[DelMarie]

Hi Amy:

My thoughts and prayers go out to you. Our adoption process was about 19 months. Not as long as you have been waiting but we had some difficult times during the wait too! I work in a large department of surgery-about 150 nurses who all want to give you support, ask questions, etc....We took our first trip 10 months into the process and recieved our second trip travel dates very quickly. We were to travel in Dec 2005. I recieved many cute christmas type outfits for our daughter and were on cloud nine. Every day I went to work it was difficult to get anything done-we were so excited. Our trip #2 was cancelled one day before our scheduled departure. I had to go back to work-face 150 people and try to explain what happened. I couldn't speak without crying. AFter a while people just stopped asking. Depending upon my mood I might explain or might just say I didn't want to talk. As more months went by people again started asking-when are you going back. It was very hard. Just do what you can to get through the day. Our second trip finally took place 7 months after our first. It was the hardest time of our wait. My husband sometimes wanted to throw in the towel. I am so glad we didn't. I couldn't imagine life now without our little one.

MY PRAYERS to you for your continued strength and perseverance.

DelMarie