Delays from the Universe

Patience... Patience... Someone told me what that meant once, but I am still trying to work that definition out in my head when dealing with adoption. I know, I know... get used to it!

I finally called my social worker to see what the heck is going on with my homestudy. Well, it turns out that as a part of the inter-agency agreement, my Texas agency sent some requirements to the NH agency. She didn't see them until after the homestudy was done because the main office had them buried on a desk for a few weeks. Fabulous. So, she needed all of these new things from me, vital documents of all kinds. Luckily, I am bent down in take off position at the starting line for the dossier, so I will like, " Birth certificate? Yeah, got one right here? Passport? Sure. Floor plan of my house? Done. Just give me 10 minutes and a PowerPoint document." So, the ten new things, which I didn't know she needed, really had her flustered. The thing is, it took me literally 20 minutes to get all of that in order, so here is one of those delays for no reason.

But you see, there is a reason for this delay. I think a lot about this. It's pretty amazing that I haven't gotten irritated yet - just a few growls. There's a reason though and that is that a couple of months ago I threw control of this adoption to the universe with the faith to know that this process is meant to bring me to a specific child, even though I don't know who she is yet. And so, if this unnecessary 2 week delay hadn't happened, the child who is supposed to be mine may not have been paper-ready for adoption when I got there. We all have to believe this, because I am anticipating many more delays throughout the process. It's just the nature of the game.

I've had some interesting conversations with many of you about the dating question from my last post. Full disclosure seems to be the way to go from 100% of the people polled. I agree. So, that's the chosen path. I'm not going to post much dating stuff on here unless it pertains to the adoption, so any of you looking for me to dish will have to have the nerve to contact me privately ;-)

Have a wonderful weekend!