Happy Valentines Day!

Had a message from Karen at CHI telling me that my dossier was up for review and found to be complete! The dossier will now be sent on to New York to be translated! The next step Kazakhstan! What a great Valentines gift!

I was telling a friend, Kay O, that I can almost see the end of all of this, and she said you mean you can almost see the beginning! I can and I am so excited. Some people would think that the trip is such a hardship but I can not wait. To be able to meet and see my child in his "home" will be a great learning experience. I can't even imagine what life is like for a child in an orphanage. I want to experience that first hand along with the country of his birth.

This morning me and my critters went into "Sam's" room, Sadie gets this puzzled look on her face when I say, "Where is Sam, let's go to Sam's room?" Bogie just wants to sneak off with all of Sam's new stuffed animals! The closet is practically full of clothes from about 6 mo to 2 years. I have gotten a few things myself in different sizes and my wonderful neighbor Amy, has given me a ton of her son Cadens clothes.

I didn't know what kind of reactions I would get when I started this journey....a single woman adopting a child. People have been absolutely wonderful. My friends know me well enough to know that I have so much love to give and know that I have yearned for a child and family for years. People who don't know me well think that this is a wonderful thing that I can do for an orphaned child. I would like to say thanks from the bottom of my heart to my friends and family that are supporting my choice to adopt. Those who don't understand, I can only hope that you really look into your own hearts and try to understand what this adoption will mean to me but more importantly what this adoption will mean to this litte child. This little child who now sleeps in a crib that's not his own, that wakes to a caregiver that leaves him at night to return to her family. A child that has no one person to call his...... I can only pray that angels surround him and let him dream of a life where there is no hunger, no pain but there is a Mommy that loves him with every part of her being. Sleep tight little one and know that I am coming soon.