Heather in Neverland
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No, I don't think she is Canadian. Pretty sure, she is American.
I am alive and well. Thank you for asking.
Everyone here is completely perplexed. The Malaysian authorities look like bumbling fools on the news here. It is just awful.
I realize I am no expert but I don't get it... Google Earth can zoom in on the most obscure house on the planet...our emails and phone calls are being constantly tracked... the other day I looked up an item on amazon and the next day it showed up as an advertisement in my FB feed... the earth is surrounded by satellites ...and airplanes are designed TO BE TRACKED... how can it just disappear???? We seem to be able to track anyone and anything yet a giant airplane just disappears? At 35,000 feet?
All this nonsense about how they think they found a piece of debris, but they are not sure, they can't see it very well, it might be a door, oh wait, it's not...etc. Hello? Binoculars anyone? Telescopes? We can see MARS but we can't tell if something is a big airplane door floating in the water? And they need hours and hours and hours to figure it out?
I have been through immigration in the KL airport MANY times. They scan your passport barcode AND take your thumbprints on some electronic device AND take your picture. How did those passports not get flagged as stolen? And they "think" the people using the stolen passports are not "Asian-looking"? They think???
I'm sorry but this makes no sense to me.
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Started reading:
The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking by Oliver Burkeman
Still reading:
Follow Me by David Platt
Finished reading:
1. The Curiosity by Stephen Kiernan (AVERAGE)
2. The Last Time I Saw Paris by Lynn Sheene (GOOD)
3. Unwind by Neal Shusterman (EXCELLENT)
4. The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty (EXCELLENT)
5. The Rage Against God: How Atheism Led Me to Faith by Peter Hitchens (AMAZING)
6. Champion by Marie Lu (PRETTY GOOD)
7. Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink (INCREDIBLE)
8. Cultivating Christian Character by Michael Zigarelli (HO-HUM)
9. Detroit: An American Autopsy by Charlie LeDuff (um...WOW. So amazing and sad)
10. Pressure Points: Twelve Global Issues Shaping the Face of the Church by JD Payne (SO-SO)
11. The Happiness Project: Or Why I spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun. by Gretchen Rubin (GOOD)
12. Reading and Writing Across Content Areas by Roberta Sejnost (SO-SO)
13. Winter of the World by Ken Follet (PRETTY GOOD)
14. The School Revolution: A New Answer for our Broken Education System by Ron Paul (GREAT)
15. Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen (LOVED IT)
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The two stolen passport holders bought their tickets together from China Southern Airlines using Thai Baht to purchase. They were due to fly on to Amsterdam from Beijing. There is also evidence that the plane went off course and began to turn back towards KL before disappearing but did not radio in their change of course.
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Recent news suggests that the lack of a debris field might point to the fact that an explosion did not occur (I.e., a bomb). The Vietnamese military has spotted two oil slicks, and as I said, no debris field around those oil slicks. An Air Force officer indicated in the news a few minutes ago that the oil slick and no debris field point to possibly crashing into the South China Sea.....which does not mean that the aircraft was not forced down in a terrorist act. (I do not know how to do smilies on my ipad but I am heartbroken about all this).
Malaysia Airlines has an excellent safety record according what I have heard last night and this morning and the Boeing 777 has a good safety record. The crew was, from what I have learned, extremely experienced.
This hits so close to home because of the affection our family has for Heather and her family when they visited and we got to know each other.......actually, it was like we had always known each other. It was fascinating to hear them speak of Malaysia and how they dispelled all of our incorrect ideas about that part of the world. Additionally, because of heather and Co., ds13 is doing his Adopt a Country semester long project on Malaysia. He and I have learned so much about this beautiful country in the past couple of months......history, geography. As we listen to the news, we know where every location is.
Prayers for everyone affected by this terrible event.
Thank you for these kind words. People here are stunned. My friend was at the KL airport, flying Malaysia Air but going to the states, when this happened. She witnessed the tears and screaming of the families. It was horrible.
We fly Malaysia Air all the time. We have friends who are pilots here. We have walked that same KL terminal more times than I can count. It is so sad.
Malaysia Air is well-known for its safety record and is a respected airlines. What I have read states that both stolen passports that were used were stolen in Thailand. That doesn't surprise me. The Thai-Malaysia border is known for terrorist cells. We get warnings from the consulate all the time not to travel in that area.
