Kisses in the Wind

Kisses in the Wind

(Dedicated to Maelyne)

I hold you in my heart and touch you in my dreams.

You are here each day with me at least that's how it seems.

I know you wonder where we are... what's taking us so long.

But remember child, I love you so and God will keep you strong.

Now go outside and feel the breeze and let it touch your skin...

Because tonight, just as always, I blow you kisses in the wind.

May God hold you in His hand until I can be with you.

I promise you, my darling, I'm doing all that I can do.

Very soon, you'll have a family for real, not just pretend.

But for tonight, just as always, I blow you kisses in the wind.

May God wrap you in His arms and hold you very tight.

And let the angels bring the kisses that I send you each night.

Unknown Author

When You Wish For A Little Star

When you wish upon a star

Makes no difference who you are

Anything your heart desires

Will come to you

If your heart is in your dream

No request is too extreme

When you wish upon a star

As dreamers do

Fate is kind

She brings to those to love

The sweet fulfillment of

Their secret longing

Like a bolt out of the blue

Fate steps in and sees you through

When you wish upon a star

Your dreams come true.

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Our blog for Maelyne...

We created this blog to document our journey in bringing Maelyne home somewhere from China...

Our journey began in July 2005 when we decided we wanted to adopt a baby girl. We definitely want a family! After carefully searching for a dependable and trusted agency, and talking to adoptive parents like Matt and Gina, who are using this agency at the time, we choose CHI (Children's Hope International) to help us with our adoption process. Pete Castiglione is the adoption coordinator for CA and we could not have a better coordinator than this guy. He had helped us in every way in getting the required documents. He was always ready for questions. We met him later when we attended one of his presentations here in San Diego. Our social worker is Darcy Kennedy from Vista Del Mar based in Los Angeles. Darcy is a very nice lady and it's so easy to work with her. We met with her a few times at her home office and work office as well as a visit to our house to complete our homestudy. All went well! After 5 months of paperchasing ( fingerprints, police clearances, medical reports, employment verifications, etc), our dossier was notarized, certified and authenticated by the Chinese Consulate in LA.
DTC (Dossier to China) - 1/20/06
LID (Log in Date) - 3/2/06
Although it took longer than normal to log-in our dossier due to the Chinese New Year, Henry and I are both thrilled and excited to find out about our LID since this date is the official start date to wait for the referral. At this time, we expected an 8-10 months wait but due to an increase of applicants who want to adopt from China, the wait time became longer. It's June 2007 and it is now uncertain as to when we will receive our referral from CCAA. It could be 1 or 2 more years. But no matter how long it takes, we are willing to wait because we just know it will happen. There's one special child waiting for us somewhere in China. So, we need lots of prayers and patience to be strong and hopeful that our referral will arrive soon.

We requested a Non Special Need baby girl from 6 months to 36 months or as young as possible. We will name our baby girl "MAELYNE".