Tomorrow

Tomorrow will be 30 days since the appeals decision was handed down.  It's the last day that the defense can submit a petition for the State Supreme Court to review our case.  If nothing happens, then the children become "adoptable".  The only thing left would be lots of paperwork (cause it's basically a contract between us and the state) and an adoption hearing.  Traditionally it takes about 60 days to complete all of the necessary paperwork.

I do not know if I'll get a call by the end of the day tomorrow, or even the next day.  I don't know if I'll get a call by early next week even.  However, I have been holding my breath for the past 20+ days because I really would love for our family to just be able to move forward.  Since November, it's been a place where we are kind of stuck in limbo.  Somewhere between just being foster parents and becoming the adoptive parents.   And maybe stuck isn't the best word, because to me... stuck has a negative association.

Really in this space that is "in-between", it has been probably the past period  of working with the system.  We have a WONDERFUL caseworker. She really has given us a lot decision making opportunities and pretty much goes with what we decide.  She has been supportive.  She has been reliable.  She has even a good relationship with the kiddos (which is important to our family). Also wonderful, is because parental rights have been terminated, we are finally able to get the consents needed for various treatments and permission to go on various trips much more easily.

Getting through "in-between" will be stepping out into what hopefully is the last stop on our journey to adoption.   And we may know as soon as tomorrow, how quickly we can step into that last space of time before our adoption.  


So today, I woke up with "Tomorrow" stuck in my head.  The irony that it is being sung by an orphan isn't lost on me either.

Tomorrow is only a day away...