We're finally approved to adopt again. Even after going through this once before, I still can't believe how much the approval process involves. Background checks, doctor visits, interviews with a social worker, home inspection, essay questions, references, financial review ... the list goes on. Then of course there's all the stuff that needs to be done for the online profile. It's totally consumed me for the last several weeks.
Now I get to relax.
Okay, "relax" is a huge understatement. I'm definitely not as anxious as I was the first time we did this, but it's like waiting for Christmas morning to come, but you have no idea when it will be. Maybe next week, maybe next year ...
Luckily I have a lot more faith in the adoption process then I did last time. I tried my best to believe it would all work out, but I had a lot of doubts. After what we experienced with Cohen I came to see Heavenly Father's hand in everything. When the time was right, He made sure everything came together. He helped Katrina find us and let her know we were the right family for Cohen. And He help prepare Sam and me to be worthy of His and Katrina's incredible gift to us. In the end, it was worth every second of waiting.
