Catching Up

It’s been two years since we started this blog.  We had every intention of keeping this up to date to let everyone know what was going on in our lives.  After the first post, I stopped.  It was too depressing to chronicle our journey of adoption.  Four and a half years.  That’s how long we’ve been waiting for our child.  Four and a half years of longing to see her (or his) face.  Well, after the last few months of watching the referrals rolling in, it’s beginning to look like we’re nearing the end of this journey and preparing for a new one.  If my calculations are correct, we’ll be (hopefully) getting our referral shortly after the beginning of the new year (2011) – January, if they stay on track.  One thing that is certain, we will see our baby (Little Dumpling) in 2011.  I had hoped, a long long time ago, that I would be a mother by the time I was 30.  That passed a LONG time ago.  Now, nearing 40, all I can do is hope and pray that I’ll be a mom before I’m 40.  A lot of people don’t understand the emptiness of never having a child call them mom (or dad).  Those individuals have never been in our place.  Some of you understand though…