I had applied for adoption through CARA (Central Adoption Resource Authority) in the year 2019. The anxiety of leaves had set inside my head as soon as our application was approved by CARA and we were put on a waitlist for PAPs or prospective adoptive parents. Any parent applying for adoption has to wait for at least three to four years for their first referral. The good part of this long wait time was that I had a few more years ahead of me to sort things out and find the right place to work where the company would understand the needs of an adoptive mother.