Suspended hopefulness

Get it? Suspended? As in the news that was being reported earlier that all US/Russian adoptions were suspended?
Now we're being told that there is no official freeze; our agency recommends we proceed as normal (which today I learned means even more paperwork than communicated yesterday). Today my mantra is back to, "Whatever we have to do for the girls..."

Additionally, I spent some time on the phone today doing an interview with an AP reporter; I'll let you know if I see anything come of it. Added later: This just in. My friend, Sarah, found this: http://townhall.com/news/us/2010/04/15/russia_adoption_confusion_rattles_us_families

MOSCOW (AP) — The U.S. State Department says there has been no suspension of adoptions of Russian children by Americans.



Reports of a suspension circulated Thursday based on comments in Moscow from a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman. He was reacting to the case of an American woman who sent her 7-year-old adopted son back to Russia on a plane by himself.


The U.S. State Department's consular affairs office, however, says it has confirmed with the U.S. Embassy in Moscow and the Russian Embassy in Washington that adoptions are still being processed. The office says there has been no suspension.


A U.S. delegation plans to meet with Russian officials next week to discuss a possible adoption treaty. Russia says such a treaty must be signed if adoptions to the U.S. are to continue.