“Big Brother”
I am quite amused that my Facebook advertisements are now for nappies (diapers). Clearly, Google Chrome (my browser) has seen …
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Training Evening: Therapeutic Parenting and Theraplay
We are required to attend some training courses put on by the adoption agency. The first one was about therapeutic …
Individual Meetings
Our social worker had explained at the early June meeting that she is obligated to meet with each of us …
Done… but not done
So we’re finished with Stage 1, but now we have loads more paperwork! Our social worker came on Monday for …
Documentation: check!
I emailed the last few documents tonight, finally! Yay! So here’s a rundown on the documents that had to be …
Stage one – almost done
Last Wednesday I got fingerprinted. It ended up being fairly painless. It was a long drive, granted, but I managed …
Fingerprints Today
I have an appointment for 4:30 today to get my fingerprints done. I’ll be leaving work at 3. It’s a …
Back To Work
Today I was back to work after the bank holiday Monday. Yesterday I didn’t do much work toward our adoption …
So close
The documentation is just about finished! I’m so relieved. My family tree has been printed out twice — one for …
Hours of Work!
I calculated this morning (Friday) that since Sunday, I’ve devoted at least 16 hours to adoption paperwork. That’s in addition …
journey toward parenthood 