Summer 2008:
The weather in Seattle was beautiful. Larry just had to take advantage of it. He decided to and ride his bike to LDS Social Services. At the time, I wasn't ready to adopt, but Larry was. After speaking briefly to one of the social workers, he left his business card and my cell number.
Winter 2009 (February):
Larry answered the cell phone. The conversation went something like this:
Social Worker: Hello. This is Tawnia from LDS Family Services. Is this the Seto Residence?
Larry: Yes. Yes it is.
Social Worker: A young pregnant mother came to our offices today and she wants to place her baby girl in a part or full Asian family. Is your family interested in adopting? I told her about you and she showed some interest in your family.
Larry: Yes, we are totally interested!!
Social Worker: I can't guarantee that this will work out, but if you get started on your profile and paperwork there would be time to get it done before this baby girl is delivered. The baby girl is due in July.
Larry: We'll do it! Thanks so much for calling us. We'll be in touch.
Larry told me about the phone call. I was officially ready to adopt! This call just lit the fire right under me. It was the push I needed. We were so excited!
The miracles up to this point:
1) The social worker actually kept Larry's business card and remembered Larry 6+ months later.
2) Larry had changed offices at Boeing and the number on his business card was invalid. We had disconnected our land-line. The ONLY number she could have reached us on was my cell number. Why had Larry given her my cell number? I didn't even know he was going to LDS SS. I wasn't interested in adopting (at that time).
3) We knew that if adopting the little baby girl didn't work out, we were on the right course and going through the right agency.
Had we sought out adoption on our own, without this push, we probably would have looked at adopting Internationally; however, we both felt good about giving this option a try.
