Yearly Archives: 2013

Getting her dress on helped her to be ready for going home!

They are going to hurt me

Sunday nights are usually mellow around the Davenport home/asylum. Make it a summer Sunday evening and the kids/inmates are in relaxed and often silly moods. Recently we have taken to attending the Sunday evening service at Watermarke because it better fits our night-owl regiment and puts us in prime seating for our choice of restaurant...
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Three Years Ago Today

It was bumpy ride from the hotel to the Civil Affairs Office of Nanjing filled with lighthearted banter and nervous laughter. The sweet family from Indiana joining us where in the back seat with their first adopted Chinese daughter and we were in the front row. The winding road from paperwork to reality seemed so much...
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Going From Extraordinary to Ordinary

At first glance, saying something has gone from extraordinary to ordinary might sound negative but I challenge you to rewire your thinking and here is why… A family we traveled to China with, Brandi and Brian from South Carolina, returned to China over the holidays to adopt their second daughter. As I looked at those...
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