CAWLI Chinese New Year Madness!
Today we went to our adoption agency's Chinese New Year Party. Many, many people. Many, many beautiful children! It was unbelievable. There was a silent auction and a raffle to benefit CAWLI's Rainbow Fund,which gave the Chinese orphanages $127,000 in 2005 alone. There was traditional Chinese music and dancing, as well as a lion dance.
We went to the party with our friends Cheryl and Bruce, who are waiting for their daughter Mya.
We saw Sparky and her husband Bob, who we met last week. Tim and I think they are fantastic, and not just because Sparky thinks that the CCAA is going to speed up again with referrals after Chinese New Year.
We also saw a couple from Quincy, MA that had been at our pre-travel meeting in December at CAWLI. We met their three year daughter Julie, who is, of course, adorable. She will soon have a mei mei!
The best, most moving part of the party was when our agency director, Lillian, was presented with a gift because it is the agency's 10th anniversary. For each year, there was a child holding up a sign to represent all the families that had been built through CAWLI that year. I love listening to Lillian speak. She is just so genuine. As Sparky's husband Bob said, "she is a real hero".
Tim and I both agreed that this party will be a lot more fun next year when we have Bella. But we had a great time, and it's a wonderful thing to see all of these families running around, all created by Lillian's work. And Tim says the cookies were really good too.
We went to the party with our friends Cheryl and Bruce, who are waiting for their daughter Mya.
We saw Sparky and her husband Bob, who we met last week. Tim and I think they are fantastic, and not just because Sparky thinks that the CCAA is going to speed up again with referrals after Chinese New Year.
We also saw a couple from Quincy, MA that had been at our pre-travel meeting in December at CAWLI. We met their three year daughter Julie, who is, of course, adorable. She will soon have a mei mei!
The best, most moving part of the party was when our agency director, Lillian, was presented with a gift because it is the agency's 10th anniversary. For each year, there was a child holding up a sign to represent all the families that had been built through CAWLI that year. I love listening to Lillian speak. She is just so genuine. As Sparky's husband Bob said, "she is a real hero".
Tim and I both agreed that this party will be a lot more fun next year when we have Bella. But we had a great time, and it's a wonderful thing to see all of these families running around, all created by Lillian's work. And Tim says the cookies were really good too.
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