tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515526652308268233.post9172941591124633388..comments2016-07-21T09:05:15.763-07:00Comments on Daily Dose of Delight: Now She is OursAngelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16714402526093471941noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515526652308268233.post-91907084998206916382014-02-12T09:11:34.746-08:002014-02-12T09:11:34.746-08:00Congratulations on your beautiful daughter! We ado...Congratulations on your beautiful daughter! We adopted our daughter from Taiyuan as well. She was fostered by her foster family from 3 months to 4 1/2 years. The day we met her foster family the foster mom handed me their QQ account number and their cell phone number. This was done in front of the orphanage officials and no one stopped it. It is definitely an individual thing and they seem to treat some foster families different than others. Our daughter's foster mom now works at the orphanage and had connections there even before she had become employed there. We have kept in contact over the past 2 1/2 years. We've even video chatted with them. I pray you get to have contact with your daughter's foster family in the future. It's a very special connection!Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12820289252952684291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515526652308268233.post-62441130425028022512013-08-09T20:23:56.263-07:002013-08-09T20:23:56.263-07:00Thank you for sharing the incredible joys & pa...Thank you for sharing the incredible joys & painful moments the three of you are experiencing. Our family & the HDC family join in the prayers being lifted on your behalf.Dan Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14791020197731499689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515526652308268233.post-53752110857928376782013-08-07T13:06:26.007-07:002013-08-07T13:06:26.007-07:00I have been thinking and praying for you everyday....I have been thinking and praying for you everyday. Words can not describe what a beautiful little girl God has given you!!! We are praying for you guys, that God will give you strength like only He can. anoceanbetweenushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01710016965706956120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515526652308268233.post-35132892844503898302013-08-07T10:01:41.262-07:002013-08-07T10:01:41.262-07:00There is such beauty in adoption and reading about...There is such beauty in adoption and reading about your journey is so, so touching. Norah is absolutely beautiful and it is such a joy to see her united with the family God has chosen for her. I'll be praying for her foster family, as I know there is great pain there. I'll be praying for Norah as well and for all of you. Have you ever heard of Ashley Ann's blog "Under the Sycamore"? They adopted a little girl from China. I feel as if you might resonate with their story. Here's something she wrote shortly after their adoption: <br /><br />"So much of her history is a blank page for me, so it is like putting together a puzzle with lots of missing pieces. Ultimately though, regardless of the missing pieces my response is the same. I will hold her through her grief. I will hold her now as a toddler when she doesn’t even know or understand the changes. I will hold her as a young girl when she faces the grief of recognizing she doesn’t look like her parents or siblings. I will hold her in grief when she understands what adoption means. I will hold her in her grief as a young woman who wrestles with questions I will never be able to answer. I will hold her. Not because I am a great mom or because we did some noble thing by ‘rescuing her’. That is so far from reality. I will hold her because she is my daughter."<br /><br />Praying for you as you hold your daughter and start this adventure together.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16426462291732453237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515526652308268233.post-83679898841205902512013-08-07T07:58:17.035-07:002013-08-07T07:58:17.035-07:00Oh, my friend. We'll be praying for your adjus...Oh, my friend. We'll be praying for your adjustment, as well as Norah's. I'm sure the girls meeting her will help a lot. Children speak the same language, no matter their mother tongue. :) psalm9567https://www.blogger.com/profile/04648032459841427075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515526652308268233.post-73358377744140408512013-08-07T07:38:10.146-07:002013-08-07T07:38:10.146-07:00PRAISE GOD!!! I'm so very happy for all of you...PRAISE GOD!!! I'm so very happy for all of you, and I can't wait to meet her. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12185712218559108469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515526652308268233.post-41784998473259067262013-08-07T07:25:02.403-07:002013-08-07T07:25:02.403-07:00The handprint. That's what got me. Thank you f...The handprint. That's what got me. Thank you for sharing, Chris and Angela. We are so blessed to know how to pray for you, and to share what must be a very small part of some of your emotions. We love you guys!Katie Leonardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13904071137977677706noreply@blogger.com