A Slice of Orphanage Life
August 22, 2011
Lunch time at the SWI...notice the Chinese nanny technique (and spoon size) versus the American missionary's!
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To the best grandparents on the planet....Doug and Jan Printy! (BTW Mia is named in honor of her Gramma Jan.) I love my husband's par... -
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When we were first researching where to adopt we focused on things like age and health of the children available, ability to select gender a... -
This weekend I took the Bee for her first Ouidad haircut and style. It was as much about mommy and Nina one on one time as it was the hairc... -
Since 1999, the orphanages in China have been required to run a provincial newspaper advertisement for children that are found... -
Email from... Adjudications Officer/Hague Adoption Unit Department of Homeland Security National Benefits Center " "A reques... -
We visited the Butterfly’s orphanage today. There are almost no words. I will only offer these; Institution…metal bars…severely disable... -
Our soon to be daughter looking at photos of her new family. This is the first time I get to hear her say "mama"...I mean really...
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Flourishing is on the other side - One sunny weird day in remote Canada 10 years ago (what is life?), Bob Goff famously said he quits something every Thursday, and I remember thinking: “I ...2 weeks ago
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Great Family Vacation Idea: Great Wolf Lodge - A great idea for an overnight family road trip during Spring Break is the indoor water park at the Great Wolf Lodge! With eleven locations in nine U.S. s...2 months ago
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Identity and the "Origin Story" - *I met this adoptee for the first time when she was about four years old, at an orphanage reunion in Missouri. She and her family attended the next two ...
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