The waiting, the anticipation, the home study meetings, the uncertainty of how it will end, the bleeps and hick ups, the paperwork; it is not an easy journey but no one said it would be easy. It's hard, much work goes into it and still we persevere because the end result is so worth it. It's like when you really, really want to be pregnant and have a baby and you can't, for some unknown reason it just isn't happening. I know, our first baby took a while but when it did happen it just made everything that was hard disappear.
That's not so say that parenting is always easy, it's not, it sure has it trials and tribulations and it tests you good and yet still you would not give it up for the world because there are so many good moments, tiny capsules of treasure floating throughout our lives. It consumes you and you're more than happy to give yourself to it.
That's how the adoption process is. It's hard and yet you can't stop because you know there is a child waiting on you. But now that the home study is done I just need to take a breather for a moment, recoup my strength. I'm sure everyone's done that at one point or another, you need to if you are to get through it.
The final report of the Home Study has arrived. What is next?
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