About Saturday's Event

To satisfy the curiosity of those who are wondering about Saturday's adoption event thing...

(By the way, I have no technical term for it.  I don't think they really do either or maybe I would know what to call those two hours I spent in Omaha the other day.)

It was...different.  I got a couple good craft ideas from it...which was so not the purpose for being there.  There was the usual food I couldn't eat.  I was the only single non-staff-member there.  Culturally the room was split about 50/50 give or take.  At the same time, however, it was culturally lopsided.  Most of the children there who are waiting for parents are African American or Latin.  Most of the adults there waiting for children are Caucasian (of the non-Latin variety).  I helped a little boy with sticky fingers get his fingers un-sticky and play Bingo.  He was positive every play was a Bingo.  One of the adoption recruiters had been one of the trainers when I did my foster parent training back in February and March.  I was pleasantly surprised to discover she remembered me - not just my face but also my name.  Before I left, she made a point to tell me that she was always thinking about me and that her silence was not from having forgotten me but that she didn't "have anyone" for me "right now."

So, nothing spectacular, certainly some interesting people...and craft ideas.  :)