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It has been quite some time since I have been able to work on this process. There are many things that have to be in place to proceed. I have been working on those, so indirectly working on the process, but I have not been feeling as though much progress has been made since I got all the criminal clearances done. I am still optimistic that the paperwork can be completed before the end of the year. But it might also be early 2013. Along the way, I hear about others bringing their children home. It is amazing to me how many friends will refer me to their friends, or friends of friends. Everyone looking to get some advice on how I did it. It is a pleasure to help anyone, as it means one additional child gets to leave an orphanage and belong in a family. The process has become even more painfully slow. A friend in Delhi, it took her 6 months just to get the Indian passport. But then they were lucky and got the British passport while still in India which was great, as they were adamant wi...

Some friends gave me a heads up to watch the PBS documentary Half the Sky. It focuses on the oppression of women. One focus is India. Seeing this, it is a horrid reminder of the challenges for women of all classes, but especially the lowest castes. I was able to avoid much of this cultural predetermination in being born to a Sikh family. I have never accepted the caste system as it appears to be so oppressive unless you happen to be able to claim to be a Brahmin. Seeing this, it spurs me on even more to my long standing goal of adoption. I know Tara will come to us, it is frustrating to think it will take a very long time, maybe years. There is so little value given to girls in most Indian families, yet it is near impossible to adopt one of the unwanted girls. But we will. Each day I see Sofi grow tall, and chatty, and I am left in wonder at the amazing little person she is. It breaks my heart to think her family could not keep her. It is their loss.