Is The Burner Even On?

When I told MCFD at the end of August that we would be unable to work with an adoption worker who required that all home study appointments be concluded by 4:30pm weekdays, I knew we would be: a) in the dog house and b) put on the back burner. When we received an email from the intake coordinator telling us that "further options would need to be discussed with the supervisor next week," I knew for sure that we were no longer considered "top priority." We resigned ourselves to the fact that we had been officially put on the back burner.

It is now three weeks later and we have not had any further communication from MCFD letting us know if "further options" have even been discussed. Like my ObGyn was saying to me nearly two years ago "tick tock goes the clock..." and this leads me to wonder, "Is the burner even on?" Or have we just been shoved to the back and left to get cold? The image I picture of our application is of gravy, once warm and smelling delicious, - the perfect topper to a delicious meal - turning into a congealed lump of pasty looking fat. It was coming along very nicely, almost ready to go but it just sat on the back burner, growing cold while all the other dishes were served and enjoyed and, at the end of the meal, someone says "oops! well... that's a shame, forgot about it" and tosses it out.

Since the tone of the last email was, pretty much, "don't call us, we'll call you" it might be time for us to explore other options... because, tick tock goes the clock, we are not getting any younger... and I am not really interested in being a card carrying member of CARP with kids still in K-12... and would prefer not to use my CPP to pay for a child's college tuition.

And, because they say "a watched pot never boils," we continue on with our lives as a family of three, going to hockey and soccer games, being involved in our community, making vacation plans... but still wondering what our family will look like this time next year.