For a couple months I've been anticipating getting our "fingerprint date" for our USCIS (homeland security) application. I've seen person after person say they went early, before their assigned appt with no problem. They said it wouldn't speed anything up to go early, but people do it all the time. In my mind, I kept thinking... sure... i think it WOULD speed it up and it must be some conspiracy to keep it hush hush. HA... ahhh the mind of an adoptive parent. :-) It never even occurred to me that there would be a possibility that we COULDN'T go early until right before we got our appointment. There was a fellow adoptive parent who called to find out the status of her fingerprint appt b/c it was time for her to have it and she didn't. She had (i thought, mine was actually 2 days earlier) the same "receipt date" as I did. I took her advice and called as well. She warned me that the same "officer" that I spoke with advised her strongly against going early unless you were military personnel. This was the first I'd heard of it, so i asked around on the many FB adoption pages I am on. There was a mix of "don't go early" and "go ahead, no big deal". Now i was stumped. Rob's vacation time is precious this year. He will use the bulk of it to go pick up our Emily Katherine. I surely wouldn't want him to take a day to go early and then be denied. That was a possibility. So... I error on the side of caution and decide just to stick with our date.
Fast forward to this weekend. My step dad has been very sick since his cancer treatment ended. He's had tons of pain and has progressively been losing use of his arms and hands. After many of his doctor appts and testing, his Dr. called him Saturday and told him to get to the ER ASAP (90 miles away in Lubbock) He has finally read his MRI and was very concerned about compression in his spinal column, he'd have the neuro surgeon meet him there. Lets not forget my mom broke her knee cap (thanks to my negligence and messy garage) a few weeks ago and had surgery to repair it. That left me to drive them to Lubbock and get them settled in. Today we learned Joe's surgery will be Monday afternoon. The day of our fingerprint appt. In Lubbock. Rob is off work, He's able to be there for me while I try to be there for my Mom & Joe. I think that's some pretty amazing divine planning. I'm so thankful I didn't jump the gun and run to Lubbock to try to get the prints done early. God is so cool like that!
We are at the mercy of two governments and all the luck we can muster to get to our Emily before her second birthday. There's no significance in that date really, but I'd just like her to celebrate as few birthdays away from her family as possible.... not to mention we love her so much and just want to wrap our arms around her and kiss her sweet face! I read on these Facebook pages and websites about speed ups and slow downs in the process. I'm trying with all that is in me to trust in HIS timing.
There's lots going on in the Taylor/ Henderson houses. More than I'd wish on anyone. We truly appreciate your prayers as Joe goes through surgery tomorrow on his spinal cord. It's a scary/ tedious surgery that quite frankly... overwhelms us. My mom's knee is really hurting her and I feel pretty much helpless in the whole scheme of things. Luckily, God's hand is evident. I KNOW He is here.
With Love and HOPE!
Jenn& Rob
PS. I may or may not have bought another dress. :-)
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