Before I proceed further with this post, I want to share the joy that Mama S's Homestudy report is FINALLY done!! We have such an awesome case worker. She did double the work just so we wouldn't have to choose who the better parent on paper was. We're so blessed to have her!!!
Now, about the inquiries...as I mentioned last post, we were in the process of submitting inquiries on a 9 year old boy and a 16 year old girl (yes, we're still mental), though we have also submitted one on a 14 year old boy. Our case worker had to wait on one more signature before submitting the inquiries, so the anticipation had plenty of time to build. We got a response right away on the boy, who we really felt would have been a fabulous match for us. That was until we got more information... We agonized over what to do for nearly a week before deciding that he is an awesome kid who has the potential to thrive with a family, but we felt that we would not be the family for him. His behaviors and needs were too great a scope compared to what we know we can meet. I know we made the right decision, but I think we'll always wonder about him and part of me will worry that he gets the family he needs. As far as the other boy we inquired on (figured I'm talking about boys, might as well complete the thought), we are still waiting for a response from his worker. His initial profile sounded great, but we're still waiting for more information.
As far as the girl goes....one word: WOW!!! I'm trying REALLY hard not to jump the gun, but so far we both are pretty blown away. It took ages to get information back on her, mainly because there was a mistake made when our homestudy was sent and it took a bit to get ironed out. Once they had the information to the right person though, we had a phone call almost immediately (Tuesday). When her worker and I finally stopped playing phone tag, we talked for nearly 45 minutes about her, and then her worker passed on the contact information of a worker who the girl is REALLY close with. I called right after getting done with a work assignment and left a message with the friend-worker. Wednesday evening, maybe 2 hours after I left a message, she called me on the phone during the drive home and we talked for at least half an hour and she shared tons of information with me. She then offered to set up a time to tell the girl's entire story to both Mama S and I via speaker phone. That phone call is taking place tonight and we are SOOOO excited! I talked to the friend-worker today when she called to confirm the time and she seems excited too. I don't want to share too many identifying details about the girl, but I will say that she's athletic, articulate, hard working (keeps her grades up for sports), and, despite all the traumas she's been through, really well-adjusted and healthy. There's tons more about her, but I want to keep the identifying information private.
All this being said, no matter what happens, I just hope and pray that she finds a forever family who will love her and let her be the person she is destined to be. At this point in time, I really hope that we are the family for her, but more than anything we both want her to be placed in a family that will meet her needs and can help her blossom. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers as we work to determine if we can be the forever family for her and that she may know that somewhere there is a family for her.
