Swap

Just about to leave to take my cousin to the airport after a wonderful week together... while I'm there, I'll pick up Mary and Justin! What fun to go from one visitor to the next set!

Haven't taken many pictures at all recently, though I am still behind in posting some from our Xi'an trip. I'll try to get to that soon, but will be busy taking Mary and Justin to places they can photograph!

Worlds Collide

Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow morning, my parents will be here! They are ending a 3 week tour of China, and I hope we are the final touch on a great trip for them. We are anxious to hear about all their travels, and of course we are so excited that they will be here with us in our home!

Madelyn said, "I can't believe Grandpa and Grandma came 14 hours just to see us." If only she knew how anxious they are to see her!

Last night I told a friend in Chicago that having my parents here will be having someone from our old life... she said it's like "worlds colliding", to quote a line from Seinfeld. However, unlike George Costanza, for us it will be a good thing to have the worlds colliding. Somehow it validates our life here.

We are hoping that my dad and mom are only the first in a long line of visitors from our "old life." We have too many things on our list of things to do with them to get to them all in just ten days. And there are too many conversations we'll want to have...

Won't some of you come walk the streets of Shanghai with us too?