One week

So I originally wrote this a week ago and forgot to hit publish, sorry! 

What a difference a week makes… and a TON of prayer.

Last Monday we had a meeting with our social worker that got us down.  I mean really down.  And then God started moving.  Friday evening, March 6^th, we received an email saying our home study approved in our county and sent for state approval. 

Let me back up a bit, yes, we thought we had already done this.  Yes, we had already celebrated this milestone.  Well we were wrong and it took us a lot longer than it should have but we are now approved. 

State approval is what we have been waiting on since September.  State approval normally takes 60 days.  However they were looking out for my home study and it got approved in ONE DAY!!!  So, as of Wednesday March 11, 2015, we are officially on the state wide waiting list. 

 

 

Adoption is hard

Lately it seems like we take one step forward and three steps back.  the family of four that I have pictured is growing dimmer and dimmer.  Without going into too much detail, the meeting this morning did NOT go well. Right now I feel like a divine intervention will have to happen to get our baby girl home.  I have started questioning if maybe this is God showing us that this is not the plan for us.  

There are currently over a half a million children in the US living without a forever family, one of those is our child.  This should not be nearly as difficult as it is. I understand all of the checks and screens they have to do. I understand all of the paperwork (don't like it, but understand it). I do not understand why there are good parents out there and children in need of a home and they are not put together.  

I am not a perfect parent. Heck tonight I gave my son a lunchable for dinner. However that boy knows he is loved. He gets hugs and kisses daily and loves big. We are not perfect but we can be a good home for our baby girl. 

My heart is aching for our child. Please pray, pray, and then pray some more. We are ready for our baby girl to come home.