The time to file an appeal expired on February 13th… As of yesterday – four whole days after the fact – nothing had been filed and nothing had been received in the courthouse mail. According to our kidlet’s social worker and the state’s lawyer, we are being asked to wait just a bit longer because there have been times when a grace period for filing the appeal has been granted, especially with Ic.wA cases.
Here’s another kick to the gut: if the state doesn’t receive the appeal by the end of next week, the lawyer is going to call the tribe and ask what’s what. WHY? Why do we have to keep giving them chances and then reminding them when they don’t respond to the chances they were given? So frustrating.
But I’m actually doing really well with it all. I guess with all the waiting we’ve done to this point has only helped us be able to wait better. I mean, it’s been over six years of trying to grow our family and now a year since we found out we’d been blessed with these three beautiful children so what’s another week, right? I think the biggest factor for me is knowing that the judge is on our side. It’s hard to overturn a ruling when such a great case has been made. Right?
Regardless of the answer... these three beauties are worth all the time and waiting in the world.
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