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VASCO’S HEART

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November 2014

November 16, 2014

Band Aid 30 Years On: Feed, Feel, Heal the World

Do you remember where you were on Saturday, July 13, 1985? I do. On that...

November 08, 2012

CH-CH-CH-CH CHANGES: News from God Girl

Being Vasco's mother is the single most important thing to me in the world. It...

November 09, 2010

Listen to Vasco’s Journey on NPR’s “The Story”

In June 2009, a few days before Vasco underwent marvelously successful open-heart surgery at Hope...

October 2010

October 29, 2010

Welcome to the Communion of the Saints, Wee Man

[wpvideo mgQ8Dky5] The stunningly beautiful images of Vasco's baptism last Saturday in the Pacific at...

October 27, 2010

GODSTUFF: Your story is our story.

Vasco was baptized in the same waters where the ashes of the uncle he never...

October 13, 2010

GODSTUFF: Forty on 40 ~ Spiritual Lessons at Midlife…

40. There is nothing you can do that would make God throw up God’s hands,...

October 05, 2010

The LOST Sin Boldly Interview (w/ thanks to DJ Jeff)

Tonight DJ Jeff really had a surprise for me. It was...well...me. In between tracks from...

July 2010

July 30, 2010

God Nods: Girl with the dragonfly tattoo

Dragonflies have a way of turning up at threshold moments in my life--like God's early...

June 2010

June 28, 2010

Kondandani Potty-time Massacre

The first time we visited Kondanani was the afternoon following our successful adoption hearing in...

June 28, 2010

Hard to ask, harder to hear …

They day after the High Court approved Vasco's adoption in Malawi, we went back out...

June 26, 2010

AN OPEN LETTER TO MADONNA: THANK YOU, FROM ONE MOTHER TO ANOTHER

Dear Madonna, Thank you. Earlier this week, after a month-long sojourn in Malawi, my family...

June 26, 2010

Home!

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

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...

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...

March 2010

March 23, 2010

Vasco’s Blessing

last year on mother's day, we took vasco to st. sabina rcc in chicago for...

February 2010

February 14, 2010

Happy Valentine’s Day: From Vasco’s Heart to Yours

Can you believe how big he is?How grown-up he looks?I'm humming that song from "Fiddler...

December 2009

December 11, 2009

GODSTUFF: How Harrison Ford helped me explain Hanukkah to my 10 year old

Last week, the postal carrier dropped off two boxes from Amazon.com filled with DVDs of...

November 2009

November 27, 2009

GODSTUFF: Our first Thanksgiving through a child’s eyes

Vasco called it “Thanks-for-giving.” There is no Thankgiving holiday in Malawi, where my son is...

October 2009

October 02, 2009

Vasco’s next chapter: God makes a family

The Wee Man isn't so wee any more. Vasco Sylvester, the 10-year-old boy from Malawi...

June 2009

June 19, 2009

‘I was a stranger, and you took me in.’

The ancient Greeks believed that hospitality was sacred. They called it xenia, the word from...

June 13, 2009

Wee Man’s Heart is Whole Again

Thank you, Lord, for what you've done for me.Thank you, Lord, for what you're doing...

June 11, 2009

An Update and “The Story”

Wee Man is doing well today. By the time morning rounds were over, he was...

June 10, 2009

Vasco’s in surgery now

Our brave little man went in for surgery about 1:20 p.m. CST today - 2.5...

June 09, 2009

Prayer Request: Surgery Wednesday

Dear friends and family,Vasco is scheduled for open-heart surgery at 11 a.m. (CST) Wednesday, June...

June 05, 2009

WATER OF LIFE: Wee Man doesn’t take it for granted (and neither should you)

One of the everyday things Vasco has enjoyed most since arriving in Chicago from Malawi...

May 2009

May 29, 2009

Vasco at Obama’s barbershop

May 29, 2009

GODSTUFF: Wee Man shares a slice of history

In his 1995 autobiography, Dreams from My Father, Barack Obama writes about the first time...

May 24, 2009

One Hundred

Today, Vasco caught 103 fish. In less than three hours.He's a rock star.The picture above...