Referrals!

Our social worker just sent an email on referrals. A "referral" is an actual baby who is available to be matched with a family. It is so exciting to see movement in the India program as there seems to be a lot of bureaucratic hiccups which slow things down considerably.

There are people with our agency who have been on a waiting list while some bureaucratic "yada yada"has taken place. Anyway, they are so eager to be matched and have been waiting a long time.

Our agency has four referrals and seventeen people on the waiting list. Two of the referrals have been matched. Two are "special needs", a label which is a catch all for anything less than ideal. Anyway, two of the babies are now known as "waiting children". Their ages at present are seven and nine months.

The agency is giving "home study ready" couples priority, then couples who have not had their home study done. Eddy and I fit into the latter category at this point.

One of the babies medical needs is way beyond our capacity. The other baby may have been a fit, but the timing is not right. We started this process thinking of the time frame as a positive thing for numerous reasons. We will sit out this round of referrals but it is so exciting to see the buzz on the forum, a place where people in the process communicate with one another. The process for these folks is resulting in an introduction to their newest family member. It brings tears to my eyes, however I am highly prone to sentimental sappiness!