Epiphany, questions, chances

It’s Epiphany today, which in Spain is traditionally when the three wise men leave presents for the kids (as opposed to Santa on the 25th). You’re supposed to leave a shoe (not a stocking) out and you’ll find a present in the morning. Glen and I always exchange presents at Christmas (well, shortly after, when I get back from Spain) but we still leave a shoe out on January 5th and find a little gift on the 6th. Maybe next year there’ll be an extra little shoe to join ours?

We spent a couple of hours yesterday re-reading Boy H’s Child Permanence Report and came up with a whole list of clarifications and updates that we’d like to have from the social workers when they come to see us next week. We also worked a bit on trying to come up with answers to the questions that we think they will ask us, including stuff about Glen’s family, why we’ve chosen Boy H and the difficult question of the last name. Glen and I kept our names when we got married, and we need to decide what last name the boy would have if we’re successful in being matched with him. We’ve been playing with the possible combinations, but, perhaps unsurprisingly, we both like our own last name better...

I also looked at the online publication where we first saw Boy H and noticed that he’s not featured any more. He didn’t appear in the latest print issue either, but he had remained online and Miranda said that his family finders were planning to advertise for him again (which hasn’t happened). Does this mean that they’re positive about finding a match for him? In that case, if the information we’ve received about them interviewing just one other couple is correct, we have a 50/50 chance! Glen is refusing to get excited and is preparing for bad news. They way I’m choosing to see this is that at least we’ve got as far as a visit. Let’s see how much further we can make it.

Miranda should be coming today to help us prepare for next week’s visit, but with all the snow she may not be able to. We’ll get in touch with her later. Maybe she can come later in the week or we can do something by email or on the phone.