July 28, 2009 No news and so we keep busy and wait :(

Well ,we are in the process of a review from USCIS so we can go pick up Sneha. Our case fell between 600 and 800 and I visited her in Nov 2007 and that is not allowed with Hague cases and we are a Hague case. Our agency thought we were a pre-hague and everything was done, but it turns out that it was not. When we started according to the "old rules" we had to visit a special needs child in order to commit. I just can't believe that it can be so hard to bring a child into a family that wants her. She has waited in the orphanage for over five years now and other families wanting to adopt rejected her before we even met her. The good news is that she probably isn't even aware that we are coming to adopt her. What does a family even mean to a child that has no concept of the word. She only knows that she is one of many in competition for food, love, toys, and a bit of attention. She is so broken hearted that she doesn't ever speak so in a room filled with others competing for attention with voices and vibrance she is left behind. We don't know if the love of a family will bring out her voice or if silence will forever be. The wait is not making me patient it is breaking my heart.