Y

Date: 31 July 2007 21:37:52

Ok, so I told you that I'd tell you when there was any news. Ok, so we've been keeping our cards a bit close to our chest for a few months. Can you blame us?

There are some things we can tell you and some things that we can't.

And there are probably some things that we could tell you, but we're not going to.

We can tell you that in late May we were shown some basic information about a child and asked if we wanted more information. I can also tell you that we said 'yes'.

I can tell you that before we could see that information, the child's social worker had to see our Form F (the assessment that was completed about us last year) and aprove of us seeing the child's info. I can also tell you that after speaking to our social worker (E), the child's social worker (J) said 'yes'.

I can tell you that the child is a little girl and she is 3. I can't tell you where she lives or anything about her background.

I can tell you that she has been in a stable foster family for 18 months. I can't tell you anything much more than that.

I can tell you that her name contains a Y somewhere in it, but I can't tell you any of the other letters or where the Y falls.

I can tell you that she likes Winnie the Pooh, swimming and farm animals.

I can tell you that we were suposed to meet with E and J and J's boss at our house to discuss further a possible match last week.

I can also tell you that that meeting didn't happen because of circumstances outside of our control. And I can tell you how disapointed we were and how we can't wait for the rescheduled one late next month. (late next month!)

I feel that I need to tell you that there is nothing definate about this link yet, but I don't want to admit that. I can admit to you that the more we have found out about Y the more we have had to admit to ourselves that we have become attached and that we will be very upset if this link does not work out. But again, I feel that I am supposed to reiterate the point that it still might not.

But let's be real about it. We're so hopeful, dare I even say excited?