Reunion

During college, I had the privilege of being a nanny to a very special boy who I grew to love like my own son. He was our ring bearer in our wedding and very special to both Dan and I. He moved out of state....time went by and we lost touch. Well, excitedly, about a month ago Dan and I saw him on a hockey site and were blown away! Here he is a young man now! We wrote a note to him on his hockey team guestbook and since than we have been reunited in our friendship and it has filled my heart with joy. More than anything, I am so happy to see his sweet heart has not been calloused by life. I believe our reuniting has been God-driven and am reminded of how good God is.

Samantha Brown in China!

I absolutely love Samantha Brown on the Travel Channel and she is doing a special on China starting tomorrow. I saw a sneak preview of it yesterday and it is awesome! Check it out on Samantha Brown: Passport to China

Great Read

I finished reading this book recently and it has had such an impact on me. I am not one for which tears flow often and this book brought out emotions and tears in even me.

It's a book about romance, but not a romance novel. If your looking for a great read this summer, I would recommend it, especially for those who are married. Lately it seems a high volume of friends and coworkers are having difficulty in their marriages. Though Dan and I have a great marriage, this book and my friends stories, as well as my own parents divorce has opened my heart and made me cherish even more deeply my marriage. It has also raised my awareness that it is the "little" things that slowly corrode a marriage.

Summertime!

I hope everyone is having a great summer so far!! We have been enjoying some cloud cover and rain recently and, although this may sound crazy to some of you in the Midwest, this is very welcome weather to us in Arizona :)

Enjoy!

Summer Update!

This is a pic of a beach in China...just a few people :)

Our Agency sent an update today. The CCAA is now finished with dossier's up to January 25,2006. We've been bumped up yet again!! We're getting closer Lauren!

I hope you all are enjoying the summer! I'm enjoying my patho class and am excited to be planning my clinical sites for next semester. It's starting to feel real that I'm going to be a N.P. Dan and I are planning a "vacation" at home next week. We both have 6 days off and we are going to enjoy walking Bailey, sleeping in and just being together.