It is with a heavy heart that I write that Kara and I's Vietnam adoption adventure is quickly grinding to a standstill. Today Vietnam announced that there will be no renewal of the agreement with the US and that no referrals will be made after July 1st.
This basically means that given where Kara and I are in the process we have no chance of adopting any time soon. It could be years before Vietnam and the US work out another agreement. We feel very caught between squabbling governments. It is like we are drifting around in a sea of circumstances beyond our control. We keep looking around for some sense of direction, but the only thing we can find is eachother.
We try to tell ourselves that this is all in the best interests of the vietnamese children and families to make sure there is no corruption going on. But at the same time there are still 2 million orphans in Vietnam and they ARE being adopted by citizens of other countries - just not the USA. So much for the moral imperative.
As I've been touted as the eternal optimist, I've been trying to think of something uplifting to say. We will keep our heads high, adapt to our new circumstances, and continue our adoption journey...
To dream ... the impossible dream ...
To fight ... the unbeatable foe ...
To bear ... with unbearable sorrow ...
To run ... where the brave dare not go ...
To right ... the unrightable wrong ...
To love ... pure and chaste from afar ...
To try ... when your arms are too weary ...
To reach ... the unreachable star ...
This is my quest, to follow that star ...
No matter how hopeless, no matter how far ...
To fight for the right, without question or pause ...
To be willing to march into Hell, for a Heavenly cause ...
And I know if I'll only be true, to this glorious quest,
That my heart will lie will lie peaceful and calm,
when I'm laid to my rest ...
And the world will be better for this:
That one man, scorned and covered with scars,
Still strove, with his last ounce of courage,
To reach ... the unreachable star ...
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