I800 held up

Today is a better day than yesterday.  I received the call on Tuesday, from the agent processing my I800.  It seems I do not have everything I need to get the approval through.  Yesterday it seems that the delays and the slow drag in this adoption caught up with me for a few hours.  Luckily, I have a good friend who is a psychologist whom I could call.  My big concern is the effects of these delays on Dina now that she knows of us.  The orphanage told her we were leaving to go to work and would return for her. Obviously, that was not the best thing to tell a little girl.  Can you imagine the first time we leave for work, for real?  Anyway... my friend seems to think Dina will be just fine when it is all said and done.  She believes there will need to be a bit of extra attention given to smoothing things over, at first...but that in the end, it will all be okay for her.  Thank God!

So, for now, I will remain confident in the system and in the professionals who are a part of our adoption.  There is little else I can do.   This is so much like running.  Just when you think you can't run much more... you push yourself and you find a second wind that truly renews you for a bit more.  The finish line is in sight.  And again, like running... it's so hard to see it so close and be tired of running and want to reach the line so very badly.  But in most every case... the finish line is crossed.