For two months, our attempt at another adoption has been at a stand still, and there wasn’t anything I could do about it.
Last week, I found out that there was something I could do, so I seized the day.
I left the house at 10:45 am, after my Swahili lesson. I got home at 4:45 pm. That is six hours, in case you are counting.
I traveled approximately 28 miles, round trip. However, four of those six hours were spent in the car, in traffic. For 28 miles. Welcome to Dar es Salaam.
I went to two social welfare offices. One social worker was incredibly helpful, though considering she had never been given a filing cabinet, had to search for my paperwork through a series of plastic bags. The other social worker was not very happy to see me, but grudgingly accepted my paperwork.
I got lost on the way home because road construction sent me down streets I was not familiar with. I accidentally drove down a one-way street…..right next to a police station. I got a ticket. They wanted to give me two tickets, but I managed to squeeze out a few tears and they only gave me one.
After all of that, finally, things are moving again. We still don’t have a final answer as to whether we will be allowed to adopt a fourth child, but at least we’re moving in the right direction.
I’ve never been through actual birth labor. But this kind of labor has got to count for something, right?
Anonymous
Oh believe me, IT COUNTS! It soooooo counts!!!! And then some! 80) mb
Unknown
You have such a beautiful heart.