Alan and I are proud to welcome our first child into our as-yet un-mutual home!!

Her name is Gem. She lives in the Philippines, and we've agreed to fund her education for the next few years so she can finish school (See Compassion sidebar below and to the right). Alan helped me go through the pages of older girls and find the perfect child for us...and her birthday is the day before mine!

My last child from India graduated from her double major this week, and we got to choose a new child!

I love these days!