She has a passport

We learned today that Megan now has a passport, which puts us one step closer to the adoption coming to fruition.

 

 

What an odd feeling

We got an email earlier today from the orphanage - Ms. Kau's facility - that they had moved into a new building.  And I think that's great. 

 

There was this picture attached of the 8 children they are caring for, along with the care givers and two prospective adoptive parents.

 

Megan is on the far left, and still referred to by the name "Cherry"...

 

It seems so strange to look at the picture of our daughter and think about how she's living in the orphanage and has no idea about us or the adventure she's about to embark on in life.  It all seems so distant and far off for now.  And yet, its kind of close.

 

Its all so....so....crazy.  But in a really good way.

The process moves along

This morning, we learned that the orphanage received the "confirmation" of the adoption.  This is the next step in this process.  They will do some paperwork, and submit information back to the courts. 

 

Things are looking good.  I believe this also means that US Embassy has been notified, and their clock is ticking.  The process is parallel for the next (about) 3 weeks, but at the end, we'll have an appointment with the Embassy and the courts and be able to travel to Taiwan.

Right now, it looks like the travel dates will happen around the week of April 13th.

 

Yeah.

 

 

Sage words from "the cat man"

Down in Key West, on Mallory Square, the "Cat Man" performs at sunset. He's a Frenchman, and the act is to have the cats doing acrobatics.

Its cute and clever, and people talk about it. But for us, he has one saying about which we can say that truer words have never been spoken. And we've been repeating this phrase over an over around our house for the last several months.

The process started with a meeting about adoption, included a ton of paperwork, and desire to get this done as quickly as possible. Some of the papers had to be sent back in a short timeframe, and get notorized or otherwise sealed. So at times, we had to do things in a bit of a rush. Only to wait. Again and again.

And now here we are with ruling in hand nearly 2 years after we started. And we're waiting again for some paperwork to be completed.

The saying? "Hurry up...take your time." You can see part of his show in this video.

I never would have imagined 20 years ago when I first saw him perform that his words would turn out to be sage. But yet, they resonate and rattle around in my head.