today, the first page of our profile appeared on our texas agency’s forum gallery and we like to call that being “up in lights.”\u00a0 every couple that signs the internet waiver gets their profile posted on this page which can be seen by prospective birthparents, but can also be seen by all of our friends on the forum.\u00a0 it’s kind of fun to see how all of these new friends designed their own pages.<\/p>\n
i also talked to the agency today and found out that our homestudy has been finally 100% approved (actually, it was apparently fine as-is, no edits needed.\u00a0 hooray!) and we are all ready to go.\u00a0 she also shared that the birthmother that I spoke with last week has chosen another family in our agency that she felt a close connection to.\u00a0 one of the benefits of that original orientation meeting, where we met and got to know 11 other waiting couples, is that when i heard that someone else had been chosen i was soooooo thrilled!\u00a0 (granted, i might have felt differently if I’d thought the birthmother and I had a strong connection, but although our conversation was pleasant, her decision to choose another couple was not a surprise.)\u00a0 it is so exciting to see so many couples from our group already being chosen!\u00a0 four out of the 11 couples already have matches.\u00a0 what hopeful statistics!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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