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Saturday, May 31,
2008
I was wide awake this morning at 6 AM! We all showered and went
down for a breakfast buffet at the hotel. WOW…they know how to do a
breakfast buffet…I really had to watch myself. I wasn’t expecting to
be eating much while I was here but the food is amazing!
After breakfast we decided to head to a place called the Jade
Market. It is about 10-15 mins from the hotel and right in the
middle of down town. It is a huge market where people are lined up
with their tables of Jade and crafts and hardly anyone spoke any
English…but it made the experience even better. We spent the entire
day just walking up and down the rows and taking our time looking at
every little thing we could. Again, everyone we met so nice and
wonderful…the fact none of us could understand what we were saying
wasn’t holding anyone back from being nice!!!!!
Across from the Jade market was a flower market…WOW!!!!! It was like
a gigantic garden in the middle of the city. The most amazing
flowers, plants, trees and orchids!!! We just got lost in all of it.
We would have loved to have been able to purchase the plants or
orchids but the cost to have them shipped properly would have been
crazy.
As we walked through the crowds there were tons of children out with
their families. Of course my mind would wonder to the little man who
is only a day away from us now. I catch myself getting watery eyes
just with the thought of him… Coming to Taiwan has been the best
thing. I have so enjoyed trying to soak up this culture and just
appreciate the country that he was born in. I am so impressed with
this country and these people….I can not explain it well. Even
though I look totally different…can’t understand a word anyone is
saying…I feel completely at home and comfortable. I feel like a part
of my son is already inside me growing in my heart…my soul… I love
that this culture is going to be intertwined into our
family…forever!! I will do all I can to preserve this…its far too
invaluable not to. He should be so proud to be Taiwanese…and I can’t
wait to share our world with him and have him equally proud to be an
American.
Well after our market adventure we came back to the hotel for a
drink at the bar and then decided we would head back to the room and
relax before dinner. I am writing now because we all fell asleep and
dinner never made it. I think we are still struggling with the time
difference and by the time we leave…we should be right on with
Taiwan’s time zone…;-)
The plans for tomorrow are simple for me. I am laying low. This is
my last day being just Linda. I am so grateful that Bruce and I have
had the opportunity to live our lives as a couple and do the things
that many people couldn’t with a family. We have tried to make the
best of this time we have had…and share all that we could with one
another. However, that being said, we are sooooooooooo ready to take
on our new names as Mom and Dad! So tomorrow, we’ll see. I may just
hang around the hotel and gather my thoughts and keep things simple.
The day we get him will be the most emotional day of my life and if
anyone reading this knows me…I am the most emotional person on the
planet!!! Not only am I meeting our son but I am meeting his foster
family, and his birth mother…all of the people at St. Lucy’s that
have helped to make this moment happen. How could anyone not be
totally emotional????? So I need to get myself prepped so that I
don’t just cry a river… They don’t make emotional Dramamine do
they??????
Ok…its 11 PM here…so you guys are starting your Saturday. Ahhhh my
David’s Bridal girls are doing their Saturday thing….No pop’in for
me!!!! And Bruce is probably mowing the yard…or at least I am hoping
he is…unless he is taking the “jungle theme” for Rudd’s room
literally and wanting to let our yard expand into a jungle for him!
Ok…well I am off to bed. Enjoy the pictures…I know everyone is
waiting for Rudd’s pictures…hang in there…I am too!!!!!
Love to you all!
~Linda
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