Acknowledgement

I love that the word "acknowledgement" made my heart leap when I saw it in my inbox yesterday. It's strange what this adoption journey will do to a previously sane person! We received a 2 sentence letter from USCIS in Vietnam saying that they have received our I-600 for the baby. Ok, the fact that it was sent "overnight" 2 weeks ago from California was briefly overlooked. But it is there! It has been seen and stamped by someone seemingly important! No government paper-pushers here....only 2 measly weeks (mere nanoseconds in a 3 year adoption!) for a person to open an envelope and stamp its contents and send an acknowledgement! That's your tax dollars at work, folks! And I'm more than happy with it at this point.

So what all this means is that in about 60 days, someone else will put an "approved" stamp on our baby girl's application, and we can make travel arrangements to bring her home!! I hope whoever holds that stamp isn't going on vacation any time soon...