Thursday, October 25, 2007

A Poem I Wrote For Mei-Li

Daddy's Little Girl

You are in a country so far away
Yet I see you in my mind every single day

You are the little girl I dream of each night
And the first thing I think of at dawn's early light

I can't help but wonder if you are happy or sad
Are your caretakers nice, or do they make you mad

Do they feed you enough? Are you cold? Are you warm
Do they look after you and protect you from harm

Will you like me as your Daddy or will you want to go back
Am I what you deserve, or is there something I lack

One thing I can promise is that I will do my best
To remember each day that I am truly blessed

You are the missing piece in my puzzle of life
I was meant to have three children and a wonderful wife

So enter my life Mei-Li and you will see
Just how good of a Daddy that I can be

And when you are older, no matter what age you might be
Remember, you are always "Daddy's Little Girl" to me

Love, Daddy

Are we next?.......Who Knows

We have spent the last 22 months reading rumors and then seeing that they are wrong. Well today we have finally made it to the rumors. The latest is that the next batch is going to go to December 12th or 13th. Our LID is the 12th. Do we believe the rumor? We are trying not to, but we cannot help ourselves. We are just excited to be included in a rumor. If we are not in this batch then hopefully the next one. Wish us luck.

LID - 12-12-05

It is December 12, 2005 and we are officially logged in. We are told that the wait till referral is about 6 months from now. They were obviously mistaken.

November 25, 2005

We are officially DTC which means that Lifelink has sent our dossier to China.

November 22, 2005

Today we got our paperwork back from the courier. We put the dossier together, made copies and mailed the dossier.

November 14, 2005

Today we mailed all of our paperwork to a courier. She will take it to the Secretary of State and the Chinese Consulate Offices in Chicago. After that is finished, it all gets sent back to us.

November 12, 2005

Today we received our I-171H Form in the mail.