A Life Measured By Wednesdays

As I try to patiently wait for our court date, I realize a significant chunk of our adoption journey has revolved around waiting for and counting Wednesdays. I have hoped for and watched every Wednesday since October 3rd to come and go as quickly as possible, and each passing has checked off another week gone in our process.

A run down:
Wednesday, October 3rd : A very exciting day! This is the day we were officially stamped and approved by our agency and to the bottom of their list of prospective adoptive parents we were plopped. Brad and I had been basically working since our very first informational meeting on December 5th, 2006 to make it to this point (with a few detours along the way), because it was at this point that we really had the feeling that this adoption just may be actually happening with some assuredness.

16 (patience testing) Wednesdays later…
Wednesday, January 23rd : Honestly, one of the best days of my life so far. This is the day we had the honor of accepting our daughter Tesfanesh’s referral. We finally knew who are Little-One was; tearfully learned her story, took our first look at her adorable bitty face with the big bright eyes, and vowed to love her forever. We no longer had to guess who the perfect child for our family would be, her picture was staring at us from our computer screen, taken half way around the world.

7 Wednesdays later (and partially into the future)…
Wednesday, March 12th : Next week will be our day in court. Well, not us physically, but our file. My understanding is little Tes’ file will be put with our file, and brought before the Ethiopian courts. If all goes well, our daughter will be officially our daughter that day. Please keep your fingers and toes crossed!

Coincidentally, traveling families must be at the Care Center in Ethiopia on Thursdays, so we already know that when we finally get that long awaited phone call telling us we can go meet Tesfanesh, we will be leaving MN on a Wednesday. And yet another anxious hump day count-down will begin…

Thanks for making it 154 days, or 22 Wednesdays of waiting with us.

Peace.