Once again we were blessed by a visit from Miss Kathy over the Christmas holiday. . . and as always, Miss Kathy never comes empty handed. She brought along with her the encouraging cards, family pictures, letters and wonderful treats you all sent our way this season. It's always "shuang xi" ( meaning "double happiness" which a very famous/common chinese character often used at wedding celebrations and the upcoming Chinese New Year holiday. It has come to be seen as a wish for good luck or fortune... FYI) when Miss Kathy plans a visit. We are blessed with so many friends who send their love via chocolates and holiday treats, books, magazines, art supplies, fun kitchen gadgets, yummy spice mixes and other assorted treasures to be hand delivered by our very own "Fairy Princess".
We are so touched by your lavish acts of kindness towards us . . . we are quite blessed. Thank you.
(and a special thank you to all of you who sent MINT chocolate!!! you are too sweet to remember that! i wasn't even selfish, i opened all the bags and poured them into a bowl to sit on the coffee table . . .)
(and an "oh my word, you are the best ever, i can't even believe how awesome you are" thank you to my dear Kiley who sent SIX cinnamon crunch bagles from PANARA in a ziploc baggie! YOU ARE AMAZING! Confession: I woke up in the middle of the night . . . the night they arrived and couldn't sleep . . . so I ate TWO! i wish i could say i savored every morsel, but no, i just inhaled them to the last crumb.)
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I just found your blog through someone else's (sorry, I just blanked on her name). I am an adoptive parent (Lily, 4, born in Jiangxi) and we are just beginning the process of exploring how we might take a sabbatical in China in a few years (for a year or so). I wouild love to chat with you, if you don't feel weird about it, via email. I'll leave it up to you. My first task has been to search extensively for expats in China to get ideas, contacts, etc.
Thanks in advance!
Vicky
vboundy@gmail.com
Hey, I will be in singing in China this coming May. We will be giving concerts in ChangChun and Beijing. Just a heads up, I know its far-fetched for you to come, but I thought I'd tell you!
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