Waiting Children

Waiting for our adoption to be completed was really hard for me. It felt like everything took so long. In the end, yes!, it was well worth it. However, we started the process when we were ready and only had to wait a couple of years. One of those years was us gathering together paperwork. I often look at the waiting children page just to see who they post. I can't imagine what THEY feel like- waiting and waiting for a family. I can't imagine knowing that there is a chance it could never happen for them and the pain of their wait! I love seeing them get matched to families and then be adopted. Last year one of the girls (in particular) from Ethiopia's waiting list got adopted. I was so excited to see her picture post to a families blog. I had seen several of the pictures go away so I knew those kids had been adopted but hers stayed up for a while. I thought was really neat that she was adopted. It was even better to see her her picture go away and then see her with her new family. She had always stood out, for some reason to me, on that list and I hoped and prayed she would get adopted (I pray that they all get adopted). This year I ran across this little girl on the China waiting children page. I think she is really pretty and really cool! You have to be 30 to adopt from China so that takes us out of the picture. I hope someone adopts her. I just had to post this b/c I know a lot of people read our blog. Maybe one of you are meant to adopt her!