Davidson - Hawk

Davidson (aka Hawk to me)

Two weeks ago I made a commitment to adopt Davidson.

I had originally thought my second adoption was going to be from Ethiopia. You see I've been there, over 6 years ago. I traveled to Uganda, Ghana and Ethiopia on a missions trip. We were there for over 3 1/2 weeks. Africa is a beautiful continent, yet it is very impoverished. There is such a need there for help on so many levels. I remember feeling heavy, not knowing where to begin to help. It was quite overwhelming, yet the people are so warm, kind and beautiful. They carry a joy and contentment that I will probably never fully understand. Yet, in knowing all this, I just never had peace about adopting from there, at least not at this time. I have learned never to say never.

Then a friend of mine mentioned Haiti. I started doing my research and I found my son. I felt peace. He is a handsome guy that will be 1 year old on April 5, 2007. Haiti is also only a hop, skip and jump from Guatemala. It will be quite do-able to return to both of my kids birth countries affordably several times throughout their life times. Check out a map and see what I mean.

Why not Guatemala again?? Well right now the adoption laws of Guatemala are in the process of changing, and I want to start now so that Tuki's sibling is close in age. He will be...since he is only 4 months younger than her.I am adopting from Haiti independently. This means I am not using an agency for the process. So far it has been a cake walk..I hope it continues to be. The Haiti adoptive parent community is extremely helpful..The process is different that Guatemala. It will take a year from the time that my paperwork arrives in Haiti. I hope to get it there by mid-May at the latest, so the soonest he could be home is next May. It will be a long long long wait. Please don't ask unless I bring it up..it does get painful to keep saying I don't know when he will be home. I will try to keep everyone posted through this blog as best as I can.

Today was great. It was close to 50 degrees outside. We went for a long walk and soon we'll be able to take the dogs to the dog park again. My friend has been taking them on weekends so they can get a good romp in at least once a week. Otherwise they have to be content with the enclosed yard. Not the same to them!!!