The bible says the race is not given to the swift nor the strong but to the one who endures to the end (paraphrased). Well the race could be given to all of the above in our case. We were swift and strong and endured the process to finish our paperwork on Aug. 24. We were contacted to set up interviews the following week! I thought it would take a little longer for them to contact us. We will begin the interview process on this Monday, Sept. 10 and will finish by the end of the month on Sept. 28.
The kicker here is that our adoption specialist tells us that there are several African-American birthmothers who will give birth in the next few weeks. They essentially want us to get through the next few steps of the process quickly so they can present us to these mothers. WOW! If we have everything in place we could potentially be parents in October. OCTOBER! In the words of Tracy Jordan on my fav TV show 30 Rock, “I’m buggin out!”
Again we have been so focused on the process that we have not had time to calmly consider the parenting part. While the books we have read, suggest doing this during the waiting period. They never told us what to do if there is no real waiting period.
Our biggest hurdle is the finances. We desperately need to raise the placement costs of ~$14,300. We are leaving no stone unturned over the next few weeks. We ask for your prayers but we really ask for your support. We will be having a Benefit Garage sale this Saturday. Also we will have fundraisers at Orange leaf Clayton on each Monday in September (10th, 17th and 24th) and a bonus day on Sept. 26 (see Fundraisers for details).
We still have no guarantees that things will happen as fast as our worker is suggesting, but we must be prepared. We are so grateful for the hope that that has been instilled in us. We are also humbled. While Ted has experience with babies, I have none, at least not on my own. I have always had the actual parents around. As Butterfly McQueen said “ I don’t know nothin' bout' birthin' no babies” . Well in our case it’s really carin' for the baby. But I guess I better learn quickly. YouTube to the rescue :)
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