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Family Matters:  Adoption PURPLES - UPDATE 2/9/11  |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Ninibini
True Blue Farmgirl
7577 Posts
Nini
Pennsylvania
USA
7577 Posts |
 Posted - Oct 30 2010 : 06:49:56 AM
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Jessie! I just saw your update, too! My heart is just bursting with excitement and anticipation for you - I can't hold back the tears! I am praying and keeping my fingers crossed. God love you and your husband, and bless you with the desires of your heart! Hugs - Nini
God gave us two hands... one to help ourselves, and one to help others!
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violetrose
True Blue Farmgirl
960 Posts
Ruth
Epworth
GA
USA
960 Posts |
Posted - Nov 02 2010 : 6:58:16 PM
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Hi Jessie, Just checking in to see how everything is going?
Big hugs and prayers,
Ruth
Farmgirl Sister # 1738
God loves each one of us as if there were only one of us!
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JessieMae
True Blue Farmgirl
702 Posts
Jessie
Raleigh
North Carolina
USA
702 Posts |
Posted - Nov 02 2010 : 7:05:21 PM
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Our meeting was postponed until tomorrow (I think when the workers planned it they forgot that today is Election Day, and the county offices were closed). So tomorrow is the big day! We've finished our photo album, we've got our list of questions...I feel ready!
Jessie Mae
Farmgirl Sisterhood #134 |
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CountryBorn
True Blue Farmgirl
1545 Posts
Mary Jane
New York
USA
1545 Posts |
Posted - Nov 03 2010 : 07:41:57 AM
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Good luck Jessie! I hope this all works out for you and the very lucky little girl who will have you for parents.
Hugs MJ
There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do. Freya Stark |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22937 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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DvilleMama
True Blue Farmgirl
159 Posts
Lyn
Small Town
MI
USA
159 Posts |
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JessieMae
True Blue Farmgirl
702 Posts
Jessie
Raleigh
North Carolina
USA
702 Posts |
Posted - Nov 03 2010 : 9:08:01 PM
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UPDATE:
Our conference with "our daughter's" support team went excellently well! We are a good fit for her, and she is a good fit with us...and we FINALLY get to meet her in person two weeks from today! I can't wait! It's finally happening! We have a long way to go before she is "ours," but this is a huge step forward. Now comes a long series of supervised visits, day visits, and overnighters before she moves in to our home, but she has been moved from "available" to "matched!"
Thanks so much for all your prayers, well-wishes, and happy thoughts...they really made a difference!
Jessie Mae
Farmgirl Sisterhood #134 |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22937 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22937 Posts |
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JessieMae
True Blue Farmgirl
702 Posts
Jessie
Raleigh
North Carolina
USA
702 Posts |
Posted - Nov 03 2010 : 9:11:34 PM
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She just turned nine in September.
Jessie Mae
Farmgirl Sisterhood #134 |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22937 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22937 Posts |
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homsteddinmom
True Blue Farmgirl
441 Posts
Brandee
bullard
tx
USA
441 Posts |
Posted - Nov 04 2010 : 05:19:19 AM
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yay! yay! yay! yay!
Homesteading Mom in East Texas. Raising chickens, Rabbits and goats here on my farm! |
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Mama Jewel
True Blue Farmgirl
435 Posts
Jewel
Sweet Peas Farmette,
Bend, OR
USA
435 Posts |
Posted - Nov 04 2010 : 08:06:32 AM
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Ohhh, Jessie!!! My heart is overflowing with joy for you & your husband & future daughter!!! Big, warm hugs xoxo
Farm Girl Sister #1683 Living Simply & Naturally on our lil Sweet Peas Farmette
"Do Everything in Love." 1 Cor 14
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CountryBorn
True Blue Farmgirl
1545 Posts
Mary Jane
New York
USA
1545 Posts |
Posted - Nov 10 2010 : 11:28:35 AM
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Jessie, I am so happy for all of you! 9 yrs. is a wonderful age. She is still so young and will enjoy so many different things all of you will experience as a family. I hope that this continues to be a perfect fit for all of you. Enjoy all the steps toward being a family. What a happy holiday season it will be for all of you getting to really know each other. God bless all of you honey. I am so happy for you.
Hugs MJ
There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do. Freya Stark |
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clothedinscarlet
True Blue Farmgirl
1333 Posts
Siobhan
Battle Creek
MI
USA
1333 Posts |
Posted - Nov 10 2010 : 1:19:47 PM
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How exciting JessieMae!!! I'm so happy for you! May you have favor through the whole process. Are you going to be able to have a family Christmas with her?
