Basackwards

I know we did the whole adoption process backwards/sideways/upside down... and whoever said hindsight was 20/20 ought to win the Nobel Prize.

We started with NSN - as young as possible with GWCA. After 5 months of being turned down for children on our *own* agencies waiting child list, we looked on other lists to see if our daughter was somewhere - waiting for us to find her.

We did find her, on Small World Adoption's waiting child list. A stranger on the WCC list emailed me provately to suggest I look at their list, she said yes they do work with other agencies, and they are such a wonderful group of people to work with. Boy was THAT an understatement. The China coordinator was AMAZING. It felt like we were old friends immediately. She was so encouraging and positive.

So in hindsight, the next time we paperchase - we will find our child, then do the rest. This bouncing back and forth and not knowing which agency is in charge of what, it is really stressful.

But really, it's a wash in the end and we won't even remember this part of it once we have Molly home. Just like labor. You have no recollection of it once it's over.

Many blessings for a peaceful weekend. And here's to hoping loads of TA's come next week !!