It's hard to say how many families were held up waiting for their children at that point. There were eight families, however, who kept in very close touch by telephone and email during this wait which lasted through March, April, May and June. We became sort of electronic friends. None of us had actually ever met except on line and later by telephone. But friends we became nonetheless.
Friends pray for each other, encourage each other, hold each other up and set each other straight.
That,s what we did for each other during that waiting time. We decided not to put off our family vacation any longer in the hopes that Valya would be with us to take it. We took a couple of weeks at the beach and flew home tanned and exhausted. We were happy to be home. The boys rushed out back to see their dogs and cat.