So it is the day before our first meeting with the agency who will be handling our home study. The more I think about it the more the nerves are building. I worry that I will appear to anxious or even not myself.
Tomorrow after the meeting I have planned to take the day off to complete my fingerprinting, FBI background check, physical with Dr. Johnson, and anything else that I can check off our "paperchase" list. It will also be the first lump of money that we will have to give so it will be more real than ever. I still haven't completed my self-study and I have proved to be a really successful procrastinator.
On another note, MTV has a show called 16 and Pregnant. Their season finale was last week with a story line that followed a young couple who decided to give their baby girl up for adoption. I was very pleased to see that MTV portrayed the adoption in a good light and hope that it opens the doors for many other waiting couples. I cried through the whole thing thinking how hard it must be for a mother to give up her child. While it is the ultimate sacrifice, they should also be assured that they are providing a better life to their child and giving a couple a chance to become a family. I can only imagine the emotions that I will feel when we are in these shoes.
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#1 - You'll do just fine hun - I have the utmost confidence in you!!
ReplyDelete#2 - My roommate in college, a PSP brother, Rob Hopf, and his wife Gina Hopf, who you two may have met way back on that Vegas trip, completed an adoption about a year ago, they adopted a little boy from Guatemala, Michael after having one daughter miracuolously of their own, Laura. If you need/want advice, let me know, I can gladly point you their way. Also, too, I know you may have to get referrals from friends and such testifying how good a set of parents you'll be, if you do, send one my way, I'll gladly vouch for you & Ted!!
Take care, see you in two weeks! ~Finn