My kids, but most particularly Ryan, is highly interested in the space shuttle. For an hour and a half yesterday afternoon, we had it on TV watching as NASA slowly counts down, does all of their last minute checks with inspecting the shuttle until the final minutes and seconds before it lifts off into space. We learned how far away the moon was from the Earth...a question that Katie had.
He made a rocket out of his bristle blocks and blasted it off into the air as the space shuttle lifted off. Then all of the kids cheered and clapped over this.
Ah the joys of the simple amazing things as the space shuttle lifting off to space as seen through my kids eyes!!
We'll be watching NASA TV as they do their mission. And maybe we'll be able to watch them land as well...
~Jen
Monday, May 11, 2009
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Parents Day
Did you know about this holiday??? I will admit that I really didn't either and as I looked up Mother's Day, I found out about this Korean holiday as well. It is celebrated on May 8th.
Parents Day in Korea
Family Month in Korea
More information about Parents Day in Korea
And just like Mother's Day or Father's Day, parents in Korea on Parents Day don't get a day off from work either.
~Jen
Parents Day in Korea
Family Month in Korea
More information about Parents Day in Korea
And just like Mother's Day or Father's Day, parents in Korea on Parents Day don't get a day off from work either.
~Jen
Mothers
Each of us have at least one. My kids have three. I think about three of them often. Their First Mom and the two foster moms. I hope that they are well. I wonder what they are thinking about now.
My kids think about their foster mothers often. My son has his own wishes for his foster mother...all good stuff but private things that I can't mention here. It's between them that he has relayed to us. We feel privileged that he can come to us with his feelings and open up from time to time.
I wish that their First Mom is well as we think about her often...I will admit right now that I think it's more me than my kids. My kids do know that they have a birth mommy who was unable to take care of them. Eventually I know that there will be questions from them that I may not have the answers to and that they might look elsewhere for those answers. I am fine with that. It's only natural to have questions. I would be more concerned, I think, if they didn't have any.
For my kids, they think about their foster moms. Two incredibly special women who took in these three children nutured and cared for them as if they were there own and gave them up to strangers who whisked them away in a van to head to the airport for a plane bound for a country far away. Many tears were shed by these women. I know since I cried many tears in that van on the ride to the airport myself just seeing Bella's foster mom crying.
To them, my husband and I are eternally grateful. For our children, they think about them and mentioned them often and pictures are drawn just for them and sent to them. Drawings that are sometimes described to me, held by me briefly before I send them off through our agency to Korea for others. I am overdue on letters and pictures to them and hope to rectify that situation soon.
While all of us have mothers be it a bio mom, an adoptive mom, a foster mom, or somebody that we look(ed) up to as our mom, I want to wish you a Happy Mother's Day. I hope that you find some peace this Mother's Day.
History of Mother's Day in the US
Happy Mother's Day to all of you...
My kids think about their foster mothers often. My son has his own wishes for his foster mother...all good stuff but private things that I can't mention here. It's between them that he has relayed to us. We feel privileged that he can come to us with his feelings and open up from time to time.
I wish that their First Mom is well as we think about her often...I will admit right now that I think it's more me than my kids. My kids do know that they have a birth mommy who was unable to take care of them. Eventually I know that there will be questions from them that I may not have the answers to and that they might look elsewhere for those answers. I am fine with that. It's only natural to have questions. I would be more concerned, I think, if they didn't have any.
For my kids, they think about their foster moms. Two incredibly special women who took in these three children nutured and cared for them as if they were there own and gave them up to strangers who whisked them away in a van to head to the airport for a plane bound for a country far away. Many tears were shed by these women. I know since I cried many tears in that van on the ride to the airport myself just seeing Bella's foster mom crying.
To them, my husband and I are eternally grateful. For our children, they think about them and mentioned them often and pictures are drawn just for them and sent to them. Drawings that are sometimes described to me, held by me briefly before I send them off through our agency to Korea for others. I am overdue on letters and pictures to them and hope to rectify that situation soon.
While all of us have mothers be it a bio mom, an adoptive mom, a foster mom, or somebody that we look(ed) up to as our mom, I want to wish you a Happy Mother's Day. I hope that you find some peace this Mother's Day.
History of Mother's Day in the US
Happy Mother's Day to all of you...
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