Wish #14 & 15

Wishes 14 & 15 are from our good friends Robin and Clint. They actually provided us with 4 fabrics and four wishes from the two of them and their beautiful family. The first two are poems from unknown authors.  They are both some fitting and very appreciated.

Wish #13

Wish #13 is another wish from Kate Dutler.  This wish is for Baby Bo to see many miracles in her life.  I love it!

Wish #12

Wish #12 comes from Kate Dutler.  Her wish is to follow the Lord and walk in righteousness.  This would be a wish I would want from her too.  I also hope she could walk in those shoes!

Wish #11

Wish 11 is from Josh and Dani who are dear friends of Brian and I.  In this wish they share the Marianne Williamson's, "Our Deepest Fear".  My favorite line is, "We were born to make manifest the Glory of God within us. It is not just in some; it is in everyone."

Wish #10

After a difficult few weeks.  The wishes are back.  Thanks to all my family for the support.

Wish #10 comes from the Merrill family who with miss having as our neighbors.  I love her poem.  Precious one- so small, so sweet. Dancing in on angel feet. Straight from Heavens brightness. What a miracle you are!

Wish #9

Wish #9 is from the Newbolds, who mean more to me than I could ever express.  Their wish is a Buddha proverb: You, yourself, as much as anyone in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.

Earlier this week my Nana was able to join my Baba in Heaven.  I miss her so much already.  I am confident that she is dancing up a storm and enjoying the reunion with so many family and friends who love her.  I am so grateful for all the support over the last few days.  We love you Nana!

Wish #8

Emily wishes she will play in the snow and learn to ski which may be hard to do in Arizona.  She also has a wish that we will be matched by Christmas.  I pray her wish comes true!

Wish #7

Kate can't wait for her to come home and play princess with her!

Wish #6

This wish has become the most surprising wish yet.  Brian's mother created a wish from his Grandma Nulph who passed away 10 years ago.  She was able to provide us with fabric Grandma Nulph purchased over forty years ago for a baby quilt she was never able to make.  We are looking forward to making our quilt with her precious fabric.  We miss her.

Wish #5

This wish comes from the Orme Family.  They will be her Great Aunt, Uncle, and cousins.  They included Legacy of Adopted Child Poem as their wish.  This is a perfect way to describe many of our thoughts and feelings.  She will have love from both her biologic family and her adopted family.  We are grateful for all the love she is already receiving.

Wish #4

Wish #4 is from Aunt and Uncle to be Michelle and Curtis. Their wish included sharing Galatians 5: 22-23. We absolutely love the fabric! Thanks Curt and Michelle!!

Wish #3

Wish #3 comes from Grandma and Grandpa Bolander, who are already Great Grandma and Great Grandpa to many others.  They shared the following quote, "Babies. . . are bits of stardust blown from heaven to fill our hearts with hope and love."  We love you Grandma and Grandpa!

First Wishes

The first wishes come from Brian's parents.  They wished for our baby to find joy and happiness as part of an eternal family.  They also shared a poem that has become dear to my heart, "A Red Thread to Asia".  I plan to hang this in her room.  I am so grateful for all of the support and love form those that are participating and we are planning on posting a wish a day until all of them have been shared.  We love you.

Bai Jia Bei

Below is the letter we want all of our family and friends to read and be a part of!

To Our Family and Friends,

As many of you know, Brian and I are adopting a baby (or two) from Taiwan. Recently we were informed that it may be another 6 months until we are matched with our new baby. In the meantime we are trying to keep ourselves busy and distracted as the waiting gets harder and harder. We would like all of you to become part of our wait and help us to develop a generational keepsake.

Many of the families adopting from China and Taiwan have a tradition to welcome the new addition home. This tradition started during the Qing Dynasty, when the Empress had a robe made for her son with the best silks of the 100 most powerful families to protect him. Today, this tradition has evolved into 100 different fabrics from family and friends to create a quilt of good wishes. We would love to do this for our little one. This is called a “Bai Jia Bei” (100 families quilt) or better known as “100 Good Wishes Quilt”. This quilt will decorate her wall, cover her bed, and eventually be passed down through her generations. We need your help to honor a tradition from her home land and welcome her to her new home from all those that love her.

If you would like to participate, below is the list of what to do:

1. Please select a fabric. We would love her quilt to match her room with prints/colors in the red, yellow, or brown shades. If you find the perfect fabric outside of this color scheme, then she will love it and we will make anything work. Pick something that is meaningful.

2. Please wash the fabric prior to cutting.

3. Cut 9” square to be used for the quilt and a smaller piece to be attached to your wish.

4. MAKE YOUR WISH: Be creative and send a decorated page or plain note (no bigger than an 8 x 8) containing your good wish, prayer, quote, lyric, poem, or other thought that you want to give her. Please attach a scrap of your chosen fabric to your wish. Use the great scrapbooking skills I know you all have. Please remember to include names with your wish and for family include your relationship to her (aunt, uncle, cousin, etc.). For families, the fabric can be from one member or individually. We need 100! These written wishes will be placed in a custom photo album so she will know how much she was loved before she ever came home to all of us.

5. Mail your fabric to our address. If you do not have this, leave a comment and I will email it to you.

I know we all have busy schedules, but we hope to get all the fabric pieces together as soon as possible so we can finish the quilt before she comes home. Please send them to us no later than Oct. 1. Rather you participate in this quilt with us or not, please include her in your prayers that she will come home soon.

Please continue to follow our adoption blog at bolanders.blogspot.com. We will post each of the fabrics and share all the good wishes. We will also keep you updated as the quilt comes together. Thank you so much for all of your love and support.