Let The Games Begin!

I consider myself fortunate to have watched a dear friend of mine adopt four of her five adopted children from Ukraine, (and now she is adopting again! You can read her blog here: http://findingrdaughter.blogspot.com/), have seen both my father-in-law, and brother adopt Ukrainians through interrupted adoptions, and have followed the adoption experience of a wonderful couple, via blog, as they successfully adopted two sisters. I also have friends that have been working towards adopting a sibling group of two sisters and a brother for about 15 months now, and grieved for another friend who had been pursuing a 15 year old girl to adopt. After 14 months, her would-be mom landed in Ukraine to finalize the adoption, but their girl decided last minute, that she wanted to stay in Ukraine with her boyfriend instead. What do all of these people have in common, (other than Ukrainian kids)? 

COMPLICATIONS! 

While I hope that I won't run into any complications in our process, I know better! So it comes with no surprise to me that my very-not-cheap cell phone went missing two days ago. One week in. Wahoo - here we go! That is the first time since I started carrying a phone at 18 years old, that I have ever lost, or had a phone stolen from me. And no, I'm not telling you how many years that has been! Thankfully, all of the photos that we took of 'Elle' during her visit are on Walmart's data base, from when we sent her home with a memory book.

So this week's adventure, along with ordering a few birth certificates, locating our marriage certificate, and filling out all of our background check paperwork, will be to give the 'ol insurance company a call, and see about a new phone. 

Let the games begin!