Different animals have different gestational periods. Opossums only have to wait 12-13 days for their off-spring to arrive. Asian Elephants, on the other hand, have to wait 616 days, or 20.5 months, before setting eyes on their child. So the question we are posing to you today is, how long will it take for us to see our child?
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Once Upon A Time… These are timeless words that conjure up visions of a child’s bedtime story. It is where tales of bravery, kingdoms, dragons, evil queens, poison apples, and chivalry blend with magic, imagination, and life lessons presented through beloved characters. Filled with amazing twists and turns, they fill us with joy, suspense, and excitement while...
It was a busy afternoon… I was running around the house bouncing between phone interviews and working on several aspects of the adoption paperwork and our profile. I was multitasking in overdrive as the downstairs telephone rang. The caller ID flashed and the numbers didn’t have a chance to register before I hurriedly clicked the answer button and...
(Photo Credit – “When I Grow Up”, a children’s story by Al Yankovic) (Yes… It’s “Weird Al” Yankovic, but the reviews are exceptional!) What I want to be when I grow up… It’s a question that nearly every person struggles with at some point in their lives. It’s the stuff that childhood dreams are made...
Patience is a virtue. Sadly, it is not one I possess. So the concept of waiting to wait is very difficult for me, to say the least. What is “waiting to wait?” As our previous posts explained, we went to the orientation, seminar, finished adoption education coursework, completed a stack of paperwork, and had four sets of interviews. All of that is in...
As we left the Bethany Adoption Seminar, program binder in hand, the 100+ pages of documentation, checklists, and required deliverables for our domestic infant adoption process slowly began to burn a hole in my brain. We had only completed one questionnaire up to his point, and based on a cursory review of our requirements to come, we would need to complete at least...