Last night I packed up all of our home study history packet we have been gathering for three weeks. I made copies, carefully organized it the way they asked, wrote a big fat check and sealed it. The envelope seemed plain to me, so I added a little washi tape. I tucked it in my purse and got so excited I took a picture.
This is our first big step. It's the first big chunk of money, it's coming from our savings, and it's non-refundable. Once our adoption agency receives this packet, complete with notarized proof of all our entire life, we start the home study process of approving us as a prospective adoptive family. Seriously, that packet is so precious to me. I ran by the post office to walk it in, waited in line, and the nice postal worker asked me if I needed a signature for it. I thought about the 30,000 times we signed everything in there and laughed a little. "No, thanks." Then I watched him toss it on a pile with everyone else's mail and move on to the next customer. Our whole life, most of our money, sealed with washi, in a pile of mail. Adoption is hard.
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Mary Eckert
5/17/2018 06:28:59 pm
I remember the day our paperwork was ready to go. Signed and sealed just like yours (not with washi tape) and ready to go. I kept thinking about all that it took to get to that point and I was afraid to let it go. I stood in my office with that envelope in my hands and couldn’t go to the post office. I was so afraid we would be rejected and our dream would be lost. A friend of mine walked by me and realized my frozen state. She grabbed the he envelope out of my hands and took it to the post office for me. Needless to say it was the next step to getting and loving our Joseph. Your baby girl is one step closer to her mom and dad. Can’t wait to hear of the next step in your journey. Stay strong keep the faith and keep us posted. So excited for you!!!!
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