PATIENCE

I am having a hard day today. It feels as though I will never get to see a picture of our baby. No news on packages today. Hope to hear something soon. Still hopefull that we will receive our referral next Thursday or Friday. Below is a poem that I keep on my frig to keep me going. Colette


Patience is a hard discipline. It is not just waiting until something happens over which we have no control: the arrival of the bus, the end of the rain, the return of a friend, the resolution of a conflict.

Patience is not waiting passively until someone else does something.

Patience asks us to live the moment to the fullest, to be completely present to the moment, to taste the here and now, to be where we are.

When we are impatient, we try to get away from where we are.

We behave as if the real thing will happen tomorrow, later, and somewhere else.

Let's be patient and trust that the treasure we look for is hidden in the ground on which we stand."

--Henri J.M. Nouwen

Christmas Morning

Here is Megan after opening some of her presents!

Christmas With The Walker's

We celebrated Christmas with Bob's family. Bob's mom (Earlene), his brother (Todd), Bob's dad (Larry) and his wife (Diana). Bob made turkey, dressing, potatoes & gravy, pie, etc.... YUMMY!

Christmas Caroling

Megan is in Honor Choir. Friday they went to the airport and a hospital singing Christmas carols. Megan had a small solo and did wonderful!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEGAN!

Megan celebrated her 11th birthday bowling with her girl friends! The cake was an ice cream cake, yummy! Meg received lots of nice presents from her friends! It was a fun day!

December 14th 1995

11 years ago today I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, we named her Megan Julianne.

HAPPY 11th BIRTHDAY MEGAN!

I can't believe you are 11 today! You will be a great big sister!

Love, Mommy

PATIENCE

This means patience in Chinese, something I am needing a lot of these days!

Even though it is December and there are so many things to get done, the days seem to crawl by. It seems like it will be forever before we get our referral. PATIENCE! Can you see me chanting "patience, patience, patience"?!?!?

Christmas Cookies

Happy Holidays from Tulsa!

Megan and her friend (Natalie) made sugar Christmas cookies tonight. Fun was had by all.

Colette

100 Wishes Quilt

It's done! YEA! After collecting all 100 squares & cutting them, I turned my squares over to my friends (Debbie & Olivia). The two of them put in many, many hours sewing all of the squares together and then sewing the back fabric to the squares.

THANK YOU DEBBIE & OLIVIA (pictured above). Without you two this could have never been done.

Also, I want to thank all of you who sent a square. Our child will have this quilt to remind her how much she was loved even before she was brought to America!

Colette

Kansas City!

This was taken while I was in K.C. with my college friends. Tom, Mark, Rose, Vonnes, and me.
We call the 2 Susan's by their last names. This pic was taken in an Irish Pub down in the plaza.

We had a wonderful time catching up with one another. Tom is the only one of us that still lives in Nebraska. Mark lives in Chicago, Vonnes lives in Phoenix and our host lives in K.C. The last time we were together was in Phoenix 4 years ago. We try to get together every few years, but it had been 7 years since all 5 of us were together. We hope to all get together in 2008!

Colette

Megan riding a horse!

Wanted to post a picture of Megan. She is 10 and will be 11 next week.

This picture was taken in October on our Girl Scout camping trip. I even rode a horse!