So yesterday, September 26 I checked the payment portal website several times to see if we had been invoiced yet but nothing. Then finally around 3:00 pm i look and they have invoiced us for one of our fees. So i quickly paid that $88.00. I received an email a couple of hours later letting me know that they had finally invoiced me and that i could go online and pay and that it would take a couple of days to process payment. Also received an email containing a form that had to be completed and mailed back. Of course i had already emailed this form to them earlier in the week but i went ahead and mailed it to them today just to make sure they get it.
We talked to biological mom yesterday and let her know we needed her to get the baby's passport photos done and sent to us as soon as possible. She said she would go take care of it today so went and sent her money for that this morning.
So, this is where I am emotionally in all of this. I know people who have read this are thinking to themselves why are you doing this? Why are you so vested in getting to a child that isn't yours? Those questions alone are one of the reasons I debated with myself about even starting this blog or sharing this experience but they are very easy questions to answer for me. The first and most important reason is because I love my husband. He is the sweetest and kindest person I have ever met. He came to the United States when he was 16 because he needed to help support his family (his father died when he was 6 leaving his mom with 5 young children) He is a hard worker and still to this day helps to support all of his family in Mexico. He is the type of person who friends come to when they need something because they know he will be more than willing to help. So if there is a way that I can help do something for him then of course I am willing to do it. Secondly, Martin has always loved my children. From the first time he met them he has loved them. They argue sometimes and get mad at each other sometimes like any normal family but he LOVES them and would do anything for any of them. The day we got married they weren't my kids or his kids but OUR children and we love all of them equally. So although i may not have given birth to her she is my child and i love her. It is not her fault that she was born in a country where the average person makes what is equivalent in the US to $50.00 a month. I want her to have a better life. I want her to have a chance to have a good life with a family that loves her. So you ask why am i doing this and I answer how could i not?
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