What we accomplished while in Utah?

Going to Utah was not in my summer plans and when I decided to go I was not looking forward to going. I had been trying to get a hold of the lawyer for two months and she was not calling me back and I was getting a bit worried about the adoption. I knew that if my son was not adopted by the end of the summer that it would be very difficult to do it during the year. I also had a feeling that everything wasn't right. At first I thought that I just had to be patient and wait for a miracle to happen and well that was not the right thing to do in this situation I needed to work hard to make it possible. Sometimes there are things in our lives that just happen and we wonder how could it have happened so quickly and so perfectly and we didn't have to do anything at all. Then there are other times that we have to work hard to make things happen. Getting my son was one of those don't have to do anything and everything just happens situations. Well the making the adoption final was a little different. I had to follow the spirit and work hard to make sure that what needed to happen, happened.

I was driving back from Houston and I got this overwhelming feeling that I needed to go to Utah. I just was hoping it was just a thought but it would not go away and then I knew that it was what I needed to do and I went to institute and the feeling would not go away and so I left about 8 hours later. My sister just happened to have a friend in New Mexico that needed a ride back to St. George. He was willing to pay 1/2 of my trip up and so I jumped on that opportunity. It was kind of a miracle. We drove all night and into the day and all night and 33 hours later I was in St. George. Before I left I called the lawyer and told her that I was going to be in Utah and that I wanted to meet with her when I got there. She called me back about an hour later; she asked me why I was coming to Utah and I told her that I was a bit concerned that I had been calling her and she had not called me back. She informed me that she had been calling my sister and she could not get a hold of her. I asked her to call my sister in about 5 minutes after I got off the phone and I would call my sister to let her know that she was calling and so my sister and the lawyer where able to catch each other. They set some things up. When I got to St. George the lawyer called me and she said that she will get things set up for my sister to sign her parental rights away. I made an appointment to meet with her in about four days from the time I got there. The lawyers office was in Provo and so I needed to drive up there.

I stayed in St. George until the morning of my meeting. The lawyer called while I was driving to Provo to meet her at 2:30pm and she informed me that my sister would be appearing before the judge to sign her rights away at 2:00pm that day so by the time I got to the lawyers office the papers should be signed. So I got to the lawyers office and she signed the papers and the lawyer was wonderful. She asked how long I would be around and I told her that I would be around as long as she needed. She said that she might be able to get me in to see a judge and we could finalize the adoption before I left back to Texas. I could hardly believe that it was that easy. She called me a few day later and said that she set up a time to meet with the judge. I met with the lawyer the day before and they explained what would go on in the court room and some of the questions that would be asked. I felt very prepared. The next day I went to the court room and met the judge and before I knew it the adoption was final and I was legally a mom.

e left for Utah and less then two days later we were in Utah. I got in about 9am and the lawyer called about 2 hours later. I had called her and told her that I was going to be in Utah and that I would like to meet with her. She asked me why I was coming to Utah and I told her that I had been trying to get a