Preparing to Match
An agency reports the CCAA is “preparing to match”.
If you don’t understand what that might mean, check out the Important Posts section in the right hand column – How the Matching Room Works.
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July 15th, 2009 at 7:04 pm
Oh my….to all those who’ve been waiting years to hear those words…..enjoy the adrenaline rush.
And enjoy every moment. There’s nothing like it!
:)
http://www.atlastmilanascominhome.blogspot.com
July 15th, 2009 at 7:56 pm
Oh Boy!!! Here we go on the rollercoaster ride!!
JennyPA
LID 3/24/06
July 15th, 2009 at 8:09 pm
AS I am “a slightly tetchy, uncertain whether I am hearing this month” poster my two initial reactions to this news are t imagnine witha laugh all the people in the matching room with the Director holding a chequered flag yelling “start your engines” and then waving the flag and then they’re off!! Matching at break neck speed!
then i feel quite irritated because SURELY they have been matching all month. what else are they doing since the last lot of allocations were sent.
Then i try to imagine them matching our file to a darling little face and I feel very moved. Whatever the reality its very exciting! this is proving to be a VERY long month and we are just past half way.
LID 23/3/06
July 15th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
AtLast is so correct. When we were waiting for Shania in 2007 we missed the cutoff date by 1 day. It took 2 long & agnozing yrs. It was so heartbreaking, but when we got that call & then the pictures emailed to us 2 hours later. We forgot everything. It is so hard to describe that rush of a complete euphoria that envelopes you.
Then you have that precious child in your arms and it is like you never knew a day without her/him. Our 2yr anniversary was this past May and we can’t believe it’s only been that short of a time. Hang in there everyone.
July 15th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
This comes as great news after starting a bad week!! We had started the process to adopt our next child from Ethiopia and this week our Canadian agency went bankrupt, taking our downpayment of $1500 as well as upwards of $15,000-20,000 from those who were close to being matched. We will be glad to see this one over as well. :):) It has been a long almost 4 years. LID 03/21/06
Ancient proverb says, “Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.” Yahoo!!
July 15th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
I simply love this time of the month!! Although our LID isn’t until 6/10/06 it is SO exciting to hear about matching and referrals.
Good luck Laura and Lou!!!
Susan & Joe (LID 06/10/06)
July 15th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
Oh I am so glad! My hope bucket needs to be refilled.
July 15th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
I cannot tell you how excited we are and how loooong this month has been.
We are 3/22/06 and I am still telling everyone it is not a sure thing. Oh but my heart thinks it is no matter how my mind keeps trying to hold me back.
I cannot imagine what it will be like to finally get the call.
Char
July 15th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
Thank you, Susan!! And thank you for including us in your prayers. I can’t believe this is finally happening. Like my friend and fellow 3/22′er, agknight, I too have been afraid to tell everyone we were next, but I also feel it in my heart. This has to be it. I don’t even know how to handle “the call”. I think I’ll be too hysterical to function. Just thinking about it now is making my eyes well up with tears.
Here’s a quote that I think will hit home for all of us… I came across it the other day and had to write it down:
“Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.”
Stay strong everyone.
Emily’s mom.
LID 3/22/06
July 15th, 2009 at 10:24 pm
I love this time of the month – love seeing all the new baby faces and seeing what that cut off date is.
I’m praying for a big batch!!
Sherri
http://thejolivanafamily.blogspot.com
July 15th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
It’s so hard to believe that we will see our little one’s face after all this time, I think we can actually rest assured that we are “in” with a LID of the 21st…FINALLY!!!!!!!! And Char, I really think you are in, but I understand the need to protect yourself!! M
July 15th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
I’m ready!! Today I bought a “It’s a Girl” sign, 8 bottles of champagne, 50 red balloons and 2 red velvet cake mixes to make lady bug cupcakes… I’m ready for our referral bash!!!
I can only imagine…
July 15th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
3/22′ers, Emily’s Mom and agknight, if you guys don’t make this round, some of us may need to be talked down from a ledge…..(barring all the fluky potential LID issues)….I just hope their “preparing to match” is a little different from the “preparing to adopt” announcement we made in 2005…..Anyway, so excited for the batch to be next, though not planning to be in this one……3/29/06.
July 16th, 2009 at 12:06 am
Emily’s mom….
