Finally, we were officially “on the list”. Our application stated that we wanted a coloured, newborn girl and did not mind either open or closed adoption. We were told that we would probably wait anywhere between 3 and 9 months. We started telling our friends and family that we were “expecting” a baby. It suddenly felt like it was just around the corner. We were really, really excited. My sister arrived from England a few days later to get married in South Africa. We spent 2 weeks completely consumed by wedding fever and managed to push the imminent arrival of our baby into the back of our minds.
Once the wedding in Cape Town was over, we all flew to my new brother-in-law’s house in Scotland for a second wedding reception. I called our social worker just before we left to let her know that we would be away for 10 days. She sounded a little concerned and asked me a few times for my exact date of return. She also queried the request for a coloured girl and asked me if we would be ok with a boy or a white baby. I said that of course we would be happy. We really didn’t mind by now – we just wanted a healthy baby SOON! Off we flew to Scotland!
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