On Monday, I got a call from the agency doing our background checks. They said they had completed everything, and everything came back perfect. Our backgrounds are clear (which we already knew), and they were ready for us to take the next step– signing up for 10 weeks of classes.
I was keeping my fingers crossed and praying hard they would have classes available on a weeknight we had free– which in this family, is pretty much TUESDAYS right now. Husband goes to school on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday nights right now until May. The classes we need to take are given on a rotating schedule, so one month they start 10 weeks of Monday classes, the next month they would start 10 weeks of Tuesday, etc, etc, etc… I was keeping my fingers crossed that the next classes would be TUESDAYS, and was disappointed when I found out that they weren’t. The first available class starts in March, and is on Thursdays.
We’re out of that one.
She then suggested we start Wednesday night classes in April. Can’t do that one, because husband has school for 3 more weeks after that. Also, my kids are getting very involved in their Wednesday night AWANAs and church youth group activities, and I don’t want to pull them out of that.
The next option is to wait until MAY. Tuesday night classes start May 18th.
May 18th, people. That’s over three months from now. Ten weeks of classes would mean getting done at the end of July. I’m not good at waiting. I am a very impatient person when I see what I want, and these next 90 days of doing NOTHING is going to be hard for me.
Right now, there are 3 little boys available for adoption that we are interested in learning more about. I’ve seen pictures, I’ve read a short bio on each of them, and have even seen a video of one of them. The waiting is eating me up inside, because until we complete our classes, we cannot get any more information about these three beautiful little boys. Based on the information we’ve read and seen so far, any of the three would be a wonderful addition to our family. Each little boy is so completely different and unique from the others — one is Caucasian, one African-American, and one Latino. They each have different hobbies, different likes and dislikes, and different special needs. But all three of these boys share one common thing — they are all looking for a “forever family” and it might be US.
I check nearly every day to make sure the boys are all still available. I have seen several children listed that now say “Placement Pending” and I get scared. I get scared that one of those little boys is meant to be OUR SON, and we might never get the chance to meet him.
God, I know You will let us know when the right time is. You will show us which child is meant to be ours. You will direct us through this process as You see fit. It will be hard for me, but I will wait. I will try my hardest to be patient, and know that what is meant to be, will be.
I will spend the next 90 days working on my list.
