Dear God,
You know that I like to read PostSecret on Sundays, however I found this secret to be unusually scary since I have to fly on Wednesday. And God, you know how much I just LOVE to fly. So dear God, please don’t let me be this guy or girl’s death buddy. Just sayin…I don’t want to be that kind of friend. I personally would like to live through my flight.
Thanks God!
It’s hard to believe that a year has gone by! One year ago, in the early, early morning hours of the 11th, we took off for Hong Kong and began a life long adventure in raising and loving Catherine. I still remember the trip like it was yesterday. The excitement, the stress, the anticipation, the fear of flying such a long distance, the relief of finally landing, and even more excitement. It still gives me goosebumps to think about it. It happened so fast that sometimes it feels like a dream. We had such a good time in both Hong Kong and Mainland China. I would go back in a heartbeat and I really hope to bring Catherine back for a heritage tour one days.
For those of you who are still waiting to go, the best piece of advice I got was to make sure I ‘took everything in.’ For me that meant pausing in my head for a bit and just looked around and soaked up all of the sights and smells. I had so many of those ‘pause’ moments and I really believe that is why I still have so many vivid memories and the trip wasn’t such a blur. Soak it all in!
