[Eighty8Keys]

Hello! We have an adoption staffing tomorrow for a sibling group - 3 and 4 year olds. We are one of four families being considered, and time is going SO slowly today! This is the first staffing we've been involved in where we are not invited - it will be up to the caseworkers, GAL, therapist, etc. etc. What makes us nervous is that our actual caseworker who represents us can't be there and will participating via phone - do you think that will be against us? I feel this is so totally out of our hands (which, of course, it is...), but not being there makes it even feel more so. We've decided that if we are not selected, we are going to go ahead and foster while continuing to search for our "forever" children. For the moment, I am feeling okay with whatever decision is made, but I'm just so fidgety right now! I know tomorrow will be worse as we wait - at least my husband will have work to keep him occupied - ha! (I know he'd rather be at home... )

[mayamoo]

Good luck with your staffing! When ours was held for our soon to be adopted daughter....we were in Iowa and so was our worker....baby was in Oregon....and obviously it wasn't held against us (of course...we are a relative placement.)

Carrie