RUSSIA TALKS BACK..
Ok so I was sitting in class at Texas A &M University ( I go once a year for a week) and an email popped into my box. I translated it and was stunned to find out that Ms. A has been in the orphanage with another sister since their arrival. The judge thinks its best not to seperate the girls at this time. ;(
We have always known there were 5 girls total, (all having the same mom) but only Summer & A have the same dad. The older three were put in orphanages over 10 yrs ago. Their ages best I can calculate are 19, 15, 13, 9 (A) and Summer 4. I am pleased they have found each other again.Oddly enough, at court we learned that the oldest sister actually had to give her permission to let us adopt.
SHE DID NOT KNOW SUMMER EXSISTED.
How easy it wouldve been for her to just say no!!
Russian law/tradition does not require a family member to actually TAKE the child if they dont want them to be adopted, their word saying no is enough. Not fair, but none the less thats how its done. I commend the sister for letting her go to a good home.
Anyway, I realize that they had indeed found each other and I instantly told Todd and had the attorney draw up a letter stating we would
TAKE THEM BOTH! Heck she's 13 right in between the boys, we can adjust!!
ok that alone brings on many emotions...
but here is where it gets really fun!!!!!
The attorney sends back an email saying (in a nutshell)
uh.... do you KNOW that the sister we are talking about is NOT the 13 yr old??? SILENCE.
She is the one who turns 16 in a few months. (old enough to say whether she WANTS to be adopted, yet too young to fend for herself when she gets turned out of the orphanage and has no where to go . dont even ask about the stats of what happens to these kids... ;(
sigh. so I kinda well.... sorta... ok I said YES WE STILL WANT THEM BOTH.
The irony is that the attorney happened to be going to Russia and hand carried the request to the judge for us.
the date???
MAY 11,2007
EXACTLY one year to the day we adopted Summer!!!!
Hold on to your hats my friends!!!
We have always known there were 5 girls total, (all having the same mom) but only Summer & A have the same dad. The older three were put in orphanages over 10 yrs ago. Their ages best I can calculate are 19, 15, 13, 9 (A) and Summer 4. I am pleased they have found each other again.Oddly enough, at court we learned that the oldest sister actually had to give her permission to let us adopt.
SHE DID NOT KNOW SUMMER EXSISTED.
How easy it wouldve been for her to just say no!!
Russian law/tradition does not require a family member to actually TAKE the child if they dont want them to be adopted, their word saying no is enough. Not fair, but none the less thats how its done. I commend the sister for letting her go to a good home.
Anyway, I realize that they had indeed found each other and I instantly told Todd and had the attorney draw up a letter stating we would
TAKE THEM BOTH! Heck she's 13 right in between the boys, we can adjust!!
ok that alone brings on many emotions...
but here is where it gets really fun!!!!!
The attorney sends back an email saying (in a nutshell)
uh.... do you KNOW that the sister we are talking about is NOT the 13 yr old??? SILENCE.
She is the one who turns 16 in a few months. (old enough to say whether she WANTS to be adopted, yet too young to fend for herself when she gets turned out of the orphanage and has no where to go . dont even ask about the stats of what happens to these kids... ;(
sigh. so I kinda well.... sorta... ok I said YES WE STILL WANT THEM BOTH.
The irony is that the attorney happened to be going to Russia and hand carried the request to the judge for us.
the date???
MAY 11,2007
EXACTLY one year to the day we adopted Summer!!!!
Hold on to your hats my friends!!!
posted by Just. Me. at 1:23 PM
3 Comments:
Hi Rain, just found your blog heard about your amazing new adoption news on sofa, what a wonderful journey you are embarking on so looking forward to following it. God Bless and best wishes!
You're right... you couldn't make this stuff up! You need to write a novel when this is done.
Your life is about to get VERY INTERESTING... as if it wasn't already!
Very exciting. :-) Keep us posted!
Lisa
And so where is the 13y/o???
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