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Tuesday, December 29, 2009

fingerprints

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we spent this morning tangling ourselves in yet another piece of sticky red tape.  there is nothing quite like the central immigration o...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009

a princess on the other side of the world

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this morning i woke with sweet thoughts.  tonight we will attend a party for a daughter we have not yet met.  several friends were hosting a...
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Sunday, December 20, 2009

grey things

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it hung there, dangling by mere thread.  well, not exactly a thread, maybe a root.  i don't know for  sure, i am not a dentist, i am a m...
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Thursday, December 10, 2009

connections

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after reading the blog post below, my friend, priscilla, directed me to this song.  i had never before heard it. such an uncanny thing cons...
Saturday, December 5, 2009

a stocking hung with great care...

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my little guy is quickly earning the title, "mr. christmas" in our home. he is All About It. i, however, was attempting this year ...
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

roadtrip to texas

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i sat in the car hiccupping. my hands clutched the steering wheel. translucent knuckles evidence of my anxiety. i had just left the fed ex ...
Friday, November 20, 2009

twenty answers

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a tiny glimpse ... below are the questions we submitted to "a source" inside the orphanage. it took almost a month, but we have 2...
Thursday, November 19, 2009

finally ~ "an update & two pictures" from china

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her eyes. i look at this most recent picture and i see only her eyes - large and luminous. ebony windows. soul-filled eyes.  21 months of li...
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Friday, October 30, 2009

stolen moments

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" mom....Mom....MOm....MOM! " the voice of my six year old grew louder and more demanding with each impatient utterance of my name...
Monday, October 12, 2009

a list of questions...

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though we have been plenty busy filling out forms and providing information these past couple of months, we haven't really been able to ...
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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...