Today was a day of visiting new and old friends in Florida. Amelia has been asking me for months to take her to the beach. I always tell her that we live too far away. Every day, she would pretend to go to the beach. She would tell me what she would do at the beach (build a sandcastle, pick up shells, see a whale, etc.) A couple of weeks ago, she kindly suggested that if I didn't know where the beach was, we could ask Papa, and he would take her. I can take a hint! So, while in Florida, we made plans to visit the beach. We were lucky enough to get to meet some new friends there. One of the moms on my chat group for single moms with kids from China brought her two girls to the beach to meet us. Amelia enjoyed meeting and playing with her new friends, and it was fun to finally meet in person someone whose story I have followed for some time. We had a great time together.
After the beach, we headed back to Orlando, where we had dinner with 2 other families who used my same adoption agency to bring their children home. One was another single mom who has 4 - yes, FOUR - beautiful daughters from China. The other family was one that I was supposed to travel with to China, but we missed each other because of the delay with my TA. Anyway, they came to visit us in Texas about 6 months after we got home. Now it has been almost two years, so it was neatto see how much our kids have grown and how much more comfortable they are in their families now. All 3 families had a terrific time visiting about the joys and blessings of adoption. We especially enjoyed showing off our 6 great kids!
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