In January 2006, we got the call. I listened to my voice mail and heard the coordinator tell me to call her back. I was VERY much together. And when I called her, I wrote down her province, her age, her weight….etc. I was fine. But as soon as I heard her Chinese name, and wrote it down, and pronounced it myself, I broke down. She was real. She had a name. Even right now, writing this, my heart fills, as do my eyes, recalling the moment I heard her Chinese name. From that point on, till we held her, nothing else in the world mattered. You never really know how you’re going to react, but I guarantee you, you will not forget the moment you get the call.
July 16th, 2009 at 12:19 am
Cassiesmom-
LOL….We have “preparing to adopt” announcement cards left over from our expected adoption of our first daughter also. We didn’t get the call till January 06, but the cards were made during the month we had a LID and says on them “expecting our arrival in September 05″. OOPS!
July 16th, 2009 at 12:28 am
Well I am a 3/22 who has been telling everyone I’m next!! So we better be next. I am so ready!! I can’t believe it’s really happening.
I have some minor outpatient surgery scheduled for next Thurs., so I’m sure that will be the day!
July 16th, 2009 at 1:40 am
Relishing the hope quotes. Just read this today:
Hope requires the contender
Who sees no virtue in surrender.
From the cradle to the bier,
The heart must persevere.
-The Book of Counted Joys
Waiting and hoping with you all!
July 16th, 2009 at 2:34 am
Okay so I am up at 2:30 in the morning (on call at the hospital) looking at the RQ way too much.
Any one (other than you Emily’s mom I already know what you think :)) have predictions on what day we will get our phone calls?
Thanks for everyones reassurance (waiting in Calgary, cassies mom etc…) it helps and the closer I get the more cautious I become….Ms. Hopelessly optimistic for 3 years is now somewhat subdued.
Emily’s Mom and I are from the same agency, same group number and it is truly hard to believe. I have also met (by email and phone) someone else in the same group and having them to talk to and cry with has kept me goiing the past year or so (wow can you believe it has been that long girls).
I will get to meet my daughter, two new friends and their daughters.
Cannot wait to get that Call.
Mechelle here is to seeing Savanah’s sweet face and Laura and Lou seeing Emily’s precious face and AnnaGrace’s.
Char
July 16th, 2009 at 7:25 am
Char, Susan, Cassiesmom, everyone else rooting for us… thank you. I don’t even know what to say after reading all of this. I’m speechless… (and it takes a lot for me to be “speechless” about anything) Just too emotional to say anything else right now… I think it’s going to happen… (I think!!) I want to shout out to the world that we’re next but I’m so afraid to. My very optimistic husband, on the other hand, has just declared a celebratory Happy Hour at the White Swan hotel on September 22nd!! (his birthday… turning 40 this year.. and we hope we’ll be there by then… what an excellent birthday gift, huh?) We’re hoping and praying.
Fingers crossed everyone for a really large batch this month. Cassiesmom… I think you’re next!
Emily’s Mom.
LID 3/22/06
July 16th, 2009 at 8:00 am
KareninCA… not sure how I missed your post before but I just read it now. The way you describe your phone call has just left me an emotional mess. I know I will SO break down when I hear our daughter’s name. (never mind what’ll happen to me when I lay my eyes on her or she’s placed in my arms for the first time!) You’re right… to write down the province, your daughter’s age and weight, is one thing… but to hear that little person’s name for the first time… I can’t even imagine the range of emotions that go through you at that moment. I can’t wait!
Thanks for sharing such a special moment with us.
July 16th, 2009 at 8:37 am
Strap on your seatbelts everyone!
July 16th, 2009 at 9:36 am
agknight-you asked for predictions on when they will arrive. seems like they are usually in the mail within about 48 hrs of starting, so maybe by the end of the weekend/early next week they will be in the mail, and to be conservative, maybe calls by Tuesday/Wednesday….I am just working from memory, not data, but it seems to go really fast from this point, unless its your turn…
July 16th, 2009 at 10:09 am
KarenInCa: that was a very touching post. It made my heart beat a little faster. I agree with what you said about saying her name. Right now it all seems surreal but when we hear her name and see her face I am going to have to do all of my crying then and get it out of my system. I am so worried that when I finally meet her I am going to be so overcome that I am going to start bawling and potentially scare the heck out of her!! I don’t want to do that!
Molly
3/24/06
http://www.allisonpina.com