So the 60 days for appeal is up, and so is an extra week. So I think he should officially be a "legal orphan." Of course he is far from being an orphan...but in the eyes of the law...thats the way it is. So now there is supposed to be one more meeting, i think to sign paperwork and such to file with the court to adopt. I haven't heard anything, and i kind of wish they would move things forward. I realize at this point it really doesn't make a difference for them, or me for that matter. He is my son, has been for the last 7 months, and will be for the rest of our lives, but I am ready for it to be legal, which means it is over. I can get a new birth certificate that says he is legally a Hornstein, finally get a Medi-Cal card with the right name on it, and attempt to find out if he has a social security number.
I am watching this little being turn into a child. I watch him crawl around the room, so fast he gets caught up and falls. I watch him pull himself up to stand on EVERYTHING, including me. Today he stepped up on one of his toys to get to the table!! I said i thought he would walk by 10 months, now i think it could be earlier, what the heck??? And while i believe that some of these things happen when they do because of genetics (though i think it is the meth..LOL) I also feel like i can take some credit for this, for the people i surround him with, encouraging him, pushing him that little extra to be independent, and really just for loving him....who cares that I am single, that i have to work, and he goes to day care full time, or that i am broke all the time.I love him, and he loves me...it think its as simple as that.....His laugh brings me joy, and as i come up on my first mother's day, I get it....get the enormity of what i am doing, what being a mother and a father are, and the love you have for your child, biological or otherwise...I love that kid....<3
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