The internet rumor mills are all pointing to good news for me. If I dare believe them -- I should expect Libby Doodle Doo's picture in the next batch of referrals from China AND that batch should arrive sometime next week.
The internet played No role during my wait for Little Zo Peep. After submitting my paperwork to China, I simply went on with my life. I had been told that the wait would be at least 1 year, so wait I did. No communication with my adoption agency -- except to resubmit some paperwork that expired as I was waiting. Fifteen months passed and then one day -- unexpected and unannounced I received a FedEx envelope with Zo Peep's picture, information and a form to fed ex back to determine if I would accept her as my daughter.
Oh how times change. When I found out that the wait for adoption was slowing down (BTW I found out this information from another adoptive mom -- Not my don't ask/we won't tell agency), I surfed the internet to see what I could find. My gosh I hit the mother lode. There were hundreds upon hundreds of blogs, websites and Yahoo Groups devoted to chinese adoptions. I now spend almost every lunch hour, late evening and early morning online catching up on the lives of other adoptive parents -- those waiting like me, those in China getting their children and those who have returned home.
I've learned a lot of information during this time -- but I've also been burned occasionally. I've succumbed to hopeful rumors that never panned out. I've read about problems that other people were having with their adoption and worried if I would face a similar fate. Overall this internet wait produced more stress and angst than I ever experienced with my first adoption -- but it also provided me with more information, more resources, and a greater sense of community than I ever had with my first adoption, either.
As my dear dad would say, "You gotta take the bad with the good."
So I have my fingers and toes crossed that this internet rumor proves true and that at this time next week I'll be staring at a picture of my new daughter!!!
The internet played No role during my wait for Little Zo Peep. After submitting my paperwork to China, I simply went on with my life. I had been told that the wait would be at least 1 year, so wait I did. No communication with my adoption agency -- except to resubmit some paperwork that expired as I was waiting. Fifteen months passed and then one day -- unexpected and unannounced I received a FedEx envelope with Zo Peep's picture, information and a form to fed ex back to determine if I would accept her as my daughter.
Oh how times change. When I found out that the wait for adoption was slowing down (BTW I found out this information from another adoptive mom -- Not my don't ask/we won't tell agency), I surfed the internet to see what I could find. My gosh I hit the mother lode. There were hundreds upon hundreds of blogs, websites and Yahoo Groups devoted to chinese adoptions. I now spend almost every lunch hour, late evening and early morning online catching up on the lives of other adoptive parents -- those waiting like me, those in China getting their children and those who have returned home.
I've learned a lot of information during this time -- but I've also been burned occasionally. I've succumbed to hopeful rumors that never panned out. I've read about problems that other people were having with their adoption and worried if I would face a similar fate. Overall this internet wait produced more stress and angst than I ever experienced with my first adoption -- but it also provided me with more information, more resources, and a greater sense of community than I ever had with my first adoption, either.
As my dear dad would say, "You gotta take the bad with the good."
So I have my fingers and toes crossed that this internet rumor proves true and that at this time next week I'll be staring at a picture of my new daughter!!!
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