I'm still here!

Hey! I know I haven't written anything lately but wanted to let you know I am still here and still waiting! My letter is being sent out every month and I know that when it is the right time it will find the right birth mother. I hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving!

Support!

I went to an adoption support group today in Atlanta and enjoyed it so much. It was great to hear from people who are just starting like me to those who are matched and just waiting until they have their baby in their hands. Each person had a different story to tell and a lot of their anxieties are the same anxieties that I have. How great to meet with a bunch of people who are going through the same things that I am going through? It is so helpful to hear how they are dealing with all of the anxieties and feelings that go along with adoption. This group will definitely help as I go through the waiting.

Anxiety Meeting!

On Tuesday I am traveling to Atlanta for a meeting that the Independent Adoption Center is having on anxiety during the adoption process. I figured this would be a good meeting for me to attend because I am trying hard not to have anxiety about the process but it just keeps sneaking up and then WHAM! I am hit with it. ANXIETY! Hopefully this meeting will help me to keep perspective and not get to anxious and just remember all things will happen in God's time.

My Website!

My website with the Independent Adoption Center is now up and active. Let the people start viewing! :)

Finally!

I have file approval!

I got word last week on my trip that I have file approval. What does this mean? It means that my birth mother letter will be printed and able to send out and my website will be put up. I am now up for the picking. So, now the real waiting begins. Before this I was waiting for this paperwork to be done and now I am just waiting for the right birth mother to contact me. I know that God has a birth mother out there for me and now I just have to use my patience to help me wait for that moment. It will happen. It will just take time.

It has all been submimtted!

All of my information has not been submitted to the head adoption coordinator to approve. Here's hoping! It would be great for it to be accepted the first time but I'm not holding my breath on that one. Again just minimal changes would be great for me. We'll see.

It's been awhile...

I have written in a bit and thought I'd let you know how things are progressing. I have just signed up for my toll free number and filled in the last part of the birth mother letter. I am hoping that my coordinator likes one of the ones I have submitted and will send my file to go up for approval. Once that happens then I am up for the choosing. My home study is now a few months old and that kind of peeves me because after a year you have to renew it. I just hate to have spent time of my home study with not being able to truly adopt. Oh well!!! timing always works out in the end. I hope that I have gone through all of this waiting on the front side and won't have to wait as long on the other side. I just have to remind myself that it is a process filled with waiting and what I am waiting for is completely worth it. It was so great to see another teacher's baby today and get to hold her. It was such a feeling of this is what I am waiting for. She was so sweet and smiley and just loveable. I can't wait for that! Well, I guess I can wait for it....I am waiting for it. I am so excited but I try to keep the excitement in check....I'll continue to keep you posted!