DISCLOSURE MEETING IS FINALLY SCHEDULED

We still have not had our disclosure meeting yet to learn more about “C”, but at least it is finally scheduled! We’re planning a meeting with everyone on the team in about a week, on October 28. Once that is completed, if we decide to proceed, they will tell C about us and he can decide if he wants to meet us. You never know, a 16 year old might not even want to be adopted, but from his social worker it sounds like he probably does. Anyway, if he wants to meet us we'll arrange a few visits and if all goes well he could be living with us in a few weeks.

We’re also hearing from our friends who we met in our training classes, and most of us are at some stage in the matching process. Some of us are waiting for our disclosure meetings, one couple has been visiting with the child they want to adopt, and another couple already has their child living with them. This is a really exciting time for everyone and I love hearing about the fun stuff but also the challenges and seeing some of the creative ways they are handling things as they come up. One of our friends is still waiting for a match, and she actually went through the training classes before us so she has been waiting for a while. She has come close in the past but things fell through, which is definitely frustrating. Chris and I know how that feels since we’ve had some disappointments too, so although we’re hoping that things will move ahead with C, we aren’t going to count this chicken until it’s hatched.