You aren’t going to live to see me die.”
Music to my ears. The kid always knows just what to say.
He’s so much better today. Almost no rash on his . . . → Read More About Mo: “You gotta stop worrying, Mom…
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Yesterday, Mo developed red bumps all over his chest and face. By last night it had spread to his back, down his arms a little… It had started to look better yesterday afternoon, but as soon as doctor’s hours ended, the places on his face got bumpy. It itched a little but no fever, no nothing. Just red bumps and his lips look bee-stung. Not like Cher, like someone who knocked into a beehive. I left a message on the doctor’s cell phone (turns out I should have called his house.) At 10:30 last night, we went to the . . . → Read More About You Won’t Believe This. Google images may have saved Morgan’s life. He’s on his way home from the hospital now (it’s Sunday morning). WARNING: graphic photos below. Let’s just get me out of the way here: I am a basket case. Between Ryan’s mass and surgery, Mango’s being lost and found and my mother’s intense disapproval and blame, and now Morgan’s weekend emergency hospitalization because he developed a heart-stoppingly dangerous infection, the last 30 days have been quite a ride. If anything bad happens to Hal, I might just leave his body on the road in Escazú . . . → Read More About Snot Again Ryan is a lovebug. Spontaneously affectionate, huggy, sweet. Morgan, although he adores me (of course, who wouldn’t?), is not spontaneously affectionate. When the boys are away, Ryan calls me to chat probably once a week, sometimes a few days in a row if there is something to share. Morgan would have to be away for at least three weeks before he would think about calling me. He’s just like that. But three days at Rancho Mastatal, and Mo calls. "Wow," I thought, "he wants to chat!" Not exactly: he wants to know if they are there as . . . → Read More About “Mom, are we here as guests or volunteers?” 21 August 2008
 5 comments - (Comments are closed)  MORGAN, Rancho Mastatal, RYAN, Summer Vacation, TeenagersBudding Mafiosos, from the look of ‘em. Mo gets special mention as a Cuban narcotraficante lookalike. That ‘stache adds to the mystery, eh? Wonder how much money one of those narcotraficante guys make? Just kidding… drug money could not be worth it.* Robert ("the dad, old like us Hal") said: "Yeah, they looked pretty good. They went to an area where there are lots of teens, but they complained that most were 8th graders. One car of teen girls yelled, ‘nice . . . → Read More About Three Dudes Mo just Skyped me with a youtube link, saying: "This song is one of the reasons I think Everlast is so great. It’s a great song and it has meaning … modern music with meaningful lyrics! I think a lot of people could benefit from listening to and learning from the lyrics… btw just in case you can’t understand the chorus, it goes ‘and then you really might know what it’s like.’ It’s a song that would actually make the world a better place if people would listen to it and apply it to their lives." . . . → Read More About What It’s Like In the adoption world, Gotcha Day is the day we gotcha, the day we brought our new baby home. I get all teary remembering our two Gotcha Days. Yesterday, December 10th was Mo’s 16th Gotcha Day. To celebrate, Jen made cookies and brought them over. Hey, Jen, we ate every single one immediately, every delicious morsel!!!! Serendipitously, yesterday was also Gotcha Day to pick up our cedulas [SAY-do-lahce, Costa Rica's ID cards]. The cedulas that confirm our legal status as rentistas. We’ve had the appointment for weeks now: 9am at the Immigration Assistant Service’s (IAS and not . . . → Read More About Gotcha Day Glitch 11 December 2007
14 comments - (Comments are closed) Adoption, CR: Bureaucracy, Expat, Legal Arrangements, Living-In, MORGAN, Residency & Visas, Serendipity. . . → Read More About Surviving A Hormone Bath 9 December 2007
3 comments - (Comments are closed) Expat, Festivals & Holidays, Living-In, MORGAN, TeenagersThe boys got home Sunday night – Mo’s 16th birthday. Sixteen. Wow. You don’t think about that when you are holding them in your arms as tiny babies… Now he’s flying auto-gyros. They had a good time, worth the trip: seven hours going (the took the wrong road, one with LOTS of construction), about 4.5 coming back, including two long stops. It’s nice knowing Samara and the Nicoya peninsula is not that far away! Sometimes you need a nice HOT beach weekend… I’ve not been blogging much lately, fixated on creating . . . → Read More About Air Show Photos Hal and Mo went to Samara yesterday to an Air Festival put on by The Flying Crocodile. They drove, took about six hours from what I can figure. Hal emailed me this morning: Hi,Got in yesterday around 5:30. Got to the airport at about sundown. Going there again today. Cell phones don’t work. No AC. No hot water. Paradise just like I remember it. One of us will call if the other is killed in a plane wreck. We both love you.Pura vida,Hal God, what a romantic. Here’s a video of . . . → Read More About Pobrecitos! 1 December 2007
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