Legacy of an Adopted Child

Legacy of an Adopted Child

Once there were two women who never knew each other.
One you do not remember, the other you call mother.
Two different lives, shaped to make your one...
One became your guiding star, the other became your sun.
The first gave you life and the second taught you to live it.
The first gave you a need for love, and the second was there to give it.
One gave you a nationality, the other gave you a name.
One gave you a seed of talent, the other gave you an aim.
One gave you emotions, the other calmed your fears.
One saw your first sweet smile, the other dried your tears.
One gave you up ... that's all she could do.
The other prayed for a child and God led her straight to you.
And now you ask me, through your fears,
the age old question unanswered throughout the years...
Heredity or environment, which are you the product of?
Neither, my darling, neither.
Just two different kinds of love.

Finally a Rumour this morning

Happy Birthday Dougie, I love you!!!, but I wish that a referral would have come to make your birthday that much more special. 

According to "the RUMOUR Queen"  referrals for September have been mailed out and that people with Log in dates of the 16h 17th and 18th of May are included in the September batch.  This rumour is listed at an R3 which means its pretty believable.  Two things-  this means that we are not included in Septembers batch of referrals,.... oh well....September is almost over and what it does mean is we are for sure next up to bat.  They will have our file in the matching room as they prepare to match the October referrals.  The referral should come later this month as there is an international Chinese holiday in there. We are so unbelievably ready to be matched with our child and to see her face for the very first time.  We wait....

Should know more once this week goes by

We anxiously wait to see what China will do this month.  Our agency speculates that we will know for sure within the next 10 days if we will be receiving a September referral.

Lady Bug Bedding

My sister Danielle, who lives in Scottsdale Arizona called last night because she came across some very cute Lady Bug bedding for our daughters crib. I viewed it on the Target website under bedding.  I typed in Ladybug crib bedding.  It was so cute, I loved it.  It is light pink, light green and beige.  Super cute and it will match perfectly with the rag quilt my mother and I made out of flannellette. Cannot wait to get the referral so we can start setting up a room etc.  September referrals have not yet been announced, so there is still a possibility that we may get in that batch.  The Rumour Queen is saying it will be a late batch.  Stay tuned for late September.  We Wait....  When the bedding arrives I will post a pic.

Referral rumours are starting

The rumour Queen has the following preliminary rumour on our site.

"I don’t see any agencies reporting rumors yet. I see one board talking about the 18th as a rumor, but I don’t give that source a lot of credibility. I need to report it because I realize it’s being talked about, but at this point it’s down in the R1 or R2 range."


Unfortunately if this rumour holds any truth it means that our Log in date of May 19th 2006 will not be receiving a referral in this September batch.  It does, however mean that we for sure will be included in the October group.  We will wait to see what happens......

First Day Back With Students

I am so exhausted.  The day was a whirl wind.  Before I knew it, it was time to pack up for the day.It was kind of fun catching up with the students and being back in the classroom, although I felt as though I had never left.  Summer vacation is such a precious time, I just wish that it did not fly by so fast....  Routine back in my life will be a good thing, but will take some time getting used to.  I am still lurking on the adoption sites hoping to hear some news about September referrals.  We sure hope that we will be matched with our child this month, if not we know for sure that we will be in October's referrals.

Matching has begun

There are reports that the CCAA-Chinese Centre of Adoption Authority has begun matching children with their forever families for the September referrals.  This may mean that our file is in the matching room right now.  Finally....  Hopefully families will be seeing a picture of their child for the first time by mid September.  We hope that our file will be matched this month.

OUR 100 GOOD WISHES QUILT...WOW WE LOVE IT!!!

Many of you know Doug and I are adopting from China. We embarked on this journey in December 2005 but we still have not completed our adoption. We are somewhat hopeful that we may complete our adoption within the next few months. This whole process has been extremely frustrating and long. We are confident that the light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter. To make time go faster and to give us something to do in the meantime, I have researched some customs that accompany the Chinese adoption. One of the traditions in the Northern part of China is to make a 100 Good Wishes Quilt, or a “Bai Jai Bei”. It is a custom to invite friends and family to contribute a patch of cloth with a wish for the new baby. Part of the cloth goes into the quilt, and the other part will go into a creative memory book with the wish made for the baby. The quilt contains the prayers and good wishes from all the families and friends who contributed a piece of fabric. Ladybugs are symbolic of Chinese adoption and a sign of good luck. Often their images are included in the fabrics that make up a 100 Good wishes quilt. The quilt is then passed down from generation to generation. Our hope is to wrap our baby in this quilt made up of our friends and families love, the minute she becomes part of our family. So many people to thank,  Mom, Deanne, Bev Thompson, Sandi Robertson, Heidi Ostrander, Jacqui and Brenda Norick.  Brenda your time was extremley appreciated beyond words.  I am also so proud to say that I sewed the entire back on my own as well as the binding.  We will treasure and love this quilt forever.