So, for the past few weeks I've been doing my best to stay away from all of this adoption "stuff". Here and there I would check our agency's Yahoo group, or even check a blog or 2, but today, I hit it all again... HARD. I was refreshing the group site every 20 minutes, and catching up on almost every blog on my "role" on the right hand side of this page. Surprise surprise, I'm feeling sorry for myself again tonight.
I know better than this. I know to just trust God's timing and to realize that we just have to wait for the baby that is right for us. But, I AM SICK OF WAITING. We have been #2 for almost 6 WEEKS. Yes, 6 WEEKS. I know adoptive moms say you forget about the waiting after it's over, but that doesn't make it any easier.
Here's a more detailed update for those of you who are wondering. Our agency tells me they hit a "dry spell" and it is VERY common for things to move very quickly then slow down for a bit. Our agency has been "slow" with referrals since the beginning of January. This, combined with some pretty surprising staff changes has been obviously very frustrating. But, my thought is that things have to be picking up, it just has to. They won't give me any other information other than the fact that nothing is going wrong in Ethiopia to cause this slow down, it just is what it is. Also - I know I keep saying we are #2. Well, that isn't completely accurate. For those of you wondering, we are actually #1 in line for preferences of a baby boy 0-10 months. However, there is a family that is #1 for the preferences of 2 children of either gender under the age of 2-years-old. NOTE: Unrelated children that are referred together MUST be 9 months apart from each other. So, depending on how the referrals come in, that will dictate who gets the call first. Confusing I know, but "it is what it is" I guess.
I really really really hope to have good news for you all soon.
