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Friday, February 21, 2014

This is starting to get real

On Saturday, I mailed my huge packet of papers (minus that one little guardian form) to the social worker. I put a tracker on the envelope so I knew that it had arrived on Tues. I have been waiting patiently to hear back.

 Today (Friday) I decided it was long enough so I played dumb and sent an email. I told her that I mailed out my forms and I was wondering if they had arrived yet. I also asked for a basic time line for them to get processed. I told myself that it would probably take a few months. At this point, I just wanted confirmation that they were not lost in the office or in large pile on someone's desk etc.

 Not long after I sent my note, I got back this email from her.

 Hi __________ Great job,,,I received your packet and already started processing it. Your fingerprints arrived and your medical forms arrived. I sent you out a packet with two missing forms, and a Bethany Newletter/ Magazine, and a sample adoptive parent profile book (the most popular one). Good job… Give us about 7 to 10 days to review everything and call you back. It looked good to me. Your caseworker is ___________ for the homestudy report, and your file is now on her desk for review. 

WOW, this is starting to get real. Dare I get my hopes up? Not yet, but I am so excited that I finally turned in those darn forms. I started to cry...... but this time it was tears of joy, hope, and accomplishment. I was glad that I was totally correct to just send in what I had and not be perfect about it.

Did you notice how many times she wrote that I did a great job?

WOOHOOO. I hope that you can share in my joy.

7 comments:

  1. Awesome! We just had our first meeting today and need to get a move on those papers! Good job!!

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  2. It's a big step in the right direction. It is sooooo hard not to get your hopes up. I find myself wanting to buy baby things but have decided to wait until our h.s is complete (which should be soon). Right now there is such a slim chance of anything happening. Waiting is hard but just a necessary part of the adoption process.

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  3. Yay! Can't wait to keep hearing your story....

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  4. Yay! I think it's so important to celebrate every step that's accomplished, especially when it come to filling out tedious paper work.

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  5. We're adopting through Bethany too! Congrats on this huge step!!! So exciting!!!

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  6. WOOHOO is right! Totally sharing in your joy right now. :)

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  7. So very happy for you!

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