Thank you, everyone, for this interesting thread.
First of all, I'm glad to see that it takes other people a while to get through this too. Sometimes i feel like we are the only ones!
We first met our SW in May, and started working on our HS in June. It was done at the end of August, and we have been searching ever since.
We only have our homestudy in on one child so far. All of the others we have found, either our SW isn't hearing back from theirs, or they are on hold, or something... very discouraging!
I feel like I am on a time-clock. Our son is 18 months old, and I'd like to have our placement by next summer. I think that it would be best for him to be so young that he doesn't remember NOT having a sibling! On the other hand, I know that it will all happen when it is supposed to. God has a plan; I just have to wait and see.
The other thing that frustrates me is knowing that my child is out there, either with his/her birth family or foster family... not knowing that his forever family is searching for him. It saddens me to think that he/she goes to sleep each night without his parents to tuck him in.
That is what makes waiting the hardest!
Luckily, though, we do have a good SW. She seems on the ball with everything. And I like the idea that someone said about sending her Thank You cards. She deserves it.
Take care everyone. Good luck!
Sharel