China Adopt Talk

No Rumors

RumorQueen — Wed, 16 May 2012 09:55:02 +0000

Right now, I don’t see any rumors, but it’s early. I’m leaving the house before six, and not sure how much time I’ll have online today. If someone else sees a rumor, please share it in the comments, and send the details to me.

We’re in the window, and NSN TA’s

RumorQueen — Tue, 15 May 2012 10:46:51 +0000

NSN TA’s from the most recent referral batch have begun to arrive. Congrats to those families who are so much closer to finally buying those plane tickets! From the most recent When post, the soonest we’d expect to see referrals this month would be yesterday, the latest would be Monday, May 28, and the most [...]

Happy Mother’s Day!

RumorQueen — Sun, 13 May 2012 11:41:50 +0000

Happy Mother’s Day to all of the moms and the waiting moms. Sit back, relax, and let your kids and spouse show you how special you are. I know I say this every year, but if you’re still waiting then my advice remains that you should spend the day doing things you won’t be able [...]

When to bring it up

RumorQueen — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:03:03 +0000

Yesterday we talked about how it’s important for us to bring up adoption topics, so our kids know we’re comfortable with the conversation, and they can feel comfortable bringing it up. I mentioned finding balance — not bringing it up so much it’s like picking a scab just to watch it bleed, but also not [...]

Family Trees

RumorQueen — Tue, 08 May 2012 12:29:03 +0000

Both of my girls have had multiple family tree projects, I stressed over GG’s first one, in kindergarten, but it was no big deal to her. A few years later, it was. Jennifer Handfor has an entry at Huffington Post that I think stresses the importance of us bringing adoption issues up for our kids, [...]

Mother’s Day

RumorQueen — Mon, 07 May 2012 10:58:35 +0000

It’s that time of year again, when you have to come up with a gift that’s supposed to show your mom how special she is. This is impossible, of course, because things can’t possibly express those kinds of emotions. But, we have to try. My mom’s getting jewelry (from the Amazon Mother’s Day jewelry section, [...]

The not-so-rosy part

RumorQueen — Thu, 03 May 2012 13:39:34 +0000

I originally posted this back in November of 2006. I’ve come a long way with my writing, and I cringed as I read some of it. Not because what I said was wrong, but because I’ve learned a lot about sentence structure and how to tighten my writing. The original post can be found here, [...]

And now it’s May?

RumorQueen — Wed, 02 May 2012 12:54:27 +0000

The school year is almost over, the birds are singing, the flowers are blooming. Time crawled while we were waiting, but now it’s flying. GlitterGirl has a semi-formal dance this weekend. We’ve bought the dress and shoes, have how we’ll do her hair all planned out, and I’m allowing a little makeup. RK and I [...]

Long Term Projections

RumorQueen — Tue, 01 May 2012 13:05:23 +0000

For those with a LID past my projections, the best way to get a general time frame is to use average LID Days referred per month. As you get closer and closer, you can begin using the polling data, but it’s not practical if you’re still months and months away. In the past three months [...]

China’s Leftover Ladies

RumorQueen — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:15:42 +0000

As China continues to move forward, to gain ground economically as well as in various social issues… there are growing pains. Women’s rights have come a long way, but the old still clashes with the new. If you’ve been to China you’ll likely have the right perspective to read this foreignpolicy.com story, but if you [...]