3-17-07

Tonight we attended Kelly's basketball tournament party. His team had a great year and they finished in 1st place. What a great team of boys! We will miss all the parents we have become friends with over the year. Kelly's coach gave him a wonderful tribute as he handed Kelly his trophy. He said" This is for the team member who always listened to me and never gave me any attitude. Who worked his hardest to improve and had the meanest, corner shot"! Kelly's smile lite up his whole face and his father and I couldn't have been prouder of him. We told the other parents that Kelly would have a new little Cheerleader at the games next year and the talk turned to adoption, my favorite subject;-) We were once again Ambassadors of China and the adoption process and educated the other parents on the process and how the well-oiled adoption wheels work in China. Loving the no surprises, consistent, dependable system. It was this system that brought us our 1st adopted daughter and we sang it's praises loudly, just in case there were parents who were pondering the adoption decision. We often found out later, after talking to other couples and parents that they were thinking of adopting internationally but had many questions and reservations till they talked to us and our story inspired them to start the adoption journey, which fulfills me and gives me a sense of purpose. I think adopting Jade Lin has had an impact and influence on many people, just as Rebekkah had on us, that cold winters night in December.