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Journey to Anaia Simone

Every day dawns and brings new opportunities, different paths leading to multitudes of choices and amazing adventures.  Life is not merely black and white, with only one right and one wrong choice existing within each decision, but rather a Technicolor myriad of options each altering the course of our lives in one way or another.   

As our family journeys through this life, walking hand and hand with our creator, we encounter new opportunities and consequently new decisions, with every turn and twist on the path.  Every breath we take, every step we take, is an invitation to embrace life to its fullest.  This past fall, our family journey brought us to yet another crossroad of opportunity.  The pages of this journal will tell our story on this walk as we travel it.  It will be another chapter of what faith, hope, love, and trust in God brings to our family when we are faced with fear and insecurity of the unknown.  This is the story of a family diving into deep waters knowing God is holding the sea, and of a brave young girl jumping in on the other side not knowing those same strong hands are also there to catch her.  This is a story about going beyond our own understanding down a path of blind faith to a place of unimaginable beauty.  This is the journey to Anaia Simone.



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Journal Table of Contents

12/17/2008 Prayer is Powerful...Faith is Powerful
01/01/2009 Getting to Know Anaia
01/19/2009 PA!!!!!
03/10/2009 Off to Homeland Security!
03/16/2009 On day 50...believe it or not...
03/21/2009 Wedding Photos- AKA The Prom
03/26/2009 DTC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
03/28/2009 Is God in This?
04/07/2009 LID!!!!!!!!!!!!!
04/10/2009 Sweet 16
04/18/2009 Goodbye to Simon
04/22/2009 Spa Management Developer- Classes Enrolling Now!
04/27/2009 Surgery for Nina
04/28/2009 Surgery for Nina- Day 2
04/29/2009 Surgery for Nina - Day 3
05/07/2009 Nina is doing great!
05/07/2009 Lexie is Officially a TEENAGER!
05/15/2009 Prom
05/16/2009 PIGS
05/17/2009 Gotcha! 3 Years Later...
06/11/2009 Congrats Lexie!
07/01/2009 Real Beauty
07/02/2009 LOA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
07/03/2009 Another Special Visit
07/04/2009 Happy Birthday Dave!
07/14/2009 PICTURES!
07/17/2009 Provisional Approval!
07/20/2009 Indescribable Gift
07/22/2009 While I'm Waiting
07/29/2009 A Birthday Come and Gone...
08/02/2009 Something to cling to
08/20/2009 The Long Road- and Another Bright Spot
08/28/2009 Delays and Denial
08/31/2009 TA! TA! TA! TA! TA! TA! TA! TA!
09/03/2009 CA! CA! CA! CA! CA! CA! CA! CA!
09/07/2009 Itinerary
09/10/2009 We Made It!!!
09/11/2009 It's so good to be back!
09/12/2009 Dirt and Second Hand Smoke
09/13/2009 BeiHai's Peaceful Serenity in the Morning...
09/14/2009 Guess What???
09/15/2009 The Excitement is Killing Us!!!
09/16/2009 We are a Family of 8!!!
09/17/2009 It's All Official!!!
09/18/2009 Greetings From the Great Wall
09/19/2009 Grey Skies Over the Forbidden City
09/20/2009 Palace, Bird's Nest, and Teeth- Oh My!
09/21/2009 All’s Well That Ends (Almost) Well
09/22/2009 Lions and Tigers and Bears- Oh My!
09/23/2009 Off to the Rickshaw Races!
09/24/2009 We Have Her Passport!
09/26/2009 Where to Even Begin?
09/27/2009 Chocolate and Underwear
09/28/2009 VISA DAY!
09/29/2009 Zhen Hao Wanr!
09/30/2009 Seeking Chaos?
10/01/2009 Last Post From China
10/03/2009 HOME
10/04/2009 HOME- Day 2
10/22/2009 Another Twist in the Road
10/22/2009 Sisters
10/23/2009 Happy 5th Birthday Selah!
10/30/2009 We Hit the 4 weeks Home Milemarker!
10/30/2009 Nina's Family Day!
11/02/2009 Pumpkins, and Costumes, and Candy…Oh My!
11/09/2009 Joy
11/11/2009 Everything Legal
12/07/2009 Yesu Ai Wo Wan Bu Cuo...
12/11/2009 Our Sweet Sophia
12/15/2009 Anaia's Readoption Complete!
12/23/2009 Family Update
12/31/2009 Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
01/17/2010 Exploring Peanut Butter & Jelly
01/19/2010 The Heart of Anaia
01/21/2010 Footnote to "The Heart of Anaia"
01/21/2010 Officially Official!
01/21/2010 Update On Sophia
01/27/2010 On Love and Older Child Adoption



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