Today started early for us, I was up around 5:30am reviewing for my upcoming school assignment that is due. Brian and I dropped the kids off and got our last form notarized, certified, and ready to go to the SOS's office in Frankfort. After completed my school work, Mom and I headed to Lexington to get the last reference letter certified. After that we picked up one of my dearest friends and the 3 of us headed to the State Capital. We did some much needed catching up about all kinds of stuff, but mostly about sweet Hadley and how our progress is coming along. We finished up at the SOS's office and left with the remaining 12 documents certified and Authenticated. Yeah!!!!!!!!! My smile was so big I could barely fit into the Yaris to drive back home.
When I got back home I finished the DAP#2 package and hopefully my sweet husband will mail it to AWAA tomorrow. As I stapled the remaining paperwork together, I realized that my sweet Hadley doesn't have the slightest idea that her forever family is getting ready to bring her home. I have mixed feelings about almost every decision we have made. I'm so happy that the day I get to hold her is getting closer, but I am sad for her. You see, all though her life here will be so much better than the life she has now, it's still all she's ever known, it's her life. I pray that she is with a foster family in China, and not in an orphanage, even then I will be taking her away from the only mother she has ever known. "Gotcha Day" will be one of the best days for us, but one of her worst. I pray that God starts preparing Hadley's caregivers for the day she will meet her forever family, and I am praying that God will give Hadley comfort through this transition. I don't expect her to like me in the beginning, let alone LOVE me. It will take time for her to understand that I will love her just like Jesus loves me, unconditionally............
I would also like to just throw this out there, because this blog is where I like to vent whether it's good or bad. This week I have been approached by a few people with such an ignorance of adoption that I wanted to smack them upside their heads. Now, I'm a christian. I'm not perfect. Just being very honest.... One person approached me about our adoption, and told me how wonderful she thought it was and how great Brian and I were for willing to raise someone's child, and blah, blah, blah. Then when she found out that our baby girl lives in China she informed me that there were plenty of children up for adoption in the U.S., and I should have gone that route instead. I simply said "Oh, thanks for informing me of that. I had no idea you could adopt in this country" and she just looked at me as if she didn't understand what I said. I went on to tell her that God called me to China. I really wanted to tell her this. "God told Noah to build a ship. How stupid would he have been if he didn't listen and instead built a truck. Would he have been able to drive his truck through the flood????" People kill me. Then a few days later another lady approached me and said "Why y'all adopting?" I replied "Cause God told us to". Then she asked "did he call you on the phone and tell ya?" (like a true smart butt). I then said "God call us on the phone? No, in 2012 he has the capability to text message." She didn't say another word. That's how I deal with stupid....... Still waiting on the HS approval, I will keep everyone updated as things change.
P.S. please pray for Ivy Joy she has had a few new issues come up and has gone through more surgery tonight.
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