I haven’t really written much about all the ups and downs of our court dates… It’s kind of hard to know what to say.Â
On one hand, it’s really really hard getting your hopes up time after time and then getting disappointed and worried all over again. It’s especially hard when you do this 6 times. [...]
It’s been a busy week or so at the Rowan house… summer always seems this way, doesn’t it? I think that’s half the reason the time flies so quickly…
We’ve gone to our good friends KÂ & S’s for supper and lost our dogs in Westbank during dessert (found them again, thank goodness!), had new friends and [...]
Okanagan Life is a lifestyle magazine for BC’s Okanagan Valley… this month is all about families. I got a call these evening from some friends who get it in the mail raving about the lead feature on adoption. Jrock went to the drugstore to pick up a few copies but it must take a few [...]
all these books are available in “My Bookstore“, as well as in your local library!
My Father’s Daughter
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My friend T lend me this book, and I ate it up in 2 hours. It’s the (true) story of a British woman, adopted from Eritrea, who finds her birth family and goes back to Eritrea to meet them. [...]
Cats can get very poisoned by lilies - if they eat enough, they get kidney failure. So after a close call once with Haatim and some tiger lilies (he was force fed charcoal and barfed for two days) we only have lilies outside! It’s a bit of a shame, since they are Jrock and I’s [...]
This whole “no pesticides no herbicides” thing has been a big deal for my farmer-raised-in-Saskatchewan husband… but he is getting into it and having some real fun gardening these days.
We’ve found a few aphids on the cherry tree and one of the rose bushes (Jrock’s prized roses!!) and he has been diligently soap-straying them. But [...]
We keep on putting off vacation… it’s this hope that “any month now” we will be whisking off to Ethiopia. So when Jrock had a couple of days between the end of one job and the beginning of the next, we left my visiting father in Kelowna and took off down south. We stayed at [...]
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On my way back from up North I picked up a hitch-hiker… He was big and bearded and kinda scowly looking. But no fear - it was my dad! lol
Dad and I shared the driving all the way back in one day (that’s a LONG day) and the next day I deserted him and Jrock. I [...]
Two weeks ago I made my annual trip up north.Â
Officially, I go up there to work - but really, I could do everything from home. The real reason is to see my family - my parents still live up there and my brother and sister-in-law are living up there for two years as well. It’s also [...]
We called Imagine at 6:30am from an island in the middle of Osoyoos Lake this morning, with a borrowed cellphone. Despite expecting the best, we were met with bad news. MOWA ( Ministry of Women’s Affairs, that handles adoption on the Ethio side) has asked for more info.
So our court date was postponed to July [...]
I really loved this short photo/audio article from the NY Times about a family living in the Big Apple.
Watch the video by clicking on the picture above. Thanks to C for telling me about the story!
We are so very happy for our friends J and C! They are in China picking up their lovely little daughter. Isn’t she just a cutie-pie? It looks like they are having a bunch of adventures and touring the countryside… and getting to know their daughter.
Check that out! Yes, it is the great wall!
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