerprints taken again and again. And, each time we thought we were truly ready to begin, fear, doubt, and sometimes just life, held us back.
Now, when people ask us "why China?", the answer seems simple - it's the right choice for us, at the right time. Funny how sometimes if you are patient enough to wait for them, answers reveal themselves in the clearest of ways.
And so, it begins.
Over the past couple of years, we've collected reams of paper from prospective agencies, joined listserves and forums, made phone calls and talked to adoptive parents. We have filled out numerous applications, and had our fingerprints taken again and again. And, each time we thought we were truly ready to begin, fear, doubt, and sometimes just life, held us back.
Now, when people ask us "why China?", the answer seems simple - it's the right choice for us, at the right time. Funny how sometimes if you are patient enough to wait for them, answers reveal themselves in the clearest of ways.
And so, it begins.
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