"Can I copy down your number?"

i just talked with the Social worker who handles the program that we're interested in at the adoption agency in the Magic City.

After typing that sentence, i have to wonder why i even try to be vague. lol It makes reading this confusing doesn't it?

Anyway... I asked her about how our history and situation concerning DHR and S would affect our home study and adoption prospects. She said she wasn't sure and asked to call me back after she talked with her Supervisor. So she calls me back within 30 mins. Thirty prayerful mins. She states that she and her worker are concerned because Even though S and J do not live with us, they will still have to have a background check and all since Ch and BoysMom have joint custody, which means that S's history will always pop up. However, Having him not live in the home with us does change the situation. She also said that they were unsure as to whether it would be on Our record that a child had been offended against in our home under our care. This is something that i had been told before but really no one had answered me definitively. It was always a "It might be there permanently" type thing. Since Ch and I NEVER had any type of charges or anything filed against us, i really don't understand why something like that would be there.

but then again, I'm not the one in charge of that stuff.

So she said that She had put in a call to a social worker involved with State DHR to check on exactly how our situation and history involving this one thing may affect our home study and adoption goals. She sounded positive but continued saying "I really don't want to tell you that it will or wont be okay because I don't know for sure. We will find out, though." which isn't promising, but one can hope. I truly hope that their DHR worker responds in a more timely manner than the ones I've always worked with.

speaking of: I left another message today for the DHR worker stating that i STILL have not received the application or financial report in the mail and i asked if it may be easier for me to just pick them up at the front of the offices next time I'm in town. I begged her to please call me and let me know.

I will not hear from her. I will not receive these things in the mail. *sigh*

But, I have at least spoken with someone about it and there is someone who is trying to find the answers for me. There is someone who called me back. There is SOMEONE who may actually want to work with us.

Praise God.