For the next 15 days, there will be posts on 15 different children looking for families of their own. http://butbygraceitcouldbeme.blogspot.com/ is where you begin this journey... please stop in every day for the next 2 weeks to continue this saga.
Last weekend I was lucky enough to be able to go with my daughter J and her teammates to the Challenger Baseball World Jamboree in Norfolk. There were over 60 teams from 6+ states in attendance for the 3 days of games and activities. There were children with walkers and wheelchairs and strollers and cleats. There were dancers and swimmers amongst them too! All of a sudden, the kids that are always a minority, "different" or "slow" are now being cheered instead of jeered. These kids are hitting home runs to standing ovations and showing how the smallest accomplishment can garnish the greatest reward. These kids have the best outlook and sportsmanship I have seen in a long time. There is no screaming at umpires for bad calls or booing of players. They are truly a great group of kids and young adults that I am proud to say I know.
And there is Reid. What a cute little guy! I can see him in a family so much like our own and the others that I saw last weekend. I could see him succeeding at this game of life: playing catch with his dad and brothers, running to home base into his mom's arms, cheering on his friends and team. Back at the hotel, the pool is the place to be! It doesn't matter if you can walk or stand on your own on land, because the water is a whole other world. In the water you can be graceful or fast or goofy or just like any other person there. He can play Marco Polo with his brothers and sisters or just float on past the action. Did I mention the HOT TUB?!? Oh yeah baby! Hot tubs are the bomb-digity! Ah... nothing like it after a hard work out on the field to relax those tired muscles before going out on the boardwalk for some dinner and seafood. I wonder what Reid would think of shrimp or crab? Would he rather have a burger and fries or would he be daring and want a shrimp cocktail of his own? What about ice cream for dessert? Sounds good, huh? Well what if you had never had cold beverages before, everything you ever drank was tepid, not even some ice to cool down your tea on a hot day. How strange would it be to get that first taste of ice-cold creaminess on your tongue? Hmmm... vanilla, chocolate or strawberry... which would you choose?
And a quick blurb on us:
Ok, I guess it is time for a quick adoption process update for those out there that are interested in following our progress.
We completed our homestudy on 4/30/12. We have now also completed all of our Dossier and it is on it's way to Eastern Europe! We are now awaiting our USCIS fingerprints & then approval. So, all in all.. I would have to say that this process is moving much more quickly than I had anticipated. We committed to our *hopefully* new son the end of Feb./first of March and it is now Mid-May. IF we get a quick fingerprint appointment and approval here... we potentially could be looking at having him home before the start of school in the fall! You never know, stranger things have happened (like the fact that our first choice in child care is due with her 2nd child Aug. 6th). We'll just have to play things by ear and take them as they come.
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