Friday, February 26, 2010

Passing Up an Opportunity

Every once in a while, there will be a situation that fits our grids perfectly and there are no risks or anything to worry about so they will profile us without calling first. That has only happened a couple times. Most of the time, we will get a phone call from our agency and they will go over all the details of the situation with me. They give you a chance to grab a pen and paper and write down all the information. Depending on the risks, sometimes I know I can say yes right away after hearing it all, and sometimes I need to call Adam and then get back to them.

Yesterday I got a call from the agency about a case with a lot of risks. There was one risk in particular that scared me. I told them immediately that out of the long list of risks, that one thing in particular scared me and I would need time to think about it and talk it over with Adam. In our 19 months of waiting (Today makes 19 months that we have been home-study ready and waiting) we have never said no to being profiled.

They said we only have an hour to think it over before they need an answer. I e-mailed the details to Adam at work and he immediately wrote back no. Which he has done before, but I have talked him into it. But this time a little voice inside me was telling me I needed to say no. No matter how desperate I am after a 19 month wait. No matter how heart broken I am after being told just the day before that we were not chosen by another expectant mother. No matter how much I thought about how it's a baby girl due next month. I just had to say no.

It felt devestating to me to make that phone call. To pass up any opportunity.

I almost didn't write about this, but I am writing about our journey to parenthood through domestic adoption and this is a part of the journey. Making the tough decisions. This is not an easy process.

I know it was the right decision for us, but I am sad about it.

7 comments:

  1. Lisa, I'm sorry that you had to say no, but I'm proud that you both followed your heart and did what was best for YOU. I'm keeping you in my thoughts - hopefully you'll get another profiling opportunity soon without so many risks!

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  2. Bless your heart. I hate, I mean I HATE when people say "everything happens for a reason" but you truly have to believe that God (or whoever) wouldn't have let you say no, if this was your baby. I know today you feel like it's a lose-lose situation, but if you followed your heart, you did the right thing. Blessings!

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  3. I am so sorry. :( I can only imagine how difficult that must have been for you.

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  4. I can't imagine how hard that must have been for you but you had to do what felt right in your heart and listen to your intuition. I hope an opportunity that fits your grid comes quickly and successfully!

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  5. Lisa,
    I remember the first time that I turned down an opportunity. It is heart breaking to say no. You did the right thing. The right baby for you will come along.

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  6. I am sorry Lisa! You do have to follow your heart and that of your husband's. I don't know what the risk was, nor do I need to know. I do have one friend who adopted her son without knowing any risks and she said she wished she would have known more before hand. I am thinking of you!

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  7. sending big (tho slightly belated/late) hugs. That must have been so hard- I can't even imagine. <3

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