Well in the adoption world... we learn this process is not easy, actually it's very hard. Each adoption story is unique and of course follows its own path. It's easy to get caught up in the timelines of the adoption process; planning how much time certain steps will take, or should take, but honestly life is not as theoretical and simple as it is in our minds.
This post would have been dated for the end of March... or maybe the middle of April... or finally the end of May if things occurred theoretically as they should have happened--sadly we have been faced with some challenges and set-backs in regards to our adoption timeline. What have we learned thus far? There is no "timeline", nothing is definite, and although it was a difficult lesson to learn, we feel like we have managed to move on and accept that there will be bumps throughout this process, but all along the process, this will all be most-definitely worth the wait.
To fill everyone in: to finalize our home study we must pass Child welfare/child abuse background checks in every state we have lived since we turned 18 years of age, which includes 6 states in total. This process is facilitated by our agency and each state beholds similar-yet-unique forms that require us to list previous addresses and personal information. We submitted to our 6 different states of prior residence: NY, MO, DC, TX, NM, and MI. We have experienced some difficulty with the appropriate paperwork for D.C., which has unfortunately needed to be re-submitted 3 times, for various bureaucratic technicalities. Fingers crossed we hear good news before June1st!
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