Very sad news

All of our agency's families that were logged into the CCAA in early September - most which were held for 1-4 weeks since arriving in China - somehow got caught in a computer error/snafu. We were all eagerly waiting yesterday as we read about LOAs coming in on other sites - some with LIDs later than all of ours. After waiting all day for some good "news" we found out about the computer glitch late last night. The CCAA had not so much as notified our agency that there was a problem and now they are waiting for our agency's Chinese liason to arrive the end of next week to "straighten things out". THEN to add even more insult to our already injured hearts, our agency received a package of LOA's this morning - for families logged in at the END of Sept into the middle of October!! They totally just skipped us and are going to wait until next week to have things corrected. My heart is so very heavy. We do not have the hope to travel now until the end of February - since China shuts down for 10 days for the Chinese New Year which is on Feb 7 this year. Some of the families who received their LOAs today had their dossiers go to China 2 months after ours arrived.

Life is not fair - wear a helmet! I have heard repeatedly - but it doesn't hurt my head nearly so much as my heart - injustice is so hard to handle.

On top of this bad news day, we lost our dear Maggie - 17 mth old Golden Retriever this morning. She was born with a congenital heart issue and had a progressively worsening murmur. She went into pulmonary edema last night and labored well into late this morning. The vet arrived close to 11am to ease her into the great doggie beyond. We will surely miss her and how she loved to run and fetch; to jump into the lake and bark at the geese; and of course how she unmercifully loved to chew on our kitty cats and chase them through the house.

We have nothing to hear on the China front now for at least a week. It will be a long, quiet week. We will try to focus on Christmas preparations and pray that Jeremy will not lie in his bed and wonder sadly why his Mama and Baba are taking so very long to come and take him home to his family.

Mary