Yesterday after I picked Eden up from nursery school, I surprised her with a visit to the local playground. It was a beautiful sunny day, felt like spring here in Brooklyn, finally. I watched Eden carefully, enjoying her squeals of delight on the swing, her surprised laughter while going down the slide. She was happy….
Category: Kazakhstan Adoption Decision
Quote for the day
“When I’m old I’m never going to say, “I didn’t do this” or “I regret that.” I’m going to say, “I don’t regret a damn thing. I came, I went, I did it all.” (Kim Basinger, B. 1953)
Updates Gratitude List
I am grateful for the wonderful get-together my family and I had with the Tarpey and Caswell families last week — for hospitality, for new friends, for feeling like you have known people for a long time before, for finally seeing in real life who I have only seen in photos, for yet again having…
Being Still
Today I had a one hour phone consultation with a life coach, someone I affectionately call “jen mac” — an all around great person who has inspired me in so many ways, has enabled me to crack wide open and discover so much about myself that I never even knew was there, or rather was…
Twenty Six Days
April 28, 2008 I am 4 days into my “Being Still” phase. It is Eden’s 3rd birthday, a day I was supposed to have made up my mind. Jen Mac, a wise life coach, had suggested I “be still”, the only way to hear myself, not to worry about indeterminate decision dates that I set…
A moment ago
I just read in my local newspaper that one of Steven Curtis Chapman’s Chinese born daughters was tragically killed by a car driven by her brother in her driveway yesterday. She was only 5 years old. Two of Chapman’s songs about international adoption play on my Playlist. He’s part of my world every day that…
Memorial Day — A Day to Remember
This was today. For once, I will use few(er) words and let the photos do the talking. Turn up your volume. Special guests — Carolyn and Henry Tarpey and Catalina, Eugene, Gabi and Yulia Baia! An amazing weekend! Carolyn and Henry came for a visit and slept over — mere strangers just months ago, we…