40 days?
How has it been 40 days since I shared what is happening in our crazy happy beautiful life?
When I last posted an update we were just back from vacation. What I didn't mention is that we received some great adoption news while we were at the beach!
We are finally WAITING!
All this work and papers and meetings have led to this - we are waiting. On the list. Full of (im)patient expectation.
Our profile is posted on the adoption agency's website for any to see and they are sharing it with birth families who have criteria that we match.
It's pretty exciting!
Another part of working with our agency is something called "opportunities". I have mentioned those before - they are situations where extenuating circumstances make the adoption .... complicated (I think that's a fair word). Essentially before our profile is shared with these birth families we are contacted to see if we are ok with the details. That way the agency avoids a situation where a birth family has chosen an adoptive family and the adoptive family says "no".
Obviously that could cause lots of heartache for the birth family.
A few weeks ago we heard about one of these opportunities. It was so exciting to be in a position where a placement was possible. However, the details of this situation were unsettling for Kain and for me. We decided not to be shared with that birth family.
Last week another opportunity was shared with us. It's even more complicated and overwhelming than the last.
We have mostly decided again not to be shared with this birth family ("mostly" means that I'm still wrestling with the decision, having some second thoughts). But their life is incredibly hard right now and they have been weighing heavily on my mind and on my heart. Would you please join me in praying for them, for the baby they are carrying, and for the adoptive family that will bring that baby home? Pray for peace, for smooth transitions, for health, and for every little detail.
And please keep praying for us too. Waiting is hard. Saying no to potential placements is impossibly hard. And remaining hopeful is hard too. Hard. That pretty much suns up this phase of the journey.
And in other news, or best pal Ranger had his first birthday! We love our snuggle pup and I just had to share this photo!
