Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
new site!
just in case you missed it, my blog is now happening at www.bringthetwinshome.org
and yes - I am actually blogging again!
and yes - I am actually blogging again!
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
May, World Travellers
Greetings from Canada.
Yep. Canada. Only don't leap from your chair cheering just yet.
I came alone. Babies are in Ghana. I am here for the month to lend some kind of normalcy to Finn's 6th birthday. Our Big Boy is 6!
Amazing!
But now I have to tell you that there is a bit of a campaign to end this ridiculous misery, and to get us home. We have submitted our citizenship applications for the boys, hoping to have answered all of the previous concerns the high commission had. Fingers crossed for an expeditious turn around of these applications (stifle cynacism, please).
I return on June 20th - not nearly enough time with Finn, yet too long away from the babies. Never in the right place at the right time. A rock and a hard place.
Anyway, in terms of things in motion, the follow link is a very powerful investigative piece put together by a woman a call GENIUS. It will show all of my loved ones how what is happening to us isn't just happening to us. The problem is systemic. It is nasty.
www.bowenislandtimes.com/ADOPTION/index.html
The second thing to warn you about is that I am changing homes for my blog. I intend to get back in to the swing of writing now that the dark days are moving beyond me (thank you very much, 4 pm martini!).
You will find me blogging regularly (even while in Canada) at www.bringthetwinshome.org
The focus now is so beyond the telling of this story (happy at times, not so much at other). It is about getting home. Nine months away and I can tell you that no family can survive this for much longer than what we have endured. Of course, we can, and we will, so don't you all be worrying about that. But it isn't pretty. Re-entry has it's challenges, and it is time for this nightmare to be over.
Sadly, I am reading stories of adoptive families who have sat in this limbo for far longer than 9 months, which does nothing to buoy my confidence.
Anyway, enough postering and crankiness for now. Please read the link to the investigative report, and I'll see you all at the bringthetwinshome.org site soon!
Yep. Canada. Only don't leap from your chair cheering just yet.
I came alone. Babies are in Ghana. I am here for the month to lend some kind of normalcy to Finn's 6th birthday. Our Big Boy is 6!
Amazing!
But now I have to tell you that there is a bit of a campaign to end this ridiculous misery, and to get us home. We have submitted our citizenship applications for the boys, hoping to have answered all of the previous concerns the high commission had. Fingers crossed for an expeditious turn around of these applications (stifle cynacism, please).
I return on June 20th - not nearly enough time with Finn, yet too long away from the babies. Never in the right place at the right time. A rock and a hard place.
Anyway, in terms of things in motion, the follow link is a very powerful investigative piece put together by a woman a call GENIUS. It will show all of my loved ones how what is happening to us isn't just happening to us. The problem is systemic. It is nasty.
www.bowenislandtimes.com/ADOPTION/index.html
The second thing to warn you about is that I am changing homes for my blog. I intend to get back in to the swing of writing now that the dark days are moving beyond me (thank you very much, 4 pm martini!).
You will find me blogging regularly (even while in Canada) at www.bringthetwinshome.org
The focus now is so beyond the telling of this story (happy at times, not so much at other). It is about getting home. Nine months away and I can tell you that no family can survive this for much longer than what we have endured. Of course, we can, and we will, so don't you all be worrying about that. But it isn't pretty. Re-entry has it's challenges, and it is time for this nightmare to be over.
Sadly, I am reading stories of adoptive families who have sat in this limbo for far longer than 9 months, which does nothing to buoy my confidence.
Anyway, enough postering and crankiness for now. Please read the link to the investigative report, and I'll see you all at the bringthetwinshome.org site soon!
Sunday, March 28, 2010
North Shore News Article
Copy and paste this link into your web browser for the latest article written on our situation.
"Wrapped in red tape and trapped in Africa"
http://www2.canada.com/northshorenews/news/sundayfocus/story.html?id=f9ca3c91-4614-463a-8b71-545cf485b396&k=88033
"Wrapped in red tape and trapped in Africa"
http://www2.canada.com/northshorenews/news/sundayfocus/story.html?id=f9ca3c91-4614-463a-8b71-545cf485b396&k=88033
Thursday, February 18, 2010
The joy of a bucket of water
Things we like to do to cool off. This was a favourite past time of Finn's as well!
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