Hoping for News Soon

On our trip to Austin we got to meet the case workers that work that area. There were only a couple of kids we were interested in. One was a 5 year old girl that almost everyone there was interested in. Its not often they have a young girl ready for adoption. They are usually placed pretty quickly. So, I’m not sure if we will get a call back on her. Her case worker was not there.
The other one we inquired about was one that has caught my eye on the website many times. I never asked about her because she wasn’t what we went into this originally wanting and our case worker said we should stick with our first desire. Well, after running across her pic again and again I finally asked about her. She is 13 and was recently placed in a single mother family and quickly returned into the system. I didn’t ask anymore. I took that as a bad sign.
At the reception in Austin I noticed her name on the list and her case worker was there, so I asked about her situation. The case worker obviously had deep feelings for this girl and really hurt for her. She started to cry when telling us about her situation and the disruption in her adoption not being her fault. The more she said, the more interested I was. It almost became like a challenge for me and wanted even more to give this girl a chance. Maybe I am way too confident in our abilities and that scares me, but Mark feels the same way I do. She doesn’t sound like a bad child, just a teenage girl. I submitted our homestudy on her and the case worker seemed to be really interested in us. I am hoping the rejection and disappointment of the failed placement didn’t cause too much damage. The case worker was going to visit her in the girls home she was temporarily placed in to see where she is emotionally since this happened. I am really hoping for an update from that visit this week.. We will see!