i just have to share some of my frustration lately. we are adopting, as some of you know, so i spend a lot of my time looking at photolistings. for those of you who don't know, this is a list of kids who need adoptive homes...and it has their name, age, and a little about them (very little at times) and where they are from. (the state, anyway). one thing i have noticed over and over is that there is way too many kids that are older, yet have the picture of when they were toddlers or little kids. i think they deserve to have an updated picture of themselves on there.
also, if a family is looking to adopt, and expresses interest in adopting a child, i think they deserve to hear something back from the caseworker of the child. i mean, i know that caseworkers are overloaded and such, but is it too much to ask that you send some kind of acknowledgment that you received the inquiry?
i am just venting here...just starting to get frustrated with this whole thing. not that i thought that he would be here by now, i knew we would have to wait, but we've expressed interest in a little boy a few times, and never heard anything back, and it's frustrating.
on a similar topic, i just finished reading Three Little Words by Ashlee Rhodes-Courter. This is an awesome, but heartbreaking at times, book. I suggest you ALL go and read it just so you will have an idea of what some foster kids go through. It is so good, I read it in one day. So that's my suggestion for the day.
As for my dog, well...she's pregnant and getting bigger everyday. i realize i probably haven't told you about my dog. i do this and myspace, and sometimes i get confused as to who i've told what to. anyway, we have a mixed pointer named Brownie, and she is WAY pregnant. I think she's going to be pregnant forever! I'm just impatient. I kinda thought I was getting better with the patience thing, but this adoption and the dog's pregnancy has really proved to me that i still have some work to do on it!
Just keep me and our family in your prayers people...and READ THAT BOOK!! Even if you don't ordinarily read, I promise you will like this book. SO READ IT!!
