On waiting and moving forward
More rejections came over the following weeks, again twice getting down to a final 3. We took some comfort in the fact that we are good enough for serious discussion and we know that profiles are hugely popular. Ultimately, coming 2nd or 3rd is no better than coming 20th as the outcome is the same but there is some comfort in knowing you almost won. It would be nice if it was a case of 'try harder' next time, but there is no option to 'try' anymore as we are not directly involved in this early decision making and cannot really influence it. We always reply promptly and have our details sent promptly and our social worker chases profiles for us if we have heard nothing. Everything is being done for us and we are very grateful for such excellent representation. We like to think we are becoming harder and try to not be overly hopeful with any profile and have learnt the next step- receiving child profiles- can also mean absolutely nothing with regards to outcome. One s