We came into a small nice office typical of any, and were asked to take a seat on a couch. We were introduced to our SDA interviewer and shook hands ( oop’s we heard that women in Ukraine do not like to do that). Paula and I had spent considerable time working on answers to specific questions (“Why do you want to adopt in Ukraine, etc”), but when it “Would you Tell me a little bit about your family.” Funny thing was we never thought of that question! Paula made a simple response - there are 4 of us with son Tyler, and Daughter Grace…”
Next the psychologist put one photo on the table - Konstantin looked, and talked with the interviewer, turned to us and said “This is a girl of 10 years, healthy, etc” . She looked very unhappy. We then were presented with 3 other photos. It is a little intense and intimidating because the interviewer turned to us after the 3rd photo and said “ This is the perfect child for you”. What do you say to that?
We asked for one more girl that was closer to Graces age …She pulls out another photo “ She has slight mental problems.” I took this as a clear sign that we were done - PICK a girl now!. We took her word on the perfect girl for us and left the next day to see her! Her name is Emma and she is located in Donetsk. She is 11 yrs old, tall, slender, smart, kind, and musical according to her profile. Stay tuned for more and please feel welcome to ask questions.
This is a very exciting time …Michael
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