Now that I’ve passed the final health department inspection, only my final profile (a mini-biography based on several interviews) needs to be completed by the foster care caseworker. I should be approved within the month. I agreed to provide emergency, short-term care for children during the interim that might happen while I’m waiting for a child who needs a permanent placement.
Anyway, the topic of adoption has been occurring frequently over the last several days – as in random clerks mentioning it to me or it being a surprise storyline in a favorite show, etc. And as much as I’ve railed against the long and drawn-out process, in terms of my life I am exactly where I need to be to make this happen. Two years or even two months ago, I wouldn’t have been ready. Now I am.
This is total yay!
You have been very persistent and patient with this whole process. I really hope it works out. I don’t think I could have stuck through it. Of course the VA is just as bad and all I want to do is volunteer with Lucy. You’d think I was trying to get a job at NSA.