Saturday, January 2, 2010

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!  I am writing this from a room in NIH where I am staying with a friend's daughter undergoing cancer treatment while her mom returned with the rest of the family for her dad's funeral.  Mom will be returning on Sunday, so until then I am enjoying getting to know Karly better.  Today I got to hear about a cruise they took as a family.  It was fun to hear about the special time that they had. 

I had a wonderful time with my family at Christmas!  It was so much fun to be with my parents and their foster girls.  Even though Comfort and Steve couldn't be there, we were able to touch base with them through Skype and even got to have a video tour of their new apartment. 

On Wednesday morning I left my parent's house and traveled across Ohio to PA to visit my grandparents.  I had a nice visit with them and even got to join them in the cafeteria for dinner.  It was so nice to see them.  I also got to visit with some good friends in PA and down here in MD.  I am so blessed with good friends. 

New Years is a big holiday in Kazakhstan and I have missed being there to celebrate with the kids and with my Kazakh family.  Even so, I feel so blessed by this last year and look forward to what this year has to offer!  I hope this year is a year of joy and peace for each of you!  Happy New Year!

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