Toddler playing in wet sand at Sloan's Lake
It seems my awareness of something only becomes heightened after personal experience with it. After the birth of my identical twins, I could spot a set of twins nearly everywhere we went. After a friend's grand-daughters were born with PKU, I began to spot articles about this genetic condition that I wouldn't have noticed previously. Now that my oldest son and his wife are adopting a baby girl from China, I am noticing all the Asian children everywhere. This darling little girl in the photo above was having a great time spashing her feet in the water and patting her hands on the sand. I am eager to meet and hold our new grand-daughter. The paper-work is currently being translated into Mandarin and when completed will be sent directly to the Chinese government. After the required search for parents and other bureaucratic checklist tasks are completed, they will be given three weeks notice to travel to China to meet and return home with their daughter. I can hardly wait. She will be our third grandchild but the first to live in our city.
Posted by: Fran | August 27, 2004 at 09:09 PM