DH and I finally finished the monster application for the agency, complete with 100 supporting documents (slight exaggeration) and 10 pages of essay questions (no exaggeration).
DH is back in school and had a midterm yesterday, so even though I have a terrible cold/flu, it was up to me to feverishly (literally) run from home to work to UPS and back. By the time I got home, my whole body ached, my head throbbed, and my unrelenting cough had returned. I fell into bed and slept for three hours.
And now we wait.
I'm trying not to read up on reasons that an adoption agency would reject an applicant. In our case, I feel like if we were turned down, it would be because of debt and DH's unreliable employment situation. On the other hand, many people turn to adoption after they have maxed out their credit cards from IVF treatments and then they have to borrow against their home equity to finance the adoption. Luckily, DH and I are not in this situation, but we do have some credit card debt, medical debt (from my surgery) and DH has a debt from a mistake he made years ago that we only recently found out about. But it makes us look bad.
Now that the application is finally off our desks, I'm trying to get back to work, stay away from the Google, and not think about it much.
Pray for us!
I will pray! Your title, wow. I imagine that's what it must feel like. And I hope you feel better soon!
ReplyDeletePraying!! That's a big step to have completed. And you're right, I do think some debt is normal and wouldn't reflect badly on you. With all the medical things women go through when dealing with fertility issues, I can imagine that adoption agencies see all kinds of debt. And hope you can get well soon!
ReplyDeletePraying!!!! St. Joseph pray for us!!!!!
ReplyDeleteNot to put words in your mouth, but if the mistake he made years ago was a child, then to call it a mistake is cold, real cold.
ReplyDeletePraying!! I can't imagine the overwhelming feeling of filling all that out and now just having to wait. I agree with Laura, I think they will overlook some debt. The fact is you weren't hiding any of it and you are in process of paying it down (per your older posts), so I don't think they would see that as a negative.
ReplyDeleteHope you get some good news soon!