Author: Stephanie Karp

The rain is pelting down on my attic sky light. I like the sound. I’ve got a mess around me of organization. A dichtomy of thoughts. Perhaps I took out much more than could be put back in. I have photo boxes out with mounds of photos finally being sorted but still in disarray. I…

I have been reminded lately of a recurring dream that I used to have when I was a child, maybe 9 or 10. In the middle of the night, I would hear a baby crying outside the front door. When I went to the door, there was a baby, swaddled in blankets and wrapped in…

The truth? I am having a tough time maintaining the image of our son in my mind. Nothing’s happening. No paperwork has been approved yet. We are still months away from a complete home study, and even MORE months away from the all important I171. I am not giving up, let me assure you. But…

A huge happy birthday shout out is order for my dear Gary today. He turns 48 big ones! How does the time fly? And … how am I married to a 48 year old? 😉 (Sorry, Gar.) Ah, yes, we are 11.5 years apart, and sometimes his numbers still surprise me. But then again, I…

With happiness, I report — I just got an email from our home study agent that she received the last of our clearances to complete our Home Study needs. Our child abuse and criminal records are clear, and after an unheard of 7 long months to complete the Home Study process, looks like soon enough…

I’ve been thinking how important it has been to follow along on the journey of others through their blogs. But yet some blogs I discover midway through their trip and I often don’t have the time to go back to the beginning of the blogs of all those I follow. There is so much of…

Just heard Jerry Lewis say this on the Oscar’s tonight and had to google it. I expect to pass through this world but once; any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now; let me not defer or neglect it,…

As of today, my Home Study will soon be joining my I600A application at the USCIS. Hopefully, they will receive it by Monday. I have heard it is a 4-6 week process for me to get the I171H (the *next* step in this process.) That is good news, as the web site listed months long…