Farmgirl Sister #1110
Siobhan - AKA Liza-Jane (my farmgirl name), wife to my best friend, Trent, and mommy to Camden (11/28/05) and Bennett (7/11/07). and Truman (7/28/09) |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22937 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22937 Posts |
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JessieMae
True Blue Farmgirl
702 Posts
Jessie
Raleigh
North Carolina
USA
702 Posts |
Posted - Nov 10 2010 : 1:39:39 PM
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No new news. We are scheduled to meet her with her social worker on Wednesday at a local park. We have to come up with a game and maybe a craft for us all to do together. I was thinking scavenger hunt for the game (if we break into teams, my husband can be with her for one round, and I can be with her for the other), and glass painting for the craft. If you all have any ideas, they'd be greatly appreciated!
Siobhan, we don't know if we'll get her on Christmas but we surely hope we do! With all of this happening so close to the holidays, it's all kind of dependent on her...how quickly she bonds with us, how confident she feels about spending time away from her family, etc.
Jessie Mae
Farmgirl Sisterhood #134 |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22937 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22937 Posts |
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Mama Jewel
True Blue Farmgirl
435 Posts
Jewel
Sweet Peas Farmette,
Bend, OR
USA
435 Posts |
Posted - Nov 11 2010 : 1:15:29 PM
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Jessie, I agree. I think the activities you've chosen will be fun ones to do. Wish I could give you a hug in person! I'll be thinking of you all on Wednesday.
Farm Girl Sister #1683 Living Simply & Naturally on our lil Sweet Peas Farmette
"Do Everything in Love." 1 Cor 14
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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
2325 Posts |
Posted - Nov 16 2010 : 6:11:28 PM
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Jessie, even though I haven't been posting, I have followed your thread. Sometimes miracles can really take a long time, but that doesn't make them any less of a miracle. I remember the days before children and the emptyness when you know you should be loving and caring for a child or more than one. She is MATCHED! There are tears of joy in my eyes for you.
God bless you and the love you will share.
Susan
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22937 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22937 Posts |
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JessieMae
True Blue Farmgirl
702 Posts
Jessie
Raleigh
North Carolina
USA
702 Posts |
Posted - Nov 19 2010 : 05:58:19 AM
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UPDATE:
Well, we met our little girl! She's quite a firecracker. She's a sweet little thing, but we can see she's going to be a challenge. She kept burping really loud, she kicked my husband in the shin (not hard, but still!), and she ran away from us and climbed over the railing to a bridge over a river at the park we were visiting. But my heart just breaks for her...she was so dirty, her hair hung into her eyes, her clothes were dirty and too small, the zipper on her coat was broken, and her teeth are brown and decaying. And she had never heard of things we took for granted she would know: for example, she didn't know who Mickey Mouse was and had never heard of Disney World, she had never been to a zoo, and when I asked her if she was excited about Christmas, she said, "No, I never get anything." But she seems very eager to attach to us...she wanted to hold hands and tickle us with a leaf, she called me "mom" (but which may not be such a big thing, as she also referred to her aunt, biological mom, and social worker as "mom" and her aunt's ex-husband as "dad"), and when we were leaving the park she said, "Maybe next time we can meet at your house." Anyway, hopefully we'll see her again the Friday after Thanksgiving.
Jessie Mae
Farmgirl Sisterhood #134 |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22937 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
2325 Posts |
Posted - Nov 19 2010 : 06:29:32 AM
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Jessie,
I was once horrified to find out how many kids are adopted and then the adults change their mind. It sounds like, for you, it will be a "forever" type of choice. She needs your love, care and rules and you can do it. Know if may not be an easy road at first. It will take time and possibly, at times, all the patience you can muster. But know that our prayers are with you. You need EACH OTHER! It's not just her needing you. God bless you all!
Susan
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
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JessieMae
True Blue Farmgirl
702 Posts
Jessie
Raleigh
North Carolina
USA
702 Posts |
Posted - Nov 19 2010 : 06:55:16 AM
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Susan, I know exactly what you mean. Our daughter had been matched with another family in August, but they changed their mind. The reason? On the third supervised visit, our girl slapped the man on the arm, and when they bought her a water instead of the pop she asked for, she dumped it out on the ground. Annoying, yes...but hardly enough to terminate an adoption!
Jessie Mae
Farmgirl Sisterhood #134 |
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Family Matters: Adoption PURPLES - UPDATE 2/9/11 |
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Adoption PURPLES - UPDATE 2/9/11
