This Morning in China

This morning in China a mother cries

She'll never forget her daughter's eyes

Her heart is broken and filled with pain

The tears run down like the falling rain

She has no choice but to leave her there

The cost of keeping her is to much to bear
She hopes her daughter will one day know
True love can be found in letting her go.

This morning in China a baby cries

Hungry and scared as tears fill her eyes

Her mother has left her in this public place

Another lost daughter of the Chinese race

Someone passing by her has heard her soft moan

She's soon quickly be taken to a foster home

It's there she'll reside in the care of another

Untill she's adopted by a brand new mother.

That very same moment, in the U.S.A.

A woman cries as she starts to pray

Her heart is heavy but filled with much love

She prays for a daughter she thinks the world of

"Dear Jesus I ask that your arms would be

Wrapped tightly around the one picked for me

Guard her in China 'till I make my way

And then in my arms forever she'll stay.

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Update

Hi everybody! I know it has been a while since my last post.

We are still waiting for Emma. It has been 16 months and 10 days from our log it date (that is the day that our paperwork was logged into the China Center of Adoption Affairs in China). So if the wait time does not increase we are looking at another 14 months. But nobody knows what will happen. There are rumors that the process will speed up after the Olympics, but there are also rumors that the wait time will continue to increase. Of course we are hoping for thing to speed up, but it will happen when it is supposed to.

Currently we are in the process of updating our paperwork. Our Social worker had to come to the house for an update visit. We have to go to the doctor again for another physical. We have to have our fingerprints redone, and several other things. I hope this will be the last time we have to do this. But if the wait keeps increasing we might have to do it one more time.

We have been working on Emma’s room lately. We changed our minds about the grass and the bamboo mural on the wall. We have put up 4 foot boards on the bottom of the wall and it will be painted white. The top will stay pink. It looks really good so far. I will post pictures when we finish painting. I just can’t wait to finish the painting and to get all of her furniture in the room. I know we still have a while before she gets here, but being able to look in there at her room will help keep me going.

Well that is all the news I have for now. I will try to write sooner next time.