Archive for adoption
Molasses in January
‘Little House on the Pairie’ books taught me what “slower than molasses in January” means. The bleak, white winters described in those pages made me grateful for amenities like heaters, clothes dryers and snow-blowers. Molasses was dripped from the trees with a bucket hung on a post that created a hole for the goo to [...]
What the Butterflies are Telling Me
Yesterday we had some very happy news.
This is what my running around looked like this morning:
Meet with lawyer along with DaRonn and Tyler (more about this below)
Signatures from lawyer, DaRonn and I all properly placed
Take the page to get photocopied in triplicate across the street from the lawyers office
Take those pages around the block to [...]
Weak in the Knees
When I am nervous I get weak in the knees. All the blood rushes from my head and makes my walking wobbly. I am nervous. We are so close, so very close. If my pessimistic lawyer is excited I am excited too.
Tomorrow I am going to pick up, sign, have stamped and notarized, then turn [...]
Trail Mix
Now on with the crunchy, munchy, nutty-fruity, on-the-go, bite-sized-goodness, mixed-up life I lead…
Adoption update: called my lawyer, she said the judge is being fired because she moves too slow, until she leaves they are trying to push as many cases through as possible, lawyer is hopeful for our case, it is out of the filing [...]
Choice
Adoption update: Two weeks ago I called my lawyer. It had been six weeks since we had talked at which time she told me, “We are fourth in line for local adoptions. Wait one more month.” Are you doing the math? The one month had been expired for two weeks. That is why I called. [...]
Image Therapy
Images are a powerful and integral part of my life. Images perceived with my physical eyes are just as potent as the images in my rather over-active imagination. At times this make-ableeb (my pronunciation for make-believe when I was a Mr. Rogers watcher) world exists as a completely real-to-me parallel universe. Images are realty, vitality [...]
Mind Bytes* “Loading”
The kids are sure calm. Ah-ha, treats and a movie. Look at their eyes. Do they know what is happening? Do they know he is going and they are staying? If they know, what is that doing to them. Extra hugs and cuddles.
Muffled French from the dining room. Will they know I care for their [...]
Two Things You Need to Know
It has been about a month since the last adoption update. Since I am a bit wound up I will attempt to stick to the facts and not enter into much speculation.
Thing One – The Judge Shuffle
At the beginning of the year there were two judges overseeing adoptions. Both of them have quit. Last week [...]
Why am I not Surprised?
Adoption update:
The judge turned in her resignation.
At the beginning of the year there were two judges here in Cochabamba who oversaw adoptions (among other things). Then one of them quit. Her work load then shifted to the hands of the remaining judge. Now that judge has resigned. What happens to her case load? It gets [...]
Jittery
The Current State of International Adoptions in Bolivia
Four adoptions from the House of Dreams in the last two months is very exciting. As of late the lawyers, social workers and adoption agencies in the city have been working overtime to make sure that as many international adoptions can happen quickly. The reason being that there [...]
On this journey of life, sharing my existence with God’s wonderful creation, there is nothing that thrills my heart more than knowing that my moments drip with purpose and destiny. 