Today marks two years since Chica Marie officially moved in
with us, which makes it two years since we became an unofficial family. We have
been through a lot these two years together and we have all grown in our own
ways. In a few weeks Chica Marie will start school. It’s crazy to think of how
small she was when she moved in and how much she has grown. It’s sad to think she
has spent almost half of her life in foster care and the end is not yet in
sight. I did get notification, via an email forwarded from the CHOR case
worker, stating TPR has been rescheduled for September, six weeks away. At
minimum, Chica Marie will have lived with me for 776 days and been in the
foster care system for roughly 980 days. And, TPR is only one step necessary
for adoption, with many, many more needed before finalization can occur. What
is irritating is that all the paperwork I did for Primero’s adoption will
expire and I will have to do it all over again. It took roughly 9 months from
when TPR happened for Primero’s mom until finalization. And things were rushed
in the end to have the adoption completed before the new year. If things take
as long for this adoption, Love Bug will be a few weeks shy of his third
birthday when he is finally adopted. That is insane!
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