Well, here we are. Two years after we've emphatically declared ourselves "done" and we embark on a new path.
We believe that, 8,000 miles away, a 10 year old girl waiting for a family is to be our new daughter. Aida lives in Uganda, a country with mind-boggling statistics regarding HIV/AIDS, communicable diseases, preventable diseases....the list goes on and on. 60% of homes in Uganda are child-run, as the parents have passed away. The median age is 15.
Aida had strep throat a number of months ago, which went untreated. It then became rheumatic fever, and then the virus attacked her heart. She needs all the valves in her heart replaced.
This process appears to be easier and frighteningly shorter than any of our other adoptions. It's November 4. We expect to travel in January for our court visit, and then in February to bring Aida home.
A letter to Aida is winging its way to her now, and soon we will hear if this is even a possibility for her to open her heart to us.
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