David's very own Blog: May 2009

Sunday, May 31, 2009

Yellow Bus

For almost 19 years (since John was 3 in Euless) we have had a school bus come by our house to take John to school.

John still refers to the bus as 'Yellow Bus' and through the years, that is what I call a school bus also.

The school bus will make its last stop at our house next Wednesday, June 3, 2009. It is definitely an end of an era for us.

It is going to be very difficult to explain to John why there isn't going to be any more high school, summer school, and of course, no more yellow bus.

Quote from a fried

And a former sponsor. "Sometimes all I can do is trust that all is well, even though it's not as I had hoped. On bad days I need only to reflect on the past to know that I am moving in the right direction."

Sunday, May 24, 2009

This American Life: Where’s King Solomon When You Need Him?

I was listening to this today on my way to and back from church on my iPod. It was heartbreaking.

I think that this will extra meaning to those who have an LDS (Mormon) background.

Reporter Ted Gesing interviews Mike Nyberg about adopting a little girl from Samoa, only to learn over time that her Samoan family had no intention of giving her up for adoption. The US adoption agency had told the Nybergs that their adoption would be closed, and that their little girl Elleia had been living in a foster home waiting for adoptive parents; but in Samoa, Elleia’s parents were told that their daughter could come to the US and receive a better education, and that the adoptive family would send money and regular updates on their daughter’s progress. The whole situation leaves the Nybergs trying to find their way through sticky moral territory. (31 minutes)