I am exhausted. They say that people's favorite subject to talk about is themselves, but three hours of it in a row with a lot riding on it really takes it out of you. Our CI was very sociable, making it more like a strongly guided conversation and less like an interrogation. She spent some time talking to both of us together, then half an hour or so with Lanse and then with me, and then both together again. Prior to today, people had asked what kind of things she needed to know, so here's some things we talked about:
- Adoption: why/how so far/reception of family & friends/concerns/hopes
- Parents/brothers/sisters/additional family and their past/work/hobbies and our relationship with them as a child/currently and amount of time we talk to/see them
- Our childhood: hardships/hobbies/ personality/discipline/chores/jobs
- Our formative years/events/hardships/ losses and our methods of coping/healing
- Our marriage/communication/routines/ decisionmaking/changes expected by a child's arrival
- Our/family's health: physical/mental/ emotional and how/why/treatment and how it affects us
So just a few little things. She will be back either Monday or Tuesday and we'll finish out with a bunch of other things, including the child checklist, other specifics on the children we're prepared to parent, finances, and the house itself. Of course, after all our housework, she didn't look at it today... but hopefully we'll be able to keep it mostly clean through the weekend.
And now that I've unwound a bit, it's time for some lunch! Thank you all for your ongoing prayers!
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