More waiting

We are still waiting on our paperwork to be approved to adopt Aimee. We first mailed in our forms and documents to the Dept. of Homeland Security 91 days ago. Since April 1st this year, all international adoptive parents have to go through a more detailed process to gain approval to bring a child into the US. Specifically, these new rules are for all Hague Convention countries around the world. While we can see the need to make sure adoptive parents are safe and worthy, sometimes you start to believe it is a little over done. The new 1800a process nearly needs an attorney to translate and navigate the wording is so complicated and specific. So, we wait... This morning we were reading some adoption training material and came across a paragraph that describes adoption waiting as almost a 'grief' process. You know your child is waiting on you and someone else is raising her/him at this very moment. You don't know when you will travel since most of the process is out of your control. So we sit and wait, and check on the process, and we pray. Hopefully this coming week we will be able to report on some new progress.