What an amazing week this has been! We were so honored to have the Dalai Lama visit Boulder Colorado. I took the 3 kids to the morning lecture, and it was a lifetime experience to see him in person, but the sound system was terrible and we had a hard time understanding about 30% of what he was saying. I went home and watched the afternoon session on streaming video, and heard every word. So now I am thinking I should just watch some videos of him speaking. All of us were mesmerized by his lecture about living a compassionate life, and being agents of change for peace and justice, for those less fortunate.
Sophie turned 14 on Friday, and Sunday is her “Finding Day”. She was found on the steps of a public building when she was 2 days old. Today we went to a reunion for kids adopted from China, and it was so fun to be around all the other Chinese adopted girls (and a few boys). Our adoption agency was CCAI and they have expanded beyond China, bringing kids to the US for adoption from Haiti and Eastern Europe. They have brought almost 12K babies and kids to their loving forever homes, since they started their mission. It is great to reconnect with these amazing people! Here is my Adoption Diary in China from April 2003.
For our friends in the UK, gosh you have gone through an emotional roller-coaster this week! I am still planning to come to the Birmingham Festival of Quilts in August (we are sponsoring the VIP lounge, and I am going to be the guide on a bus to the Royal Shakespeare Theater Saturday night!)…so I hope to see many of my friends there on Saturday night or Sunday at the show.
The reservations for the Polar Bear Tour (November) and the Cuban Arts Tour (September) are snapping shut, so if you were thinking of joining us, now is the time to make a phone call and sneak in before the reservation window closes!
Our eQuilter Public GARAGE SALE is going to be on Saturday July 9th, in our new classroom space. If you have a group that wants to make an appointment to preview the sale, we can arrange for you to visit before that date, if you call Dana in Customer Service. We’ve had 3 groups visit and they’ve enjoyed some *awesome* deals, but there is plenty more! Hours and details for the Garage Sale will be forthcoming – watch our newsletters!
I am sad to hear that Bill Cunningham has left us, for the big bicycle ride in the sky…. His fashion photos on the streets of New York City were legendary, all from the vantage point of his bicycle. I will truly miss his observations of fashion wildlife on the streets of the city.
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