Treasured Pearls: A Mail Bag

Saturday, October 29, 2011

A Mail Bag

Sorry for the blog drought - it has been a crazy two weeks and next week promises to be the same. But I just had to tell this story. TJ just came out into the family room and asked me for something. At first, I didn't understand what he asked for, so I asked him to explain again. This time he asked me for a "mail bag". At first, I wasn't sure what he was asking for, but then he found a piece of mail and showed me. He wanted an envelope. I thought "mail bag" was a great description for someone who has only been hearing English for 8 months!

1 comment:

Karen Dawkins said...: Go TJ!!!!
Love it!; 10:23 AM

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Orphan Statistics

Inter-country adoption has decreased 59 percent from its high in 2004, due primarily to restrictions by sending countries.
81.5 million Americans have considered adoption. If just 1 in 500 of these adults adopted, every waiting child would have a permanent family.
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The average waiting child is 7.5 years old.
Last year, nearly 9,000 children were adopted internationally
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