The Tortoise & the Hare
"For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven" Ecclesiastes 3:1 On July 3, 2013 I wrote a post entitled "Let the Home Study Begin!" On June 5, 2014 I received an email from my social worker that our home study was complete, that our I-800 is sitting safely with the US Government waiting for approval, and instructions on how to begin putting together our dossier. Almost one year since we began. One. Year. * Sigh* I thought it was going to go much faster than that. I was so excited the day of our first interview. I was vibrating with energy, ready to get this thing done. But then the unexpected happens, and what you proudly claimed would take six months, takes almost twice that long. When you look at the projected time line for your adoption process, you realize, you're going to be closer to the greater amount of time then the quickest. Now? Now, I feel like I'm stuck inside the classic fable of the tortoise and the hare