Meeting update and a Serious Dog

We had the agency meeting on Monday evening. There must have been 60+ couples in the room and it did get warm but not too heated. Meaning: It got warm with all those bodies and the news was frustrating. There will be some additional monies required to be paid by each waiting family but no one got to the screaming (angry) point. Why do I describe it that way, well it is hard to wait and some folks have been waiting for years, very emotional. Rich sorta put it best "it is what it is" so we will be paying the fee and asking more questions. I know that our questions will get more and more intense and detailed as time goes by. Adoption agencies are non-profit companies that walk a thin line regarding how much they can have in reserves. Without the additional fees they feel at risk of closing because no one can guesstimate how many families will enter into the process this year. The speaker Dick mentioned that there are 500 waiting families, that's a lot of people hoping and praying for a child. Just imagine all those kids waiting too, they deserve a Forever Family as soon as possible.

We did have a nice end to the evening because we got to meet a lady who has been blogging about her Russian adoption, Joy (click on her name to go to her blog). I read her blog all the time, you should go and check it out too. She got the best possible news in the world!!! We also met another couple from Lincoln Park who are very nice and just behind us in timing.

So why the Doggy pic? Well Molly McPoo was born in January of 1998 and I was thinking WOW she is 77 years old in dog years this month. Happy B-Day poops. I think she looks pretty good for a senior canine. Not sure if she is mad in this picture or just looking very serious? I am still trying to get a picture of her when she smiles, honest she smiles.