Let the decorating commence. Our mantle and hearth have been doused with festivity, our tree is up and shining brightly, holly with bright red berries adourn our porch and a wreath greets visitors, our table is sporting adorable reindeer placemats and snowmen and candles can be found scattered about. I’m just about done, [...]
Archive for November, 2006
Jingle, jingle
Posted in Hodge-Podge on November 29, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
My due date…
Posted in previous pregnancy on November 27, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Today was to be my due date. I remind myself that it’s just a date and that for most pregnant women the due date is just a loose guideline. But for a woman who’s lost a child, it’s a significant date. A date to remember or mark or set aside to spend [...]
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!
Posted in Hodge-Podge on November 23, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Just popping in to say happy turkey day. It’s been busy around here. Right after finishing my last book, my mom came in for a visit and we shopped and cooked and played and just had a great time. I was also able to show her the video from our adoption agency [...]
Phew!
Posted in China on November 14, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been holed up trying to get my last book finished so I can turn it into my agent before the holidays, needless to say we haven’t made any headway on anything else. Which includes the house, that now is badly in need of a good scrubing. DH and I are trying to [...]
How could we not choose China?
Posted in China on November 8, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I found this video yesterday and it’s so moving. Grab some tissue before you try to watch it.
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And if anyone knows the song played on that video, please let me know.
China’s Lost Girls
Posted in China on November 7, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve mentioned this once before on here, but I thought I would give a brief overview for anyone who hasn’t seen or heard of it and is interested in adoption in China. It’s an hour-long documentary done by the National Geographic and hosted by Lisa Ling and it goes into China’s one-child policy and [...]
November musings
Posted in previous pregnancy on November 6, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
It’s November and I would have been due this month so I should be laid up in bed, hugely pregnant and awaiting the birth of our first child. Most days I manage just fine, I’ve had lots of time to grieve in the last few months. But admittedly, it is still difficult at [...]
Lingering thoughts
Posted in China on November 5, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I can’t stop thinking about something one of the father’s told us yesterday at the meeting. Somebody asked about what happens to the children if they’re not adopted. The father explained that the orphans who are not adopted are released from the orphanages at the age of 15, not only do they not [...]
Adoption meeting
Posted in China on November 4, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
This morning we attended our first adoption meeting and if we had had any last minutes concerns or questions, they certainly would have been resolved. We didn’t receive a ton of new information, but only because we’d already viewed the DVD’s that they showed. But meeting the families who’ve completed this journey as [...]
Questions and concerns
Posted in China on November 2, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
So I guess I do have some questions afterall and perhaps there will be a platform at the meeting for me to ask them. So far I’ve read requirements that China has and then I’ve seen rumors of what they have issues with. It’s hard to know what is true among them. [...]
