September 07, 2006
Hang on
We're well into September and there are many families waiting to get word about their October appointments at the new adoption center in Ukraine. Could be any day now. Most of them had to update just about all of their documents that expired because the country put the process on hold. How frustrating! But frustration and patience are the key words here. I remember being so driven to get everything done, even when we had to update our documents and wait six months longer than we anticipated to travel. I just don't know how we did it. I look at Tara, I see her sweet smile, I hear her little voice singing in her bed at night in the dark, I smell her little-girl-sweaty hair after a day at the park, I see her small, pink flip flops parked near the front door.
Oh my gosh, you just have to keep the faith!
Posted by Laura at September 7, 2006 09:41 PMPosted to Adoption News
I would like to add that the couples who are trying to adopt shouldn't take the red tape personally. Don't say to yourself "Gosh don't they WANT these kids to find homes?" They do. Of course they do.
It isn't any one person's fault that the process is not smooth. Don't throw up your hands and say "forget it!" People criticize post baby boomers as being the generation of instant gratification; that young couples now want everything in an instant. Don't fall into that stereotype. Keep at it, find the courage and patience to deal with the nonsense and the pay-off will come.
Your sons and daughters are waiting for you, won't you wait for them?