Today, I exchanged e-mail with our caseworker at the adoption agency. They have approved our pre-application paperwork. They have invited us to send in our documentation (and our money) and start the ball rolling.
Given all the news of the day, I feel much more confident in our ability to pay for the portion of the paperwork that will put us in a position to apply for grants. Additionally, we have been looking into some other fundraising vehicles and short-term things which may provide us with just the right recipe to move this along.
The caseworker pointed out that M3 is READY. The only thing she is waiting on is us to get our rears in gear, submit all the documentation and paperwork, and complete our homestudy. This means this process will move as fast as we can move it.
Which made me wonder...perhaps all this ulcer-inducing job searching has only been minimally fruitful because the very thing I have prayed about and believed in is truly going to happen. I am going to be granted an opportunity to be a mother to this precious little soul. And, if it happens as quickly as it appears it could, she will need me here.
If we are able to pull this off before I land 'the' job, it will probably be for the best as I will be able to take the necessary weeks to help her bond and adjust. To schedule her visits with a pediatrician, dentist, occupational therapist (if needed), and grief counselor (if needed) in a comfortably spaced manner. And, to form some relationships with the Ethiopian students on our local campus so that when I call one to come to the pediatrician and dentist with me, they will agree...I sense some sort of dessert will be involved? They are, after all, college guys.
My friend, KB, has offered to have a Welcome M3 party to 'shower' us with love, affection and some loot prior to M3's arrival. And, although my other friend APM is opposed to this entire idea (he likes my family just the way it is), I hope he will come and bring his buffalo chicken dip.
So much paperwork...I better find a good pen!
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