Friday, October 03, 2008

You really, really like me

Recap of the week's relevant happenings:
1) I finally heard from my adoption worker on Wednesday and a 2nd meeting with the caseworker and the girl's (J) guardian ad litem was scheduled for Friday (today). Anxiety mostly abated.
2) Attended productive meeting with caseworker and guardian ad litem (plus 3 other people) this morning. Tentatively set a meeting date for next Friday for J and myself. This will be a brief meeting with about a 4 hr play meeting the next day, Saturday. We'll probably be getting together a few times each week for a couple weeks, then maybe start an overnight and then weekend visits.
3) We've agreed that initially I will only be introduced as a "special friend." (Sounds perverse, but I didn't tell them that...) This should help reduce some of the pressure on her and help us build a friendship and bond (as much as one can be established over the course of a few weeks). Then, seeing how it goes, let her know what's up before she moves in permanently.

So they are definitely excited about this happening for J. And I'm excited for me! And nervous as hell. Time to think seriously about my "house rules," schedule and structure. This, people, is huge! The absolutely most important thing I've ever done in my life. (Like I have to tell you this.) I hope like hell I can be an adequate, maybe even good, mom to this little girl. I'll do my best.

5 comments:

battynurse said...

I'm sure you'll be great. So is she living in foster care at this point? Does she know they are looking for permanent placement for her? I hope all the visits go fantastically well and the transitions are smooth.
thanks too for the gentle advice. I appreciated it so much.

S AND C said...

WOW! I am so happy for you :) Congrats!

S AND C said...

WOW! I am so happy for you :) Congrats!

Unknown said...

So very happy for you and J!

onemorebaby said...

Huge congrats to you! You will be great!