The beginning

On February 8, 2006 we went to the Orientation Meeting at our Adoption Agency in Brookline, MA. It was probably one of the best experiences for us. From the moment we left that meeting we knew for sure that we wanted to adopt a daughter from China. Of course at that time we extremely naive, when they told us that the wait was about 15 months we assumed that 15 months from the day of that meeting we would be traveling to China. That time frame would have us bringing home our daughter in May of 2007. How wrong we were! I know that the "wait" is only supposed to encompass the time from your LID date to China until your referral arrives, but I feel that is inaccurate. The wait to me is the moment we filled out the paperwork to start the process. To us we have already been "waiting" for over 28 months! I'm sure that anyone going through this process can relate.