Da Burks

Category: Adoptionizationisms

  • “…And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make…”

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    Jeff Burkholder
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    So…how was your Thanksgiving? Yeah? Uh-huh? I’m really not listening to you, ’cause mine was awesome. And no, I’m not talking surfer-dude, “Hey, you made pumpkin pie? Awesome!” I’m talking, “Hello? You want to give us a baby? Really?? Awesome!” Yep, it happened! Zoë Elaine Burkholder was born on Wednesday (the day before Thanksgiving), we…

  • We all have our bad weeks…

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    Nean
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    So, there’s nothing new to report… And I guess that’s the big problem. As far as we know, our profile isn’t even out being viewed at the moment. There aren’t any specific prospects, and today I’m frustrated. I try to remain positive, knowing that God knows exactly which child is ours. But I guess I’m…

  • It’s okay — the nursery isn’t ready yet!

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    Nean
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    So, as usual, several people have been asking how the adoption is going. The answer: ? We’re still waiting. Our profile has been shown a couple times (one turned down because it was “too close”, one we turned down with some concerns about the particular situation, and one in NJ that we’re awaiting a response…

  • No news is good news…?

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    Jeff Burkholder
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    Well, not really in our case. I realized that we haven’t posted in a while; that’s largely because there’s not much to tell. We’re still wishin’ and hopin’ and prayin’ that somebody will look at our profile and say, “Hey, I like them!” We had a close call a few weeks ago, but that fell…

  • Here we go… *gulp*

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    Nean
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    I spoke with the social worker at Bethany this afternoon to get a bit more information regarding a situation she emailed us about yesterday. Jeff and I have decided to have our profile shown to this birth parent. Our profile (and any others the social worker has to show) will go to the mother next…

  • Coincidence? I think not!

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    Jeff Burkholder
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    So, we got a letter in the mail the other day: The official acceptance of our home study. This, just by itself, was pretty cool. However, there was an extra-nifty aspect to it: Our home study was officially approved on June 13, 2007– our anniversary! Gotta love nifty little synchronicities like that. 🙂

  • The End of the Beginning

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    Jeff Burkholder
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    Okay, so today was our in-home evaluation, and it went just swimmingly! Or at least, it seemed to; we’ll find out when our social worker sends us a draft. Dante had a great time talking to her. It seemed she had just as good of a time, too: she even read “I’m a Little Teapot”…

  • Interview Time

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    Nean
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    I can’t begin to tell you how many people ask me on a fairly regular basis, “So how’s that adoption thing coming along?” My usual response is usually something to the effect of, “It’s coming along. It’s a lot of rush, rush, rush… wait…. rush, rush, rush… wait…” Sadly, that is the nature of the…

  • Counting our blessings…

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    Nean
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    So, it’s been a while since our last update… Life keeps marching on. We have turned in the second (or is this the third?) batch of paperwork for our adoption. This is the one where we had to prove we had wills, life insurance policies, etc. as well as answering all sorts of questions (pages…

  • The Further Mediocre Adventures of Us!

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    Jeff Burkholder
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    The questions of, “So, where are you in this whole adoption process thing?” have been ramping up of late, and I realize it’s been a while since our last post. So, here’s where we’re at: Filling out forms, answering questionnaires. “But wait,” I hear you say, “Isn’t that where you were a month ago? Doesn’t…