A Year of waiting
January marks one year of going "live" with Lifetime adoption. Meaning that our profile has been available to be shown to birth parents for one whole year. The fact that we haven't been matched is not lost on me. It is hard to explain to people when they ask "what's taking so long." Well Janet, (as is popular in meme culture right now, I am not talking about anyone named Janet, do I even know any Janets?) it's like this, no one has picked us. No, we can't force a birth mom to choose us. No, we we would never want to force anyone to choose us. No, we aren't worried that the agency is taking advantage of us. No, we aren't ready to move on. Adoption is such a complex process that it is hard for people to understand why "two great people like yourselves" haven't been chosen yet. Yeah, sometimes I fall into that thought pattern as well, but it doesn't mean that we are great. It doesn't even mean that other people are ...