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July 2005 did not get any easier for either of us. On July 12th after a very depressing day of bad news, Kristina fell down a flight of stairs while holding Mia and landed on a ceramic tile floor. Thankfully, Mia was OK as Kristina had the presence of mind to shield her. Kristina however did not fare so well as she had a painful gash on her back and a slightly sprained ankle. Both would be fine but it just seemed to add to the drama of the month.
After finally getting the necessary paperwork to have a second X-ray done, Kristina took Mia to the hospital at 6am to wait in line. When the test results were finally received a few days later it was almost laughable. The first test showed Mia to be 5 months and now it had her at 4 months. Maybe we could market her formula as the fountain of youth! Anyway, the judge did not know what she was going to do about the situation.
By August, things had changed dramatically in our lives. The university I worked for did not like the uncertainty of our situation and asked me to resign my postition. They made me a great offer and I decided it was time to go. I moved our household to North Carolina to be near Kristina’s family. The transition was almost more than I could take without the support of Kristina being there but her family is tremendous and their encouragement made it possible.
We still had heard nothing from the judge’s office by the end of August as we were told “Maybe next week” and “call back tomorrow.” However, finally on August 27th of 2005, our friend Maria from Quetzaltenango called and said the papers were completed and were available for our lawyer. We were ecstatic thought the enthusiasm was muted after a whole summer of discouragement.
Would Kristina be home in early fall…though it looked that way it’s not likely. Guess who’s coming in September? Come back to find out!
The Mummau Series
1. Choosing To Adopt
2. Why International? Why Guatemala?
3. The Call From Guatemala
4. The Process Begins
5. A Prelude To Mia
6. How Can You “Choose” A Child – Leaving Others Behind?
7. Peer Into The Heart – Journal Entries
8. Meeting Maria – Finding Mia
9. Leaving Our Daughter…is that…no way!
10. Rivers of Waiting
11. Mistakes, Intentions, and Naivety – How Hope Began To Die
12. Alone in Guatemala and Waiting
13. Time Marches On – Goodbye Mia for Now
14. Joyful Gringos in Quetzaltenango
15. Mia Mia
16. Abuela Comes To The Rescue
17. Doctors, Couriers, and Delays
18. Even So, You Won’t Believe This
19. The Summer of Frustration Ends
20. Fall Approaches with Broken Hearts…Teeth
21. 1600 Miles from Tecpan (pt.1)
22. 1600 Miles from Tecpan (pt.2)
23. Kristina Comes Home
24. Mia’s First Steps
25. December’s Momentum
26. An Angel In The Embassy? I
27. An Angel in the Embassy? II
28. A Christmas to Remember…and Forget
29. Daddy’s 2nd Visit
30. Clash at The Embassy
31. We’re In The PGN! OK Let Us Out!
32. Accomodations
33. The Pencil – Never Give Up
34. Exiting the PGN…sort of
35. Exiting the PGN…yet again
36. Daddy Has Enough
37. The Countdown Begins
38. Easter Brings Hope
39. Sit With Me in San Cristobal
40. T-Minus a few things and counting
41. My New Favorite Color
42. Hope Becomes Reality-The Embassy Interview
43. Mia Mummau Goes Home
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