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Originally Posted by mkinzie
Just out of curiousity, did you get to visit the orphanage? We had the opportunity but didn't. She's from Maoming City and it was quite a bus ride so no one wanted to go. I really regret that now.
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Melissa, I agree. If someone has an opportunity to visit the orphanage, they should. It's so important, I think, for closure. Being able to see the person that took care of my daughter, and to thank her personally was a huge healing process for me (with losing her first 17 months of her life). It was also (Im sure) extremely important to her nanny to be able to say goodbye. And although my daughter was too young to realize it then, it will be invaluable for her future. We videotaped our meeting with her nanny, and I'm sure it will help our daughter when she is trying to piece together her past.
We really felt we owed it to our daughter, and to the person that had taken care of her for so long.
We hope to go back to the same SWI to greet them, when we go back to China for our second daughter.
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Karen
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11/25/04 Decision to adopt our first daughter
03/14/05 LID for our first daughter
01/29/06 Referral for our first daughter
(total time from LID to referral-10.5 months)
03/20/06 Our first daughter in our arms
12/12/06 Decision to adopt again
04/14/07 LID for our second daughter
04/14/08 ONE year waiting
09/1/08 Re-submitted paperwork before it expired
04/14/09 TWO years waiting
04/27/09 Out of review room 
06/14/09 Fingerprinted again, before they expired
Still waiting...
How long is forever? -381 LIDs till our referral- That's how long forever is!
We've been waiting 31 months since our Log-In-Date with China
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