The Waiting Is The Hardest Part

Come on everyone, sing it with us. You know the song by Tom Petty.
"The waiting is the hardest part. You take it on faith, you take it to the heart. Waiting is the hardest part".
We've found ourselves humming this song lately as this verse is so true. The wait is truly the hardest part!!! We know its hard for those not going through the process to completely understand so we decided to attend the monthly waiting families meeting at WHFC last Thursday night. We met some very nice people waiting for thier children from Russia, Ethiopia, and China. No one waiting for Korea could make it that night. We felt so bad for the family waiting for China as they looked so beaten down. They've been waiting since 3/06. We told the group about both of our little ones and the social worker who runs the group said we are a perfect example of why they now allow concurrent adoptions. She was thrilled for us as the timing now is just perfect. It felt good to talk to others who "get it". We could almost finish their thoughts as they spoke about the difficulty of the wait and others reactions to the adoption. We really enjoyed ourselves and hope to go back each month. I guess they encourage you to bring your child to the group when they come home so everyone can see them. How fun to see the process come full circle. The group solidified once again that this is the right decision. They loved our perspective ...This is our journey to our daughter in China with a stop along the way in Korea for her brother or sister.

Referrals arrived from China this past week. The cutoff is alittle unclear but it looks like its 2/15/06. 6 days closer!!!!