Almost Done… Isn’t Done.



SANITY... the first thing to go when dealing with paperwork.



We are at last filling out the final forms for our home study paperwork. We are so ready to be finished with this… it has taken far too long. Sheet after sheet, form after form. We are so tired of it. But there is another reason we are ready to be done with it. We are yearning for our child! The sooner we finish the paperwork, the sooner we will start and finish our home study, the sooner we can submit our dossier to Bulgaria, the sooner we will get a referral, the sooner we will be bringing our child home!

Some of the paperwork is really, really boring… like filling in every address we’ve lived at since we were 18 years old. Some is really interesting, but time consuming – like writing out our autobiographies. Just think, someday I could take this autobiographical essay and expand it into a book! Or not… as I have said, we’re ready to be done.

One of the assignments we have is to map out our child’s life once he or she comes home.  Where will his or her school/daycare be? Who will be our pediatrician of choice? Who can we call if we have a question about adoptive parenting? What are our plans for making our child aware of his/her cultural background? For taking care of his/her special needs?  If we die, who will have guardianship? These decisions make us feel like we are parents already, trying to make the best choice for our child.

But who is our child? We wish we already knew – not knowing is the hardest part of waiting.  Not knowing, but still loving. Will it be a boy or a girl? Will it be a toddler or a little child ready to enter kindergarten? Will he or she have laughing brown eyes and a beautiful full grin or a shy smile and a head full of curls? Will our kid like broccoli and brussels sprouts like Mom or love all things bread like Dad? We will love whomever God gives us to love… we just can’t wait to meet him or her!

I think we will have a party when we are done with the last form… anyone want to come over and celebrate with us?