Be grateful for all the obstacles in your life. They have strengthened you as you continue your journey.
Wow! Where do I start this week! This is the first week that has flown by in quite awhile! I can't even tell you what day it is!
I started out this week in sunny Florida dropping Tre' off to be Mickey's assistant! Saying goodbye to my oldest son and leaving him in Florida was the hardest thing I have ever done. Now, don't get me wrong, I know he is going to have the time of his life and this experience is going to be fantastic, but selfishly, I hated leaving him! I returned to Lincoln on Tuesday afternoon, had my braces adjusted and went on to work. I did, however, come home to a clean house! That Greg, he sure is pretty great!
On Wednesday, I received a message from the agency, asking if I could call them back. I missed the called and the message came in late in the day and Mary explained that she was leaving for the day and to call her in the morning! So I did. Little did I know this would start a whole weekend full of stress.
You have to remember that there are four people that have to be in contact and it gets a little confusing who talked to whom and what was said. There is us, Mary from the agency in California, Jenni - the social worker from Ohio and Sarah.
Apparently, the birth dad has now come forward! He has been aware of the adoption and has had no contact with Sarah up until now. We do not know his motives....does he just want to be part of the adoption plan? Does he want custody of the baby? Does he have family members who want the baby? Does he want Sarah to keep the baby and he will "help" her? Is he just being a jerk and want to cause drama?
I have talked to both Mary and Jenni a few times in the last twenty-four hours. Nobody really knows what his motive is until they can get a hold of him. Mary just called me tonight and said she has been texting him and he is willing to talk to her on Monday or Tuesday of next week. Now, we are 17 days away from the due date, so time is of the essence.
There are a few different things that can happen right now. 1) nothing will come of this and we continue as planned; 2) birth dad talks Sarah into keeping the baby 3) birth dad decides to fight for the baby and it ends up in a fight between us and him.
Greg and I may have a decision to make. IF Sarah goes ahead and signs her rights away, but he decides to fight for the baby and wins, we would have to give the baby back to him. That is not what we want to have to do at all. We would rather not meet this baby then love him for 1 minute and have to give him back.
As of right now, we have been told to be "concerned", but not "alarmed". Which, in my mind, means "stress out completely". We know there is a plan for us and for a baby. Will is be this little guy? Who knows! But we do know we are meant to be parents to three kids! So, we ask for positive vibes and prayers! We ask for good thoughts and prayers for Sarah to help her be strong these last few days!
