Today is another day.....I am feeling better about everything. What's 2 years right? Someone said to me...at least your biological clock isn't ticking...but in a way it is. I waitied way to long to start this process. I signed with CHI at 45 but I have been seriously thinking about adoption for years. It took me turing 45 to panic enough to do something about it! So I guess it's all good. I am young at heart and that is what counts! I'd rather sit at the kids table anytime!
It's weird, the last two trips I worked, IAH to AMS, I ran into people just coming from or going to Kazakhstan. Yesterday I took a man's very heavy jacket, to hang, and I asked him where he was going....he said Kazakhstan! I said look, I have the weather right here on my iphone and it's not that cold...he said honey, where I am going is 2,000 miles from Almaty and it is cold! So that's that.
I am waiting to run into a family coming back from their adoption journey, hope you didn't want to sleep on the flight home.....just kidding! For those of you traveling through Houston to Amsterdam, mention my name to the flight crew, maybe I'll be there to help out. Happy journeys!
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....and sometimes we have Greta...Bogie's Mom
We witness a miracle every time a child enters into life, But those who make their journey home across time & miles, growing within the hearts of those who wait to love them, are carried on the wings of destiny & placed among us by God's very own hands. -K Larson-
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...and sometimes Greta
....and sometimes we have Greta...Bogie's Mom
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all important time line
June 16, 2007 CHI Meeting
June 19, 2007 Sent in application to CHI
June 29, 2007 Accepted by CHI
October 22, 2007 Home Study Visit #1
October 27, 2007 Home Study Visit #2
December 19, 2007 Home Study report received
December 20, 2007 USCIS form I-600A sent (Petition to Adopt an Orphan abroad)
January 17, 2008 Received I-171H approval from USCIS
February 14, 2008 Dossier complete, sent to translator
February 22, 2008 Dossier to Embassy of Kazakhstan, NY
April 28, 2008 Dossier at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kaz (MoFA)
June 19, 2007 Sent in application to CHI
June 29, 2007 Accepted by CHI
October 22, 2007 Home Study Visit #1
October 27, 2007 Home Study Visit #2
December 19, 2007 Home Study report received
December 20, 2007 USCIS form I-600A sent (Petition to Adopt an Orphan abroad)
January 17, 2008 Received I-171H approval from USCIS
February 14, 2008 Dossier complete, sent to translator
February 22, 2008 Dossier to Embassy of Kazakhstan, NY
April 28, 2008 Dossier at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kaz (MoFA)
January 30, 2009 Got the call, dossier came home for expired paperwork
February, 2009 Applied to Kids to Adopt
March 8, 2009 Home Study Update visit
April 9, 2009 Fingerprint update at the USCIS
May 6, 2009 Received I-171H approval update
May 7, 2009 Received Home Study Report update
June 25, 2009 FBI clearence received
June 26, 2009 Submitted dossier!
July 3, 2009 Dossier to translation
July 23, 2009 Dossier translation complete
August 26, 2009 Dossier at DC Embassy
November 2, 2009 Dossier approval by the Ambassador
November 12, 2009 Dossier to MFA
Jan 18 to Feb 1, 2010 Dossier to MOE
February 2, 2010 region assignment!!!!!!!!
February 2, 2010 region assignment!!!!!!!!
May 3, 2010 LOI
June 2, 2010 First trip to Kaz, Met Stella
July 9, 2010 Trip 2 bonding
August 11, 2010 Trip 3, court
October 15, 2010 Pick up Stella!!!!!!!!
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time spent looking for my Sam....
5 comments:
Hey Lisa,
Great attitude. Like I said before, 48 is the new 28 right?
Getting to know you, I can tell that you are young at heart and you look young too so no worries. I'm glad to have a friend in the same boat as me. We will get there!
You are 45? You look WAY younger!!!
You have the coolest job! I guess you will be prepared for the long flight to Kaz. I am nervous & I do not like to fly. I can't believe you haven't come across any adoptive parents in flight. I keep running into adoptive parents in my daily life.
Marla
julie, actually I am 46 now. As Mary says, that's the new 26?!!
What's a couple of years?? In your son's eyes, you'll be just right!! Quaintance
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