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Today we met L’s birth family.  There is so much to say, but I am not ready to say any of it yet.  I will just share one small thing.

We were walking and L asked her birth mother via our translator:

“Do you love me?”

“Oh, yes, L. I love you so very very much.”

A few minutes later L asked another question:

“Do you miss me?”

With tears in her eyes her mother replied:

“I miss you every day.  Every single day.”

And then she picked L up and carried her close to her heart.

It was a good day.   A life changing day.

January 30th, 2011 | Category: Adoption, Open International Adoption, There and Back | 72 comments

Scenes from a Chinese Hotel

From our hotel room door: Don’t Prostitute and go whoring.  Don’t drug taking, go gambling.

From the Bathroom minibar (for purchase): Man joy sex oil, Woman joy sex oil, 8 new condoms, 2 boxes including paper underpants with condom, 5 decks of cards.

Awesome.

January 27th, 2011 | Category: There and Back | 15 comments

Bollywood

We have noticed a bit of an odd fad in China: Bollywood Line Dancing.

We saw people dancing bollywood style to bollywood music in two parks in Beijing.  Then Mr. A saw a group of over 100 people Bollywood line dancing in a park in Yangshuo.

Now, as I am trying to sleep, Bollywood music is blasting outside our hotel room door.

China is weird.

January 26th, 2011 | Category: There and Back | One comment

Well, that’s new.

M has now started running up to white people on the street waving and yelling “Hello!!!”

I think she is a little bit homesick.

January 26th, 2011 | Category: Home Sweet Home | 2 comments

More Fuli (aka Mao Mao Everywhere!)

My favorite part of Fuli was walking down the alleys.  It didn’t take long before I noticed that lots of  older people still have what appear to be original propaganda Mao pictures on their walls.  Since Mao died in 1975 or 1976, I am guessing this means people here are not really that concerned about updated decor.

I can’t help but love images of Mao.  I am enthralled by the Mao kitch factor.  Whenever I could get a picture without the house owner knowing, I couldn’t help but try to get some pics of the Great Helmsman.

I love little Chinese alleyways. Lots of people leave their doors open and you can see a little slice of village life inside.

Mao, some ancestors, a clock and a calendar.

Mao with a very snazzy ceiling.

An old door with Lunar New Year decorations and a feng shui octagon. We saw at least 10 different homeowners scrubbing down their front doors in preparation for Chinese New Year.

Mao on the wall of capitalist venture (store). Oh the irony.

Another alley.

January 25th, 2011 | Category: There and Back | 2 comments
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