I know it has been a LONG time! Sometimes it is just too much to keep up with the blog world and real world! In the ""real"" world in the past 3 months we have had contact with 4 birth families. The 4th appearing into our lives today. As Wally speaks with her this very moment on the phone, I wonder if she is the one. I had a very comfortable conversation with her earlier and it is so amazing to listen to his special way of relating to her too.
This is an amazing, frustrating, and somewhat ambiguous process. There are days where I don't think about it and then there are days when I am uber focused. It is a gift to have the opportunity to enter the lives of strangers who may magically become a REALLY important part of our lives. In a weird way , each conversation gets a little easier. After the 1st contact we had, I was sad that the couple went dark and we didn't her from them again, and at the same time our social worker explained that we were, "one person closer" to the right one.
My life is full of wonderful kids that I get to witness rapidly growing and they remind me that when the time is right, there will be kid in my life that I won't have to send home:>
