Well, we are done with all we can do... besides cross our fingers and visualize this happening easily and quickly!
We sent our dossier off this morning... it goes to all sorts of crazy places in Washington, and then next Thursday it will be hand delivered to the Rwandan Embassy. From there it goes to Rwanda and then we wait till everything is approved and deemed in order, and we get a match for a child.
I am soooo ready for this to be done! I just want to start being a family.
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Jaya! I'm so happy for you that, at least this part, is done for you! I hope the matching process goes quickly and you can be holding that little price or princess in your arms SOON! I look forward to future posts and check back a couple times a day. I'm just so happy for you! You've taken extreme tragedy and are turning it into one of the greatest gifts a person can give. And, in doing so, you'll be receiving a gift as well. I wish you happiness and a speedy process.
Thanks, Meg. It definitely is exciting... of course, I think with how things turned out last time that everyone is still reserving their excitement... kind of the "we'll believe it when we see it" mentality I guess you could say.
The tragedy of losing our son and my womb is still only a breath away... I can be happy and okay one moment and have a sudden wall of grief hit in the next. Trace will live on in our hearts for ever, and will be so present in this child to come, I know he will. But there are moments, days, where nothing matters besides him and my being aches for him constantly. Sigh.
It's wierd, Betsy made me a cd when I was expecting Trace entitled "Soft Rock for Hard Labor" and I listened to it at that time constantly. It was the soundtrack to the time when I was waiting for Trace. And then, of course, after Trace died, I could never hear it again. But suddenly I have had this urge to hear it... all the songs are going around and around in my head and I have begun playing it again. I guess it became the soundtrack of when we were joyful and expectant rather than just about Trace. Seems like what we are doing is completing the cycle.
Finally!
"It's a mad mission, but I've got the ambition. It's a mad mad mission. Sign me up." How apt are those lyrics right now?"
Jaya,
When you say your being aches for him constantly, I can only imagine what that feels like. I have only felt something like that sadness for my dear friend that passed away, which is NOTHING compared to what you have gone through. It was that friend that I told you about, who had cancer and we did fund raisers. She passed away about a year and a half ago. After her memorial talk, we went to a hall and had refreshments and they showed a beautiful video with pictures that she had hand chosen while she was still alive. Another friends of ours put it to music and now I can't hear those songs without crying. We had grown up together. Her sister was my very best friend till we were about 13 years old and then we were good friends after that. The girl who died was named Tina. She used to sleep over all the time and we were very close. So, in that video there were a lot of pictures from her childhood and they played that song by the singer OZ and his version of "Somewhere over the rainbow". I can't even run it in my head. There was one picture that stands out of me and my sister and her and her sister and it just made me and my sister start bawling. So, I guess the point that I'm trying to say, is that I'm so happy for you that you've been able to make those songs stand for something good and the excitment of expecting something wonderful. Your new child will certainly know cherished love (as did Trace)and that is wonderful!
congrats jaya and family! please keep us updated--it's so great to hear about each little step :) many hugs, prayers, good vibes to you all.
kris and family
Oh what blessings! I am so excited reading your amazing journey. I am so absolutely proud of you Jaya! You are completing a cycle and soon you will be holding your sweet baby and everything will come together. I can only imagine the range of emotions that come at this time of waiting. So many emotions surface. I think of you all often and always send so much love and light. I know Trace is looking at You, his beautiful, amazing Mama and is so full of joy watching as his family is growing! I imagine he likes it when you play soft rock for hard labor. That joy and expectation are there! Trace, Ariah and the New Baby are the luckiest in the whole world to be a part of your family. Much love to you all!
Jaya, so, today it went to the Rowandan Embasy? I hope things are moving according to plan. Just wanted to let you know you and your family were in my thoughts today, more than usual, and hoping things are going well. I hope you get the word soon that you can go get your beautiful baby!
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