* MY DAD, THE MUSHROOM *

well, my poor father! * you've got to know him to appreciate this post * he's very intense & gets upset/concerned/worried, very quickly * when there's 'bad news' or 'not great news', etc. we usually don't share it with dad, so he doesn't become crazy * well, they're in the process of adopting madisyn (14y) from haiti & he's consumed with getting her here * i know first hand what they're going through as we've went through this 3 times already & warned him in the beginning that it wouldn't be easy, but well worth it in the end * he's so excited & wants things done NOW, but also knows (& says) that it'll be done in god's timing * well, they're in the process along with sharel (my sister in law) & cheryl (a friend of ours) & all 3 girls that they're adopting know each other & live near one another * well, he keeps saying, "keep me posted on the progress & i won't get upset if/when i hear we've slowed down or stopped, etc. * well, we do share things with him, but only AFTER they're taken care of, due to all that i've mentioned above * well, a couple months we found out that all 3 couples needed their psych evaluations redone, due to the gentleman that did the testing wrote them all up in pencil (duh!), so instead of telling dad there was a delay, we all scrambled around, got them redone, resubmitted, etc. & THEN shared it with him * well, we found out yesterday that sharel & hubby ralph got out of IBESR & that dad/mom didn't, but we didn't share this with dad (yet) * he just called me to tell me that sharel/ralph were out of IBESR & i said, "how did you find out???" * he laughed & said that he'd just talked to madisyn on the phone & then he talked to licia (friend of ours that lives next door to madisyn & kind of watches out for her) & she mentioned it to him (she didn't know that he didn't know!) * she said, "you guys didn't know?" * he said, "no, we (& then as he looked at mom & noticed her face), well, i guess 'i' didn't know, but georgi did!" * licia thought she'd done something wrong by telling him & she didn't, we're glad he knows now & accepted it just fine * i'm going to start sharing things with him, but the first time he says, "well, they said our papers would be out .....", i'm gonna smack him as we've told him, "in haiti, it's NOT always what they say" * spike says dad's just like a mushroom, usually up to his knees in poo poo & always in the dark * dad, we love ya, but you've gotta stay calm!!