EP Submission!!
286 days later, after so much waiting, our sweet girl has been submitted for her Emigration Permit. For us, it is a celebration, one step closer to being a forever family. But what it truly means, is that the Korean government is going to took at paperwork, that will determine if she is allowed to leave Korea with us. Every bit of adoption, even the "good" stuff, is rooted in loss. As we rejoice, we hold our girl, and her future, and her loss, right in our hearts. With this BIG step, we are staring down quite a bit more waiting. This next step can take up to five months, but after an over 9.5 month wait for her Emigration permit to be submitted, we are sure hoping that it will go much quicker than this. If we are lucky, we will have Rowan home before Thanksgiving, perhaps, even in October. We are learning all of this is out of our hands!