Garden Variety Family

adoption in the news

This is our current affairs. We have waited 8 months. When we started our adoption and had things stayed the same we would be half way through our wait. The way things look now we are only ¼ to 1/5 of the way through the wait! Aren't people supposed to be getting really excited, having showers, making final touches and arrangements to bring their little ones home, at this point? Eight months seems like an accomplishment, but in this reality it is nothing more than the passage of time--8 months ago it was April
we were emerging from winter, now we are dipping back into it. I wish I could hibernate and wake up 4 months down this path.

Away too long...

As much as I have been going about my life not focused on the adoption (I haven't written here in such a while) it seems to creep into conversation...all the time and everywhere. I am not bothered by it. People are curious. If they are friends or family they too want to know what is going on, express concern, they will be, are experiencing this too. Another person will be added to their life and I imagine that in many ways they are anticipating this event too. When everyone asks, I say, "Don't ask." Then they know. But I sometimes think about the day when I say, "We leave in 10 days." or "We have her."

This morning when I woke up it was snowing outside. A beautiful snow globe kind of snow. The kind of snow that makes you want to leap up and go outside and turn your tongue to the sky! Exquisite. I took a photo against the only thing that would give enough contrast to even see it--our pine trees, but even they are half white already. I realized in my future life I would probably be bundling our little one in boots and snowsuit, hat and mittens. We would pry Steve out of bed to go out and sweep snow angels  into the lawn and build snow people decked out in winter fashions.

We live in a beautiful place this is just one of the things I can't wait to share with our girl. I can't wait to see the wonder in her eyes.