Sentences with phrase «waiting families wait»

In some cases waiting families wait a few weeks for a prospective child match, and in other cases the wait may be years.

Not exact matches

She recalls sitting on the curb outside «a bowling alley in Timbuktu» while waiting for a family to return with her car that they had taken for a mechanical inspection.

Not long ago, Scott Everett, the founder of Dallas - based real estate firm S2 Capital, was on government assistance and waiting tables to support his family.

No investor, however, wants to wait a lifetime to see a return on their money, family and friends excluded.

«It was amazing because here I am, determined to find my hometown and my family from one side of the world, oceans apart, and here's my birth mother sitting there and waiting because she knew that one day her son would come back.

In L.A., it takes 45 days to see a family doctor; in Portland, the wait is 39 days.

In Boston, folks are waiting sixteen weeks to see a family doctor.

Thomas Haller, a psychologist and family therapist who has written about children and charity, says there is no reason to wait to teach even young children about giving back.

One night while I was hanging out with the manager in the concession booth, waiting for the last shows to get done so we could close up, a guy comes out of one of the theaters with his family and demands to speak to a manager.

Mustaq Singh's family is near starvation, and he's heard that a rich man in town is hoarding food, waiting for the price to rise so he can make a huge profit.

And they use the author's name as a verb that can refer either to purging or meticulous folding: «Waiting for kettle to boil... So I Kondoed my recipe books,» Elaine Colliar, a family - finance columnist for Scotland's Sunday Mail, proclaimed in a recent Facebook post,» reported the WSJ recently.

Kenna wrote up a TV program production description, presented it in a three - ring binder, put on his best pair of khakis and rode his bike to local Family Channel offices, where he proceeded to wait until CEO James Ackerman was available to see him.

When Prince William and Kate Middleton got married, the world was on the edge of their seats waiting for them to start a family.

As for Masri and his family, they are still waiting for their final immigration interview, which was delayed due to the ban.

Waiting in line at Starbucks, delayed trains, traffic, deadlines, proposals, friends, family, and many other things can all be a form of stress.

«Patients and their families can't freeze the progress of a disease while the FDA waits to fill critical positions.»

The winning candidate, AG (as he likes to be called) has been just one of the potential kings - in - waiting as there are several branches of the family — each with an heir interested in the top job.

Instead, they'll shake a leg in the Great Outdoors to «reconnect with family and friends...» (We're sure none of them will Netflix and chill, lazily riding out the tryptophan crash, like we can't wait to do.)

Goldberg says that his wife is his closest advisor, but when he does inevitably need to address work on his own, he waits until his family life is in order.

Indeed, the most recent CNBC Millionaire Survey of high - net - worth families with investable assets of $ 1 million or more found 44 percent have not told their children about their future inheritance, and 27 percent waited until their child was over age 30 to do so.

With schools taking spring break shortly as well as the Easter holiday coming up, will families head to see the family - friendly movie or will word - of - mouth lead most to wait until «Wrinkle» is available on cable / streaming?

If families that wanted to wait a longer period between births or have fewer children had access to the right tools, two things would happen.

The state of Georgia froze its waiting list entirely, simply turning away families without taking their names.

Activists from the movements for Black lives, immigrant rights, Muslim freedom, and others protesting to save their lives, protect their families, or defend their environment and land can't wait for data protection.

Many families are still waiting for news of loved ones.

While Stoneman Douglas students can wait until next year to take the tests, some families worry it will be hard to pass them after all the class time they've missed.

When a police officer or firefighter dies in the line of duty, the family is entitled to a federal death benefit, but some families wait years for their application to process.

When airlines and airports make even a passing effort to improve travel for families — give them their own spaces to wait for planes, give them seats where they can use bassinets, etc. etc. — the chance that the baby / child will be able to 1 / nap successfully 2 / get out their toddler energy 3 / not have to restrain themselves from something they don't understand — goes up astronomically.

«Whether it is unaffordable housing, cuts to school classrooms, leaving seniors to suffer in understaffed care homes, long waits for basic healthcare, the lack of family doctors, or hallway medicine — ordinary individuals and families have paid the price for Christy Clark's tax cuts to the rich,» said Horgan.

Your friends or family may have to wait days for money to arrive.

We're waiting for family to arrive from out of town, and we're currently spending some time relaxing and reading.

Maybe you can't get rid of your student debt without waiting five years or more to start a family.

Police separated witnesses from families waiting for children who could not be reached.

In those pre-social media days, families gathered at a local library serving as a communications center and waited by fax machines for lists of injured who had been transported to hospitals.

We've got you covered whether it's 11 p.m. because you had to wait until your workday was complete and your family obligations were met; or it is 4 a.m. because you want to get your application in before heading out for the day.

A programme by a Christian organisation to find family homes for volunteers at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow to stay in has been so popular even the waiting list is full.

When I was young (I believe the statute of limitation has expired), I had to wait tables to pay the bills and was very much dependent on unclaimed tips to survive, and I wasn't trying to support a family.

While he waited his turn to be thrust onto the trucks that had already taken most of his family to an unknown destination, his grandmother fiercely told him in Yiddish, «Run away so that you will stay alive!»

Excited for you and the fun looking family waiting for you.

If speaking about how much I love my family is considered bad at any time in my life, then I guess I will have a big surprise waiting for me when I die.

Martijn Hekman, the Deputy Director of Christian charity World Vision's Syria Response, said: «This deadly attack is a horrific turning point in the conflict, and utterly devastating for thousands of children and their families who were waiting for these supplies to arrive.

Consider this passage: On Sunday afternoon, potential voters in Atlantic waited for Romney at the Family Table....

I can't wait for Jan 2013 when he and his family move out of the White House and someone with a clue of what our country needs moves it.

Instead of waiting in the shadows, I should have taken my rightful place in school plays or family reunions.

And let's give one another the space to be shocked, to be pissed, to appeal to God, to be angry with God, to find peace in God, to question God, to want to take action, to want to wait, to blame, to pray, to be afraid, to be speechless, to vent, to lament, to speak up, to be silent, to pull our families close to us, to need some time alone.

Amid all the waiting, testing, and praying for her own twins, Watwood had developed a deep compassion for families stung by infertility.

The anti-abortion amendment being voted on this week in the state could restrict in vitro procedures, and the Carpenters are worried that if they wait too long to add to their family, they may end up breaking the law.

But she has a new family waiting for her... new fans, new play lists and new respect.

Was this an opportunity that Elisha had been waiting for without realizing it — the chance to break away from the yoke of work and family and a lifetime of fields to be plowed?

Also, children often wait until they are sure the family situation is different before they show changes that are taking place in themselves.