Start reading from the end. I’ve only started this blog, so comments and questions are more than welcome.

It seems she went in that lag time after the NAC shut & reopened, when there were more unmatched families or they were shown kids much older.

I thought of one more question: How do you deal with the parade of kids coming across that desk on your appointment day, or (according to Cathy Harris’ stories) the kids sent into the office to sing or recite poems at the homes? The very idea of this is distasteful to me, although I guess it’s just a technicality since we are ultimately choosing among kids either way. I appreciate Ukraine’s efforts to de-commodify the children by prohibiting preselection, but wonder about the Jeopardy-style selection process and my ability to deal with that. Is that a common issue or am I missing something?

Thanks again!

I had read Katie’s story and some of Cathy Harris’s- both of which were well-written and gave a nice description of the process.

I’m going to be up late reading again, I can tell!