Marathon Day!

We had a marathon day at the agency yesterday. We started with a morning meeting to go over general items and to review our initial application. I was a little anxious before hand, even though it wasn't any sort of "approval" meeting. But, it turns out that the lady we spoke with was so nice and very comforting. Joel has been a pillar through all this, and I don't know what I'd do without his eager and can-do attitude. I should back track a bit and also say that getting to this point definitely presented each of us with our own emotional challenges. But, God is good and I know that it was a path we had to take to get where we are today!

After the morning meeting, we had to quickly complete our formal application (nearly 10 pages that we had to fill with our life's personal and intimate details) and submit it before we could attend a meeting this same evening that would allow us to move to the next step in the process. We left the agency and decided to get a cup of coffee and relax while we filled out the forms.

As I was sitting there sipping my coffee, struggling to remember every minuscule detail of my life for documentation, I felt a small sense of resentment crop up. Not towards anyone, but towards the situation. I suppose this is a normal feeling for an adoptive-only parent, but one I wasn't proud to have.

We finally finished our novels and returned to the agency to hand-in our work. We were told we were the only couple slated to be at the evening's meeting so I felt pretty lucky knowing we'd get one-on-one attention. We ended up meeting with the managing social worker from the agency who gave us the complete run-down of what to expect throughout the entire adoption process. This included details on our home study, birth-mom, waiting, preparation etc. It was a rather intense couple of hours, but eye-opening and necessary information nonetheless. And, I'm proud to say we were not daunted, but exhilarated to continue the journey!