Still, nothing new to report. I am due for a call to the agency. I had this awful feeling yesterday (unfounded, I am sure), that when we were approved by a birth mother last October, that our profile was removed from the shelves and was never put back.Yes, it is frustrating. Probably why you haven't heard much from me here. I wonder if we even still get visitors? 
Anyway, in the 10 months since a birth mother selected us, then changed her mind, if there was one question that we get asked more than any other by our friends and family, it is: "have you considered international adoption?"
Of course we have.
But, our answer has always been the same. We want an infant, from as close to birth as is possible. With all of the red tape that goes on with international adoption, from what I have heard, the average child adopted abroad is over 1 year old.
Anybody out there who knows differently?
Marie and I plan to take a well-deserved Mexican Riviera cruise in November. We purchased the "cancellation insurance," just in case. For the trip, we have to renew our passports...
...which might come in handy when we adopt our second child... perhaps, internationally.
As for our first experience, however, we want it to be as real as if we were able to conceive ourselves.
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"Treat the Earth not as if it was given to you by your parents, but as if it was lent to you by your children." - Kenyan Proverb
"The power of accurate observation is often called cynicism by those that do not have it." - George Bernard Shaw
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