What is happening?
If this story was an episode of "Lost" then that is what it would be titled, "What is happening?" You would follow the characters to a new part of the island where they were led to believe that they might find the key piece of information that could ultimately lead to the resolution of their problem...getting off the island. There would be a big build up...intensity...drama...excitement. But, as is typical on Lost, the characters would quickly find out that they had gone through their latest adventure with no result...maybe only further frustration and disappointment. However, before the last bong (followed by the title appearing) you would see a glimmer, albeit faint, of hope in Kate's eyes as she dreamed of how their next adventure might get them home.
In case you're bad at reading between the lines let me help you. We arrived at this day thinking that we were going to get some specific information that would point us down one of two roads (one great and the other crummy). However, there was another option out there that we hadn't seen...that the judge would decide to do nothing. Yeah, that's right.
This is where we are friends...the judge told the kids' case worker to tell us to tell our lawyer (fun ride isn't it?!) that he should go to Warsaw and have a face-to-face meeting with the director of the TPD adoption agency in order to ask a simple question: "What's it going to take to get these guys a favorable opinion?"
We are greatly disappointed that the judge does not see fit to exercise his authority and make this decision without this lady in Warsaw. She has, on several occasions now, shown that she is not willing or interested in working with us. It is obviously in the tone of her letters and phone calls that she is not concerned with these kids. What could she be concerned with? What is the real issue? What will it take? And what if she flat doesn't change her mind? What then?
So, that's it. The journey to the other side of the island has yielded some very weary bodies...not much more than that. There remains the very faint, almost indistinguishable glimmer of hope in our eyes, but I guess we'll stay tuned for the next episode to see what exciting new adventures might develop.
[B-O-N-G rings and credits roll]
In case you're bad at reading between the lines let me help you. We arrived at this day thinking that we were going to get some specific information that would point us down one of two roads (one great and the other crummy). However, there was another option out there that we hadn't seen...that the judge would decide to do nothing. Yeah, that's right.
This is where we are friends...the judge told the kids' case worker to tell us to tell our lawyer (fun ride isn't it?!) that he should go to Warsaw and have a face-to-face meeting with the director of the TPD adoption agency in order to ask a simple question: "What's it going to take to get these guys a favorable opinion?"
We are greatly disappointed that the judge does not see fit to exercise his authority and make this decision without this lady in Warsaw. She has, on several occasions now, shown that she is not willing or interested in working with us. It is obviously in the tone of her letters and phone calls that she is not concerned with these kids. What could she be concerned with? What is the real issue? What will it take? And what if she flat doesn't change her mind? What then?
So, that's it. The journey to the other side of the island has yielded some very weary bodies...not much more than that. There remains the very faint, almost indistinguishable glimmer of hope in our eyes, but I guess we'll stay tuned for the next episode to see what exciting new adventures might develop.
[B-O-N-G rings and credits roll]
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