It’s been a while since I posted. There was a little glitch in my movement forward but now all is good. I had all my materials from our Social Worker and Home Study agent but had to send some of them back to my Social Worker after discovering, thankfully sooner than later, a few had…
Author: Stephanie Karp
What I Think About, I Bring About
Is it possible that with all my indecision in the beginning about our adoption that I subconsciously put it out into the universe that we had ambivalence about the process, that these hiccups along the way were set up to challenge me to see if we had the gusto to keep moving forward? Is that…
Being Breezy Sure Ain’t Eezy
Early this morning, in the thunder and rain, I drove an hour to Nassau County Long Island County Clerk’s office only to be told that the Notary Public whose signature I was authenticating did not notarize my paper properly (it needed to say “was sworn by me”) nor was he actually qualified in Nassau County,…
How do I spell relief? A P O S T I L L E !!!!
I am the proud owner of bright, shiny happy Apostilles! ! I feel relieved, proud, happy, exhausted, content! For those who have followed my paperwork journey the past few stressful days and my declaration that the rest would go smoothly, in the end, all was fantastic because I have in my hands, all the efforts…
A Picture Says A Thousand Words
So it is off! As of 7pm tonight, the dossier package was deposited at my nearest FedEx and will arrive at With Hope and Love Adoption Agency on Monday morning. I hope it will pass muster there and then begin it’s journey throughout Kazakhstan. I have always held on to the idea of this red…
I did it, I bought the first piece of clothing for Baby Boy. I remember doing this with girls when I was about 5 months pregnant and knew for sure I was having a girl. The first clothing purchase, so very pink and girly, always felt so special. A threshold crossed. Yes, I can envision…
Softening
I showed Gary this photo tonight — a Kazakhstan baby house photo taken by a photographer found on Flickr in 2007. Gary leaned in close and peered at the photo, observing that these kids are no longer babies and how sad it is to see this. Today was Emma’s 7th birthday. This flipvideo will share…
Miracle
Pre-Italy Jitters
I leave for Italy on Tuesday with my mother — an 11 day tour to celebrate my mother’s retirement that, for both of us in our own ways, has been long awaited. I feel like preparing for this trip has been preparing me for travel to Kaz. I have my international adapters, I have my…
Why I Love My Father
On this rainy day today, once again my dad drove me to downtown Brooklyn to get some additional papers authenticated that are needed for the contacts in Kazakhstan (Gary and I had gotten them notarized this morning before Gary left for work.) It was a quicker process as we have discovered that going midday is…