Stressful Times

Hello Everybody!!

I know you are thinking, "Gee, where has Lisa been??" Well, I have been keeping busy, that's for sure. Next week we have parent/teacher conferences for most of the week, this weekend I need to do report cards, not to mention I have a research paper and presentation to get ready for my Master's class. But don't worry, I have been up to other things as well!

I did want to let you know we have had some developments with the adoption recently. I can't reveal too much information on this blog due to privacy issues, but I can give you a sense of what is happening.

It all began last Thursday (Sept.11th). I was playing phone tag with our agency and so that evening I finally got in touch with our new office. I just thought she was wanting to chit-chat, get to know us, etc. Well, about 30 minutes into our conversation she proceeds to tell me that she has a referral for a baby boy and were we interested in finding out more about him!! Well, we were ECSTATIC to say the least. We did have a few concerns with his medical, so of course right away I contacted a dr in Memphis (she helped us interpret all the mumbo jumbo on Travis' medicals) to get her take on this little guy. Of course the pictures of him are PRECIOUS beyond words. We were falling in love with him all last weekend. (I couldn't even concentrate and discovered on Tuesday that I had graded a whole set of Reading tests on Sunday and forgot to record them in my gradebook!! I have never done that before! My mind was just somewhere else!!) Anyway, we finally heard back from the doctor on Monday evening and she didn't have very consoling words. She was very concerned with two things on his medical. Daryle and I just looked at each other and said, "Well, maybe he isn't the one after all." Finally yesterday I heard back from our agency with more info that our dr requested and I heard back from our doctor with answers to some of the questions we had. It doesn't look that great that we will be able to adopt this little guy. We are very sad and disappointed. With Travis, he was the first referral we got and we were able to move forward with his adoption. We have never had to deal with this, although we have talked about how we would handle it if we had to. We know our limitations and we also have Travis to think about this time around. What ever type of child that comes into our family, they will have an impact on Travis' life as well. There are just certain types of issues that we don't feel would be in the best interest of our family. I am sorry I can' t post more information publicly, I hope you understand we are under obligation to protect this child's privacy.

We do know that our child is out there. Some children are just harder to find!! We are keeping this little baby in our prayers that the right family will come along for him. We haven't told our agency "no" yet, we are waiting to hear back from two specialists who are evaluating him on Sept. 18 and then again on Sept. 23. This has been a very stressful and anxious time for us as we have had to go through this huge decision for our family.

The good news is that after next week Travis and I have TWO WEEKS OFF!!! HIP, HIP HOORAY!! (Starting school the end of July doesn't look so bad when you get a nice vacation in October!!)

PS- For those of you who know how to find me by phone, feel free to call or e-mail me and I can give you more information. I promise, I am not sitting around crying about this....I am ok, really I am!! All things happen for a reason and the whole thing is in God's hands!!