Uplifting Experience

Still no change with the job situation, but we did find a way to come up with the money! Yay! I'll let you know when we are 'officially' on the waiting list.

We had a really uplifting, reassuring experience today. We attended an Adoption Fair at Dell that promoted their adoption benefits to their employees. They reimburse their employees for some of the adoption expenses, however, since Shane is only a Dell contract employee we do not qualify. BUT, we did get to listen to some great adoption stories from people that have adopted both domestically and internationally. At least 2 speakers that we know of went through our adoption agency (Commonwealth) with a positive experience. That's reassurance in itself. We have had a good experience with them so far but a positive testimony just brings more reassurance.

The key speaker of the adoption discussion was none other than our social worker that performed our home study! Coincidence? I think not. Out of all the social workers in Austin it just happened to be her. And another irony is that this is Dell's first EVER adoption fair...which happened to be held in the same building that Shane works in. And anyone that knows Dell, knows there are tons of buildings! I really think we were meant to be there. Especially with all the doubt that has gone through my head lately and the stumbling blocks that have been placed before us.

There was also discussion about domestic adoption through the state of Texas. I was sure to gather some information about that too because domestic adoption has also been put on our heart. Maybe sometime in the future... : )