1 year
Sep. 3rd | Posted by Nicky
13 comments
Break out the candles! The balloons! It’s our one year anniversary!
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Oh, wait.
I mean, it’s ONE WHOLE YEAR of waiting for a referral. ONE WHOLE YEAR since our dossier arrived in Ethiopia.
Hum. Well, that doesn’t sound so celebratory…
Well, I suppose I can wish us good luck for next year. Right on – that’s what I’ll do.
Good luck, self!
Good luck, Jrock!
May you be blessed with children in the coming year!
Oh Nicky,
I thought expecting to wait 10-12 months and waiting 16 1/2 months was bad. I can’t imagine how you feel expecting to wait no more then 6 months and to still be waiting at a year. My heart aches for you.
I promise you that when you see the faces of your children for the first time you will know EXACTLY why you waited that long. It’s not easy now but it really will be so worth it.
Sending big hugs your way!
Ricki
Great attitude Nicky! I can’t believe that your timeline has extended the way that it has, but it just means that the most perfect kids for your family at this point haven’t been ready to be matched with your family. They are going to be soooo worth it though! And it’s going to happen! Soon! It has to be soon! Hoping that there is no 13th month of waiting for referrals for you and JRock.
Great Attitude Nicky!! I imagine there are days when it is VERY hard….like Ricki said – it would be harder waiting 1 year when you were told 6 months…we know it will be 1 year or a bit more and I still find it hard on days and we are only 9 1/2 months!
It will happen!!! and you will and Jrock will be awesome parents
Rana
TWEET!! That’s the sound of me blowing one of the noise makers!!
So those 12 months are now in the past, start back at single digits because it won’t be long before you get your great news!
I will echo what everyone else has said. Awesome attitude! I am in total disbelief that you have waited this long, however, the children meant for you are right around the corner and they will be sooo worth it!! Hope you hear the good news soon!!
Nicky, I’m sorry to hear you are still waiting for that referral and that it’s been a year by now! I can’t imagine that it will be much longer ~ but then, i’m sure you didn’t imagine it would take this long either!
Way to keep hanging in there!
karen
Thanks for all the commendations on my attitude – but it’s much easier to be positive in a web post than in everyday life.
I feel that this whole year has been a waiting period – sort of a dampening of everyday life. I’ve always lived for the moment, and yet this past year, I’ve been living in an ever-moving future.
Waiting IS really difficult – this blogging and support from the on-line community has helped a lot. So thanks everybody!
Wow, 1 year. I hear you, I feel your pain! I know we’ll both be celebrating soon!!! We will!! And then we’ll really break out the balloons
hahaha. You are hilarious!!!
Can’t wait till the day you post about your referral.
take care,
em
Wow, one year is a long time. What a way to test your patience. The good news is that it can’t be much longer now…
hang in there (-:
The wait sucks. Sucks like a sucky thing that sucks. But you have handled it as best as can be expected for any adoptive parent — staying positive, keeping proactive on what’s going on with your file, and getting prepared with your focus on the kids at the end of this really trying journey — and so that IS reason to celebrate.
So congratulations on surviving one year of waiting! It’s been a tough year but you’ve done great, so eat a big piece of cake!
And here’s hoping the next celebration we have is the one for your referral!
Hang in there! You’re so close! “Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.”
I don’t know what to say except that the waiting is hard and if they keep extending the timelines, there will be a lot of wine drinking and chocolate eating going on across Canada!