Just the thought of our everyday schedules, so many different lives...living in the same world! It's interesting, the fact we ALL have a different outlook on life and our experiences give us the outlook in which we perceive. Good, bad or ugly...it's our story! I'm a Mom, and the day to day tasks seem so similar as the day before! Heck, sometimes it's groundhog day over and over! Didn't I just fold that yesterday? Dishes again??!? Sweeping is an unending task!! All in all, we can easily forget the outside world and what others are living...having Yi Ru stay with us has opened my eyes to her world as a student! Walking and riding the bus from place to place. Nothing in the world holding her back from pursuing her dream! It's perspective and it's two different lives, in the same world.
I'm sitting with Yi Ru discussing the differences of American Agriculture vs. Taiwan. She says, "our fruits and vegetables are so much smaller than America's. Your produce is so much larger and stays fresh longer, so high tech!" As my GMO radar goes off, I'm thinking, "WOW...yes, i'll trade you." High Tech or (poisoned for mass production) but that is another rant for another day and a whole other topic!! I really enjoy watching her learn about America, but I am all the more interested in her world and life outside the U.S.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Sunday, September 29, 2013
One Week.
It's been ONE week. I sit here thinking after much preparation, thought, excitement, uncertainty, and emotion. Was this a GREAT choice for our family?!?!?!? I have come to the conclusion...YES! A God choice, a decision that will forever change my life, my path, my thinking! One that opened my eyes to bigger things, to greater places! Not just any exchange student, we were blessed. A world traveler, a smart and funny, yet intelligent, educated woman! A person with a love for God, a heart for people and a drive for life! I'm excited to journal and talk more about our year with Yi Ru!
A 36 year old Taiwan woman living in our home, we've opened our hearts, and our lives. This is the best decision I feel, we've ever made for OUR little family and for our children! (Paisley really thinks she has a new playmate, living in the next room over). The things I have learned from this woman in just ONE week. I've had late night talks over high class Taiwan tea, making fried rice or teaching me how to make french bread, her love for travel is inspiring! She has traveled 20 countries ALONE. Learning her culture has been enlightening and has me excited to experience life outside the U.S.
Join me on this journey, this is our story of two world's in ONE home.
A 36 year old Taiwan woman living in our home, we've opened our hearts, and our lives. This is the best decision I feel, we've ever made for OUR little family and for our children! (Paisley really thinks she has a new playmate, living in the next room over). The things I have learned from this woman in just ONE week. I've had late night talks over high class Taiwan tea, making fried rice or teaching me how to make french bread, her love for travel is inspiring! She has traveled 20 countries ALONE. Learning her culture has been enlightening and has me excited to experience life outside the U.S.
Join me on this journey, this is our story of two world's in ONE home.
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