Shifted and Shepherded

That's right - I don't really know how to write an update at this point. There is so much at once and yet not much to show for it except a whole lot of mess. Huh...kind of sounds like my spiritual walk sometimes. Here is a picture of my morning. Thank goodness there is coffee. As my sweet friend Kristen said recently, "My everything is everywhere." --I am totally going to turn that phrase into an 8x10 print. I'm not kidding.-- See that multi-colored, three-columned list on the right? That is our home-study to do list. Good news - we are only missing the items in yellow. Below are some disorganized updates. Enjoy. 1. We recently completed two major events in our home study. They were the final two, actually. We met with a psychologist for an evaluation; Colombia, for some reason, does not want to place children with crazy people. Who knew? [More on this informative visit below.] Also, we had our final (FINAL!) home study interview with our social worker. ...

Long silences are a special king of torture to me, which compels me to apologize for the lack of blogs and updates recently regarding our adoption. I haven't written about it in a few weeks. For a while after the last blog post, we were mostly just checking adoption boxes: filling out forms, getting check-ups - I don't have TB, Yay! - verifying our employment, learning more Spanish. We both took extensive personality tests and had vials of blood drawn. You know, the fun stuff. I almost wrote a blog about how there wasn't much for me to blog about. Everything was going just fine, but it was all paperwork. Routine. I was thankful that it was mundane . . . quiet. And then it wasn't. Chad received a call from our caseworker last Tuesday. She explained that we are the farthest along in the home study process for Latin America among couples open to sibling groups. Therefore, before a sibling group moves into urgent advocacy, meaning the last plea for adoption befor...