MO
This past school year we have had an additional family member. Mo has been with us since last September. She is from Beijing, China. She is 17 years old and has been attending high school here in Dodgeville. She has been here on a foreign exchange program and now, we can't believe that her time with us is almost over!!!!!
It seems like just yesterday we picked her up at the Madison airport and she hopped in our big, honkin' white, 12 passenger van and became a part of our lives. She is a huge part of our family now and will leave a BIG hole when she leaves.
Mo has been such a positive, happy person and has added so much to our family. Just last night she and Alex gave us a rousing performance on their recorders! I will sure miss our conversations while she helps me make dinner. I will miss her playing her favorite song "Hey Jude" on the piano. I will miss seeing her and Nathan playing softball in the field together. I will miss her playing with the twins and doing their hair. I will miss her willingness to try almost anything---even cayenne pepper. I will miss the eggs she makes every morning for breakfast and I will miss her eggs and tomatoes she makes for dinner. I will miss eating potstickers with her. I will miss the kindness she always shows her roomate, Mariah . I will miss helping her with her homework. I will miss the way she can wholeheartedly laugh at herself when she makes a mistake. I will miss asking her a hundred questions about China and I will miss hearing all the answers she gives. I will miss her adventurous spirit and excitement about trying something new---like basketball, softball, jewelery making, scrapbooking, playing "Ticket to Ride", quilting, and all our strange American food. I will miss our long talks in Chinglish (half English, half Chinese--o.k., mostly English) and I will miss her beautiful smile and hearty laugh.
Mo has been such a great sport being a part of our busy, active family. She is an only child in China. But now has 6 siblings to call her own! It has not always been easy for her but her positive attitude and perserverence has been a great example to our family. She has even happily endured 3+ hours of church with us every week! What a champ! I admire her so much and am so grateful she came to us and trusted us to take care of her for this short amount of time. I will always treasure this time and I look forward to seeing what she does in the future. She is an amazing girl! The sky is the limit with this young one!
It seems like just yesterday we picked her up at the Madison airport and she hopped in our big, honkin' white, 12 passenger van and became a part of our lives. She is a huge part of our family now and will leave a BIG hole when she leaves.
Mo has been such a positive, happy person and has added so much to our family. Just last night she and Alex gave us a rousing performance on their recorders! I will sure miss our conversations while she helps me make dinner. I will miss her playing her favorite song "Hey Jude" on the piano. I will miss seeing her and Nathan playing softball in the field together. I will miss her playing with the twins and doing their hair. I will miss her willingness to try almost anything---even cayenne pepper. I will miss the eggs she makes every morning for breakfast and I will miss her eggs and tomatoes she makes for dinner. I will miss eating potstickers with her. I will miss the kindness she always shows her roomate, Mariah . I will miss helping her with her homework. I will miss the way she can wholeheartedly laugh at herself when she makes a mistake. I will miss asking her a hundred questions about China and I will miss hearing all the answers she gives. I will miss her adventurous spirit and excitement about trying something new---like basketball, softball, jewelery making, scrapbooking, playing "Ticket to Ride", quilting, and all our strange American food. I will miss our long talks in Chinglish (half English, half Chinese--o.k., mostly English) and I will miss her beautiful smile and hearty laugh.
Mo has been such a great sport being a part of our busy, active family. She is an only child in China. But now has 6 siblings to call her own! It has not always been easy for her but her positive attitude and perserverence has been a great example to our family. She has even happily endured 3+ hours of church with us every week! What a champ! I admire her so much and am so grateful she came to us and trusted us to take care of her for this short amount of time. I will always treasure this time and I look forward to seeing what she does in the future. She is an amazing girl! The sky is the limit with this young one!
I Love you, Mo!
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