All posts tagged: legal system

Good Adoption News!

June 5, 2014
by birch & raven
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Adoption / Family Ties / Foster Care / In Transition

This past weekend, I received word from E’s appeals attorney that her job was finished: bio dad’s appeal had been dismissed, which means E is now legally free for adoption! Words cannot express how excited we are. Of course, there is now tons of paperwork to go through, and a new homestudy to be done, but we are so close! E finishes eighth grade in a couple of weeks, and B-mom and (I think) B-sis […]

Picking Ourselves Back Up Again

May 10, 2013
by birch & raven
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Adoption / Foster Care / Heart Aches / Wrestling with Angels

I’ve wanted to blog, wanted to get some of these words out, but haven’t been able to make myself sit and write. I’ve shared some of this continuing journey through the little 140-word bursts on Twitter, but nothing longer and more thoughtful. My sermons, these days, are like that too. Whether it is the beautiful warm spring weather or the uncertainly which runs steady as a stream underneath our day-to-day, sitting at the computer for […]