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Lest I Forget (24)
I nodded and mumbled an apology. We walked in and were shown to Helena’s office, where the table in the corner was covered in different forms. “Take all the time you need,” she told us. I wondered if we might be able to get sleeping bags or something so we could finish in the morning. I didn’t think there was any way we’d be able to get through it all that afternoon.
In the end, it wasn’t anywhere near as bad as I’d thought it would be. The forms were mostly facts and figures, and those were easy to come up with. Before we’d left the house I’d gotten the file folder with our tax information and assets ready, and it was pretty easy to look all that stuff up and write it down. Then we each had to write a little blurb on why we felt capable of fostering.
Alice scoffed at this and said she hadn’t thought she was coming to apply for college again, but I just shrugged. I thought it was perfectly reasonable to expect a prospective parent to write a little as to why they felt qualified, and I didn’t mind doing it. It just took me a few minutes to figure out what to say, but once I started writing the words came pretty easily.
By the time we were both finished, we’d been in Helena’s office for about an hour. Ten minutes or so of that time was spent going back over everything to make sure we’d gotten it all correct. Helena took the forms and looked them over, and smiled at us. “I’ll fax these over immediately. I should be getting a call as soon as the director of placement looks them over, and she’ll want to set up an interview with you as soon as she can.”
“Anytime is fine,” I answered as soon as she’d paused to take a breath. Alice nodded next to me, and Helena smiled.
“Good. We’ll try to get this moving as quickly as we can. Please try to relax if possible. If you’d like to go home, I have all I need from you and I’ll call you as soon as I hear anything,” she said. Alice and I glanced at each other, and then walked back out to the car. The whole thing felt strangely anticlimactic somehow.
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That was a wonderful chapter. Glad that Shane maded the crib/ and Jenny go the bumper pad now let bring that baby home.
awesome, awesome chapter!!
Yay! Really getting into this story now!! :D:D
Woo hoo!!! Great update. So happy that Alice and Dana are doing well at the moment and that Alice may get a new room soon and start rehab. I feel so much for both women on the long-term care thing. I have faith in you to take care of them on this. Even though I know Kallie ends up with Alice and Dana, it is still a bit of a emotional rollercoaster reading about the journey to get there. I love that Dana, who is usually so bad with words, had no problem with the essay on the forms. “They’ll never let us have her if they think you’re high on speed.” — Hee! Hopefully the biological mother doesn’t show up. Although I do like Dana’s viewpoint on that — at least they are saving Kallie from bouncing around the system. Excellent!! I hope your groove continues. Thanks you so much MT!!
MT, I continue to enjoy your humor in this chapter. Again the writing was fantastic. Both A & D being all nervous about the process was palpable. I also like the fact that Shane made the bed for Kallie and Jenny adding the bedding. Very touching. It saddens me to think of the whole rehab issue. I sincerely hope that A would recuperate well enough to stay in the house with D forever. THANK YOU very much!
MT, I continue to enjoy your humor in this chapter. Again the writing was fantastic. Both A & D being all nervous about the process was palpable. I also like the fact that Shane made the bed for Kallie and Jenny adding the bedding. Very touching. It saddens me to think of the whole rehab issue. I sincerely hope that A would recuperate well enough to stay in the house with D forever. THANK YOU very much!