Closing down and starting fresh

We were informed this month that our adoption agency is closing down and our account will be transferred over to another agency. We were highly apprehensive of this at first, we shopped other agencies, but ultimately decided to tough it out. As of January 1st we will be clients of Christian family adoptions.


On a HUGE and much more positive note, we have been selected to be part of our first adoption committee. For those of you unfamiliar with this process I will briefly explain. We get bulletins of the waiting children, read through bulletins, submit on who you think would be a good fit, wait months and months, maybe hear back from the agency maybe not =) until one day the phone rings and it's your husband saying"Guess what? We've been selected to go to committee on M & R." I proceed to sit silently for a few seconds, John asks if I'm there and then I blurt out a million Shut ups! Shut the f up and Nu uh, No way, Really? My heart beating so fast, I finally settle in to it long enough to begin giggling and ask how he's feeling. "Committee" is a panel of people who select the adoptive parents. I picture it being much like People's court. The committee members up front, raised up above everyone else. Our caseworker down below trying to convince them we are the best choice, the other caseworkers doing the same for their clients. Foster parents, therapists, CASAs, and family members testifying as to who they connected with best over the phone and who they want to see win this case. 3 families are selected and our caseworkers in essence "compete" for us in committee....may the best family win!

I've talked to our therapist and pediatrician, the girl's foster mom and case worker, the only one left to talk to is the girl's therapist. So far I'm feeling really confident all the conversations went smoothly. The case worker did say this would be a "tough" committee, but I know we've got this! Our committee date would be set for some time in January. As soon I hear anything I'll let you know.