Monday, April 29, 2013

Stuck

Last night a few friends and I got to see the documentary film "Stuck" from the Both Ends Burning. I was still holding back tears thinking of it as I drove into work this morning.

Early in our adoption process we considered adopting from Bulgaria (because we believed at the time that China was a closed program to us), but we were very concerned about the long wait for a child with mild/moderate special needs (which is 3-4 years currently). We want to give a child a home that really needs one. But we wondered - if there is such a long wait, is there really even a need for adoptive families there? But the sad truth is, yes - desperately. The waits are long, not because there are more families than children available, but because of a broken system - and the children are suffering because of it.

And this is true unfortunately, not just for Bulgaria, but for a large number of countries. MILLIONS of orphans are left with very little hope for ever being part of a family.

Please consider signing the petition to encourage change for the sake of these forgotten, stuck children.


(For those who watched the movie, here's an update on sweet little Nate.)

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Thrifting for Baby

I can't wait to see our little one wearing these sweet kicks! :)


Saturday, April 20, 2013

The LeSuer Family

I've come across and watched this video twice now and both times it brings me to tears. I can't wait to meet our baby girl!

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Hurry Up... Wait

That pretty much defines the adoption process, we're learning! Right now we are in a holding pattern, waiting on our home study to be completed by our social worker. This beautiful weather is a great distraction!

In other news, we saw another great documentary the other day called "Somewhere Between" (on Netflix). It was very well done! It gave us a little gimps into our lives as an adoptive family, but it already breaks my heart to think of the hurt (from the loss of her birth family and/or caretakers, from all the unknowns of her past, and even probably some insensitive comments) our child will likely experience.

Saturday, April 6, 2013

Home Study #2

BJ and I headed up to Indy for our second home study visit (the first was in our home so the second didn't need to be) and felt it went really great! Our social worker was really nice and friendly and set us at ease. We are happy to have this part of the process behind us now! We have some waiting to do before we can finish up our dossier and we're hopeful that by the end of May our paperwork will be on its way to China! :)