We completed our home study yesterday in about four hours and it was a huge relief to have it done. There are still lots of loose ends to tie up before our application can be submitted to the program, but at least we have the big piece of it done.

The process of the home study consisted on all the things you’d normally expect; an inspection of the house for safety, questions about our autobiographies to clarify where needed, etc. The thing I hadn’t counted on was how much our social worked talked about positioning our “story”. It’s an interested job I’m sure. You are tasked with both ensuring a safe home environment and making sure that adoptive parents are cut out for it, but at the same time working with them to make their dream of adoption possible.

Our social worker said she really liked to focus on a strength’s-based review—essentially the attempt to look at things that might be considered a weakness and then talk about how our dealing with them shows strength.

Anyway, the completion of the home study coupled with a record setting week for new business at the studio lead to a lot of liquid celebration last night at Veil and I feel like I’m writing this post while sitting on a cheap carnival ride. When the ride has come to a complete stop I may have more to say.

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