Off to Guatemala to fetch baby brave
by brave
Sat Feb 23, 2008 at 09:38:15 AM PDT
The pregnancy is about to be over.
The last few months, I started to wonder if this day would arrive. But it will, at last. I have the credit card charges and airline and hotel reservations to prove it. On Monday morning, my son and I are off to Guatemala to get his sister. My mother is coming along to entertain him while I sit with my daughter on Tuesday morning in the US Embassy with the huge stack of papers waiting for her visa interview.
While we are waiting the day and a half for the Embassy to approve the visa application (yes, they could deny the visa; but there is no reason for them to do that in the paperwork. Knock wood anyway. Boy, have I gotten superstitious during this experience!), I am hoping we can visit Antigua for few hours and stroll around Zona Viva in Guatemala City, and visit with my son's foster mother at the hotel. Yeah, it's probably too much. We'll be back by the end of the week.
I know from my son's adoption, when I get back I'll be exhausted and a bit disoriented at first. A little sad. I'm already a little weepy at the smallest, sentimental things these days. The pregnancy is over. But joyful at the sight of my little girl at home with us. And, so grateful for the support of this community, friends, and family during this long journey. From what my friends who gave birth have told me, it's like that for them. Same but different.
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