Good News!

We have great news! Our social worker was able to speak to the adoption coordinator and convince her that she is being too strict with dates and so now they are going to approve our little girls file. So now..we await for yet another ammendment and a call to our agency to send the file back to the province again. Internatinal adoption is unpredictable, and China will refer you a child but it may not always be the age you request so the province needs to be flexable. I hope that the pain that we suffered is a means of paving the way for those who are waiting behind us, because if that is the way the province is going to work...then they are going to be turning down a lot of files and disappointing alot of families.

There is more to our story...but everytime I talk about it, I feel so sick to my stomach, I am just better off looking forward. We are just so relieved. I am still trying to catch my breath. I suffered much anxiety over it all and had to leave work on Friday, as it all caught up to me at once and the reality of it all set in. I felt faint and had pain in my chest and nausea. I really thought I was having a heart attack! I still have the nausea and anxious feeling...but thankfully...the chest pains have left!

Thank you to all who prayed for us and sent kind words. A big thank you to those who made phone calls and spoke on our behalf. You don't know how much it meant to us.

So, if all goes well this week...perhaps I will have some pictures to show you all. That would really make a wonderful 10th anniversary present wouldn't it. Daniel and I have been married 10 years this Thursday. And we started our adoption process 1 year ago this Friday. I think we have come full circle.

Take care.
Natalie