Today, I write to you as the legal mother of Liliana. [The picture above is the court room where they pronounced us Liliana’s parents.] Court went well (it was all so very official, even though the judge was bored out of his mind), and now we wait 10 days for the very ominous sounding “judgment […]
My Idea of Hell
We’re both sick today–nausea, fever, chills, malaise, aches & pains. I tell Dan that what we need next is a car crash. That would round everything out quite nicely. We call our translator to ask her to please inform the orphanage director we won’t be visiting today. First, it would be rude to bring germs […]
The Naming
It’s been a tough day for us. I will tell you the bad news first. Then comes something happy, I promise. We learn today that we cannot leave the country until the middle of October, due to the judge not waiving the waiting period of ten days after the court date. Don’t ask; I probably […]
First Visiting Day
Today is our first visiting day at the orphanage. We’re allowed to visit from 9:30 am to 12, then again from 4 to 6. Today, we have to first visit the notary public to drop off forms, then we get to the orphanage about 10 am. Later, we will have to miss the afternoon appointment […]
A Picture Worth a Thousand Words
Today is the big day. We eat breakfast and ask the question we’ve been asking frequently of each other: “How are you feeling right now?” Excitement, certainly. Trepidation. Hope. All those things. First, we have to get permission to visit the orphanage, so off we go to the Government Center at 8:30 am to be […]