Our Dossier is supposed to be completed. This may change, because it has twice already. This has been such a frustrating part of the adoption-the sigh of relief that we are finished and only have to wait on others, then learning (or realizing) we are still. not. finished. Yeah, there are times in your life where things like this will happen, and the feeling is always frustration, but when it concerns your family, or, more specifically, one of your children coming home, it is enough to bring a momma to tears. Our most recent experience: all of our documents had been collected and sent to the agency. Our agency fees included the ability to send the dossier to CAN, then they send it to county/state governments to get sealed (this apparently is not common, a family must drive to get this done). Our adoption counselor sent everything off to be sealed and wrote us saying our birth certificates were rejected because the notary "expired." These certificates were only a couple months old!! But no worries, I had just ordered new ones and they already came in the mail. The next email, not even 10 minutes later, stated that we ordered incorrect wedding certificates. This was not our fault, but Ohio's fault because they just changed the law saying that the certificates must be signed by the judge, not just the deputy clerk. grrrrrrr. This and a reminder that the wait for a referral takes up to 12 months brought me to tears. There is nothing like going from the top of your game, getting shot twice then kicked in the gut. Maybe that is a little extreme but it is exactly how I felt that day. Since then we've sent in all the new documents and haven't heard anything. I'll take silence as a positive.
But God is taking care of us. A good friend reminded me that I would not get this time with "just Julia" back, so soak it all in. And that makes everything better. I love that little girl. She is my heart.
A week or so ago we had a mommy-daughter day at the zoo. We go to the zoo alot but I don't think we've ever gone just the two of us. I loved it. It was easily my favorite trip to date.
Doesn't she just melt your heart? I can't imagine having 2 babies to love this much. It will surely be a blessing.
We've also been overwhelmed by people that have come together to support us in our adoption. One of the biggest things that have happened lately is I've become a jeweler for Premier Designs. Can I just say I've secretly wanted to work for this company for a long time? I remember telling someone about that desire before Julia was born. I would used to go to shows with my mom and be so excited to be surrounded by the gorgeous pieces! Such a girly girl. So anyways, one day I approached a girl from church who is a consultant about ordering a piece for my mom's birthday (I look at it like supporting a local business or entrepreneur?) Now Christy and her husband adopted their sweet little boy so she has a huge heart for adoption. That girl offered to give us 100% of her profit. I was overwhelmed! This is one of the kindest things anyone had ever done for us. So I said yes. She also told me a little bit about the business opportunity but I wasn't too interested. I ended up going to a meeting where you listen to the business side of Premier and as a reward, you can order whatever you would like for 50% off. BINGO! Mom's gift. So I go, still not interested but I look at all the gorgeous pieces and start dreaming about having them for myself-yes, I took a purchase that was supposed to be about a gift for someone else and made it about me. haha! Well, I was enamored by all the beautiful jewels and couldn't help but think how FUN it would be to sell this product to raise money to bring our son home. One thing lead to another, details, details, God whispering, me questioning, Joe agreeing, and we signed up. I had an amazing debut show where Christy rocked and so many beautiful ladies showed up to support! God has been so good and the business has done very well! I'm so thankful for this opportunity, not only for the obvious reasons, but because I'm able to force myself to come out of my shell-in front of people! Yikes! Little by little, the Lord is helping me grow.
To be continued...
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