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My daughter was from PA and we live in MD. We got the phone call that we were the selected family and about 2 weeks after that, we received her profile and talked with her therapist. We went to visit the next weekend.
Meeting her was definitely the most emotional thing I've ever done. We met at her foster home and her worker introduced us as her forever family. She was aware that they were looking for one. We talked with her and then went to her room and played dolls. We stayed a few hours.
The next day we took her to the zoo and to lunch. We told her all about us and our home and she had tons of questions. It really went smoothly.
We then visited almost every weekend. After the first visit, she stayed in the hotel with us. In our case, we visited for 2 1/2 months because they wanted her to finish out the school year. We also called her on the phone almost every evening.
Enjoy getting to know your child. It is such an exciting time.
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