Week 8 - We Passed!

For the last couple of weeks, we've been waiting on a draft of our homestudy from our social worker. Even though we feel confident that we're fit to be parents, there was an uneasy current running through each of us as we waited for that official "recommendation" necessary to adopt. We worried over whether we said the right things; did our home (and our housekeeping skills!) pass muster; were we likeable? What if we forgot to dot an i or cross a t in our paperwork? What if our references got together and said we were closet psychopaths (infertility does do funny things to you)? Neither of us spoke a word about this river of uncertainty winding through us, as if to voice it would lend truth to our fears.

Mercifully this past weekend, after hours of speaking with our references, reading our autobiographical applications, and meeting with us in person, our social worker granted us legitimacy as adoptive parents - we passed our home study!! We won't actually be certified to adopt until our home study goes before the judge for review, but it still merits a mini-celebration for now!