When is Elie coming home?
I get asked this question on almost a daily basis. And the shortest, most honest answer is we really have no idea. International adoption goes through so many ups, downs, stops, starts, and this wierd twirly pattern where you have no idea which way is up. It is, for sure, anything but boring. This type of non-plan really annoys most schedule oriented western world people. We are looking for a date. I think most people would feel better if i could answer with something like, "Well on August 2nd at 10am we will meet our daugther and I have it scheduled in my day planner and you can now write it on yours as well." We have a estimate, but it is only that - just an estimate. And this estimate is subject to change at any moment due to things like lost paperwork, holidays, people not showing up for work, laws changing, weather, disease or any other number of odd things that can happen. That being said, I thought it might be helpful to explain our next steps to give a gli