This won’t be long as I didn’t flake out on my tutoring obligation this week like I did last week (bad, bad, bad, I know).
Just wanted to share this while I remember…
And don’t worry, I’ll give you full color on the genesis of this conversation later on…
But the gist of it is this, as usual, I freeze in the midst of major life changes while my husband charges forward into them headfirst. I guess that’s why we work so well.
Last night I told Paul that one possible negative regarding adopting from South Korea is that the timelines are actually relatively quick. I read that the average wait-time is 5-10months, which sounds awfully short compared to other programs I’ve read about. Even though I know that adoption is unpredictable and things can move faster or slower than you expect, in my head I’ve always imagined the “gestation period” (if you will) would be ~2yrs and that this would be the amount of time I would have to mentally prepare for my whole world turning upside down (in a good way).Â
So the thought of 5-10months was strangely disconcerting to me. And because SK is not my first choice but it is Paul’s, I thought, Aha! I’m going to bring up this accelerated timeline as a negative for this program, since I’m pretty sure he is not ready to be a daddy in five months!Â
Except when I told him about this “problem” he looked me in the eye and said, “Isn’t that good?”
To which I replied, “HUH?!” and looked at him as though he had grown a third eye.Â
And then I asked him if he could REALLY imagine a two year old running around our quiet, clean home in five months.Â
Like seriously boo, think about it. Â
And he said yes.
I have to be honest. I’m not quite there.
More later…
I thought SK was closing adoptions outside the country? Not sure about that though…
If you are looking into it you should talk to Andrew and Helen (used to go to the Garden). They just adopted their third child from SK.
p.s. all three of their kids are ridiculously cute…