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Forbidden City

Forbidden City


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Richland family adopts 'more the merrier' air: Ellen Stewart of Richland Township is a mother seven times over, but the road to motherhood was long and exhausting. She and her husband, Dr. James Stewart, adopted seven children, four of them from Asia -- but that's getting ahead of the story.

Steven Curtis Chapman in China

For the kids: With three adopted daughters from China, US Christian rocker Steven Curtis Chapman saw his sell-out Shanghai debut as a way of saying thank you to their country of birth for the joy they have brought him and his family, writes Wu Yingying.

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In China, Their Daughter Awaits: It takes a lot of love, patience and money to complete a family. And no one knows that better than Tom and Chenoa Nowlin.

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Karen lights candle of thanks for her baby: Some time today in a quiet moment Karen Wilson will sit down with her 21-month-old daughter Ella at their Buddina home and light a red candle. A reflective Karen will think of the birth mother of her Chinese godsend and offer her heartfelt thanks. There will also be enormous empathy as well for a mother's loss on this, Karen's first Mother's Day.

Hollis Meyer: Hollis Meyer, a police officer since she was 20, was married, wanted children but couldn't conceive. Her husband wanted to retire and move to Colorado. She wanted to adopt; he didn't. They divorced -- and Meyer proceeded to adopt from China. "It was a hard decision, but I wanted a family," she says. Her mother moved in to help.

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Carmians welcome child from China: Emma, born about 15 1/2 months ago in China and abandoned by her birth parents, is now a member of the Roedder family, joining older sisters Haley, 7, and Peyton, 6. A resident of a threadbare Chinese orphanage for the first nine months of her life, the little girl is now walking (if not talking much), playing and getting to know her adoptive family and adoptive country.

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Happy Mothers Day!

To all the Moms and Moms-to-Be:

The kids and I had this video presentation made for Mothers Day. I hope you enjoy it!

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Love knows no bounds: Love makes a family strong and binds people together. And that's something every child deserves to experience unconditionally. "Whether it be biological, through fostering, local adoption or international adoption, every child deserves the love of a family," says Krista Dolan.

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Love Travels: "God can't be always everywhere; and so, invented mothers," wrote poet Edwin Arnold. Sometimes, however, some mothers will go to the ends of the earth to bring love to a child who needs it. The Hubbard, Monaghan and Garvey families of Keystone have such mothers.

Pollution in China

China's "Cancer Villages" Pay Heavy Price for Economic Progress: Sitting on his bed in his spartan house in one of China's so-called cancer villages, a 77-year-old retired cadre sheds tears as he speaks of the pollution he believes is killing him. "I just hope I can die sooner. I gave my life to the Communist Party yet I have nothing now, I have nothing to leave to my own children," the man said, tears rolling down his cheeks.

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Schuster Will Meet Their Baby on Mother's Day: Fred Schuster won't be showing up for work at the hospital here for two weeks. Instead, he and his wife will be traveling to China to pick up the little girl they have chosen to adopt.

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多伦路文化街 01 -- Teapots
Teapots for sale... I like the little lion that sits on top.

The weather was perfect today... I bought a new lens, the cheap legendary 50mmf1.8, and went out to try out the lens.

Taken at one of the cultural streets in Shanghai -- Duo Lun Lu. A stretch of street with many historical buildings, cafes and little stores.

(Courtesy of Ya Ya)

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Many Miles, Many Smiles: When Tony and Jodi Miceli show off their new baby to friends and family, people can't help but comment, "She looks just like her mommy!" Remarkably, she does. Even though Cecilia Bao Miceli was born in China and has only been with the Micelis for a little less than a month, "Ceci" resembles Jodi with her full cheeks and eyes that squint into small slits when she smiles. And smiling is something the little baby does quite often.

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Three women, one destination: It is time, they said. An American woman will come for the girl with the birthmark, officials from the Fengcheng Sui, a social welfare institute in town, told the foster mother. So, Li Jingling dresses the young child for the final time.

Where are the blog posts?

Sorry that this blog has been inactive for the last little while. My wife and I are starting up a home-based distributorship for Pharmanex products. We've been very busy with that lately.

I'll continue to post as much as I can, but I'll probably cut my posting frequency down to 2-3 times a week. I definetly want to pass two milestones that are coming up soon: (1) The three-year anniversary of China Adoption News, and (b) my 1500th blog entry!

A note about Pharmanex and their products -- I started taking Pharmanex LifePak supplements about two months ago for the long-term health benefits they provide. (If you're not aware of the importance of antioxidants in your diet, read the book The Antioxidant Miracle by Lester Packer, from Cal-Berkeley. He's been studying them for 5 decades and states that "70% of Americans will die prematurely from disease caused by or compounded by a dificiency of antioxidants"!) But now that I've been taking LifePak for almost two months, I get through the day without fatigue and I've lost 8 pounds. So, along with the long-term benefits I'll get, they're definitely providing short-term benefits for me also!

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Hong Fa Temple, Shenzhen, China
深圳弘法寺

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