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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

waiting

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and so we wait.  i have to confess, this is something i am not particularly good at. i mean i am really not good at it - at all.  i could t...
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

xue zhu's orphange...

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this is xue zhu's home.  right now, that is.  we are fixing to change all that just as soon as we can. but for now she is living in t...
Friday, September 11, 2009

to stand beside an ocean

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we spent this past labor day weekend at the beach. there is  nothing quite like standing next to the ocean. it has always given me immedia...
Wednesday, September 2, 2009

time

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e verything about xue zhu's situation screams, "hurry!" everything. her heart condition. her institutionalization. her age. h...
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Saturday, August 22, 2009

pApErWoRk PaNdEmOnIuM!

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home study and dossier headquarters: our guest room this week....i guess no overnight visitors until this is all cleared up!
Friday, August 21, 2009

A Patient Nurse

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"c an you please spell for me your daughter's name?" the scheduling nurse asked. "name? " i hesitated. "you ...
Monday, August 17, 2009

reality check in the kitchen

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t his morning i had a reality check.  it was the kids' first day back to school and it was that blessed time for all school age childr...
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Monday, August 10, 2009

pictures from china!

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pictures today! 18 months old...she is all eyes. so thankful to just see her sweet face.
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Sunday, August 9, 2009

the names of stars, sheep and sparrows...

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her name. i know, we americans are all a little confused on what exactly is this little girl's name....let alone how to pronounce it. em...
Friday, August 7, 2009

she is Yours

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We just arrived home from a week in Ohio with my entire family. It was dad's 70th birthday...we, of course, surprised him in every way p...
Thursday, August 6, 2009

an envelope on the door

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we've never had the chance before to come home and find an envelope attached to our front door. last week, however, rick added that to h...
Monday, July 27, 2009

hand in hand: friendship

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after sending our letter a couple of weeks ago we received many responses of encouragement. one after another...words that told us you were ...
Friday, July 24, 2009

so much we don't know

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it has been clear to us, right from the very beginning, this road to adoption is going to push us well out of our comfort zone.   i was just...