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June 2010

June 26, 2010

Home!

Three days, three continents, nearly 30 hours in the air and 3 1/2 hours (inexplicably)...

June 22, 2010

Curios and curiosities: Things to do at an airport

Apart from my beautiful son, my very favorite souvenir from Africa was this hand-made rag...

June 21, 2010

Johannesburg and a history lesson on the way home …

Our first stopover on our journey home to California from Malawi was in Johannesburg, where...

June 20, 2010

Out of Malawi…(Better) be home soon!

Hiya from JoBurg where we're on a long layover between flights and I've managed to...

June 14, 2010

Mama, we’re comin’ home!

A quick note to say that, Lord willing, we will be home in Los Angeles...

June 13, 2010

Random Malawi pix I’ve been trying to post for two-three weeks

June 12, 2010

This was supposed to be the easy part …

Hi everybody.We're feeling pretty darn grumpy over here in Malawi at the moment.New delays. Unexpected...

June 10, 2010

The kids from Smile Malawi orphanage sing us goodbye

Such beautiful voices.Such beautiful people.

June 10, 2010

Hey AT&T: Tanks fer nuttin’!

My iPhone has turned into a block of wood. Well, plastic and stuff.No service. No...

June 10, 2010

We found Little Frankie!

Vasco and Frankie on Wednesday at Smile Malawi Back on October 12, 2007, a few...

June 06, 2010

Introducing Vasco Fitzmaurice Mark David Possley

One of the great joys of new, legal, adoptive parenthood is the blessing of name-giving.On...

June 06, 2010

While we wait …

Malawi Flames superfans.It was a quiet Saturday in Lake Wo-be-Malawi ...Our first real "down day"...

June 02, 2010

It’s a boy!

At approximately 2:30 p.m. Malawi time on Tuesday, June 1, 2010, the High Court of...

June 01, 2010

Hippos and Elephants and Safaris, oh my!

 THIS IS WHERE A PICTURE OF VASCO STANDING IN FRONT OF A SIGN THAT SAYS...

May 2010

May 28, 2010

The waiting game …

Hi everybody.This is the part where I'm supposed to write that the adoption was approved...

May 27, 2010

Moni from Malawi

From L-R: Vasco's uncle Mavuto, his other uncle Esmie's husband (never caught his first name),...

May 23, 2010

Secret Church: Welcome home…

Secret Church: Welcome home... For more than fifteen years, I didn't go to church. I...

May 22, 2010

GODSTUFFHARD-WIRED FOR GOODNESSIn the creation story in the biblical Book of Genesis, after God created...

May 20, 2010

We’re about to embark on an epic African adventure … again.

Hello family and friends!This is a private blog that we have set up to keep...

May 16, 2010

Nostalgia Sunday ... The Ghost in YouBy The Psychedelic Fursa man in my shoes runs...

May 10, 2010

Happy 50th Birthday, Mr. BonoOn this day in 1960, a wee child with an enormous...

May 07, 2010

GODSTUFFMOMMYHOOD, IN SIX WORDS Imagine writing your memoir — a story that encapsulates all of...

May 05, 2010

Liturgical Fabulosity: I (Heart) EpiscopaliansJust a little mid-week happy to put a smile on your...

April 2010

April 29, 2010

Annus Mirabilis: A Year of Miracles

A year ago today, a sick little boy from Malawi walked through the the arrivals...

April 28, 2010

Calling all Gracespotters: Thursday night in Chicago (4/29/2010)Please join me TOMORROW NIGHT, THURSDAY APRIL 29,...

April 27, 2010

Powerful words on writing fromSt. Freddie of Rupert Speak What We Feel, Not What We...

April 23, 2010

Hearing again for the first time ...  In the Zen tradition, there is a saying...

April 22, 2010

Oh, HOOOOray!New Sarah McLachlan...Welcome back, Miz Sarah.We missed you.

April 21, 2010

GODSTUFFSAVE ME A GOOD SEAT IN HEAVEN, UNCLE DODI.Seven years ago, at the start of...

April 21, 2010

Meekness is strength.One of my dearest friends posted this poem by Mary Karr on our...

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