{"id":3695,"date":"2017-06-28T09:54:30","date_gmt":"2017-06-28T13:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beccablogs.com\/?p=3695"},"modified":"2017-09-19T23:05:43","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T03:05:43","slug":"a-twist-of-fate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beccablogs.com\/?p=3695","title":{"rendered":"A Twist of Fate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have been hesitant about restarting the adoption process after the utter disaster we had in Miami.<\/p>\n<p>This week, I am in Boynton Beach for my new job. I&#8217;ve been staying in an Airbnb alone with hubby at home with Lola and all the packing. All day yesterday I was thinking about Friday&#8217;s for dinner. All. Freakin. Day.<\/p>\n<p>Well on a whim,\u00a0I went to Alehouse instead where\u00a0I happened to hear a couple across the restaurant mention that they&#8217;re adopting. I so so badly want to go over and drill them about how, their timeline, and which agency. I felt like a total creeper, but I did it anyway. Hey, at least I waited until after they paid their check and were leaving.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3697\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/beccablogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/happy-hopeful-inspiration-smile-Favim.com-3404088.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3697\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3697\" src=\"http:\/\/beccablogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/happy-hopeful-inspiration-smile-Favim.com-3404088.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"185\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3697\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thank you:\u00a0\u00a0https:\/\/favim.com\/hopeful\/<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I approached them outside and she was apprehensive when a total stranger said &#8220;I happened to overhear, but are you guys adopting?&#8221; So I quickly added that we&#8217;d been trying in Miami for several years with no luck and are moving here next week. They both opened up pretty quickly afterwards. And showed me a photo of their future daughter plus gave me names of a handful of other children they&#8217;d met along the way.<\/p>\n<p>It took them <strong>under a year<\/strong> from their classes, 2 weeks to complete their home study, and their overnight visits start next weekend. They are straight adoption as well and have had ZERO problems and are not required to have a foster license. (Miami agencies refused to consider us for adoption unless we got our foster license.) She said they do a ton of mixers up here to be able to meet the adoptable kids <em>(which we kept asking for in<\/em> <em>Miami<\/em>!)\u00a0and positively raved over the woman I&#8217;ve already been in touch with at ChildNet. Their future little one is 4 years old and they&#8217;re accelerating the visitation schedule due to her age. She will be living with them <strong>within a few weeks<\/strong>. We exchanged info and they said to contact them anytime with questions.<\/p>\n<p>THEY GAVE ME SO MUCH HOPE YOU GUYS!! I called husband to tell him what happened and even he was getting a little bit excited. We so badly want to parent and this may be the solution! Pregnancy may not happen with all the medical issues I&#8217;ve been having, but it&#8217;s also not being ruled out.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3700\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/beccablogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/completely-hopeful-orlando-espinosa1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3700\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3700\" src=\"http:\/\/beccablogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/completely-hopeful-orlando-espinosa1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/beccablogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/completely-hopeful-orlando-espinosa1.jpg 350w, http:\/\/beccablogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/completely-hopeful-orlando-espinosa1-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3700\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thank you: https:\/\/orlandoespinosa.wordpress.com<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have been hesitant about restarting the adoption process after the utter disaster we had in Miami. This week, I am in Boynton Beach for my new job. I&#8217;ve been staying in an Airbnb alone with hubby at home with Lola and all the packing. All day yesterday I was thinking about Friday&#8217;s for dinner. 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