I am heart-broken for all those that lost their lives and the families left to mourn them. I am heart-broken for my adopted country and its people who try so hard to live peaceful lives surrounded by countries embroiled in conflict and terrorism.
It's just tragic.
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I had a Littermaid when I was in the states and it was amazing!
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Did anyone else watch it? I think it might be my favorite Revolution episode ever!
I figured out the general idea from the beginning but the twist at the end got me.
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Oh boy can I relate. I consider myself a conservative Christian, but conservative Christians think I am way too liberal. :)
My oldest ds was interested in a girl at school until her parents found out that he had Pokemon cards when he was a kid and plays videogames. She had to stop talking to him. Seriously.
I am Reformed and pretty orthodox (with a small o not a big O) in my beliefs but I am not against alcohol and let a swear word fly now and then. My dh watches Breaking Bad (or did) so apparently we are going to hell in a hand basket. I am a YEC but don't care if you are or not. I can go either way on infant baptism and I don't think too hard on the communion thing either. I have my beliefs but I wouldn't break fellowship with you because you disagree. In fact, my two best friends are atheist and Jewish.
But the non-Christians don't want me around either because I am too conservative, libertarian, against abortion and gay marriage and rampant gun ownership, etc. So I am not welcome at their parties and have been told as much.
To top it all off, I work full-time and my kids take some classes at school and homeschool for others. So I get dogged out for not being a REAL homeschooler or a SAHM.
I don't fit in with any of the gluten-free crunchy people or the waldorf-y people because I use some textbooks and let my kids eat McDonalds.
I literally fit in NOWHERE.
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I have an iPad with kindle app and I am a new amazon prime member. But I don't have a kindle so I can't use the kindle owner's lending library. The cheap kindle is on sale today for $49. Is the lending library worth it? Is there enough selection? Should I get a cheap kindle to take advantage of the lending library?
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Yes, I have. It has been really great!
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All. The. Time.
I have perpetual wanderlust.
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Started reading:
Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen
Follow Me by David Platt
Still reading:
The School Revolution: A New Answer for our Broken Education System by Ron Paul
Finished reading:
1. The Curiosity by Stephen Kiernan (AVERAGE)
2. The Last Time I Saw Paris by Lynn Sheene (GOOD)
3. Unwind by Neal Shusterman (EXCELLENT)
4. The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty (EXCELLENT)
5. The Rage Against God: How Atheism Led Me to Faith by Peter Hitchens (AMAZING)
6. Champion by Marie Lu (PRETTY GOOD)
7. Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink (INCREDIBLE)
8. Cultivating Christian Character by Michael Zigarelli (HO-HUM)
9. Detroit: An American Autopsy by Charlie LeDuff (um...WOW. So amazing and sad)
10. Pressure Points: Twelve Global Issues Shaping the Face of the Church by JD Payne (SO-SO)
11. The Happiness Project: Or Why I spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun. by Gretchen Rubin (GOOD)
12. Reading and Writing Across Content Areas by Roberta Sejnost (SO-SO)
13. Winter of the World by Ken Follet (PRETTY GOOD)
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I can (and have) watched the same episodes of Barney, Blue'sClues and Dora more times than I can count and repeatedly watched the same kids movies (I think I can quote every word of Nemo). That doesn't seem to bug me. But candyland... Oh how I hate candyland. And chutes and ladders. Aaahhhh!!!!
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What a depressing thread.
Really? Because the responses are making me literally laugh out loud!
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I've gone in waves. I was indifferent as a child.
Then in grade 6 I had this teacher who thought it was hilarious to say "Heather Feather, how's the weather?" Every single day. So I hated my name.
As a teenager and in college I thought it was kind of cute and sexy.
In my 30's I didn't like it because I was trying to build my career and I thought Heather was either a child's name or a stripper's name and no one would take me seriously with a name like that.
Now that I am in my 40's I am back to being indifferent.
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As I sat tonight playing candyland with my daughter for the gajillionth time I started to think about how many times I have played this game since I became a parent. I couldn't even begin to calculate it.
And I only have 3 kids. I think I am going to lose it if I have to play that game one more time!!! How do those of you with lots of kids not go bonkers playing candyland (or whatever) year after year after year after year....
What game or activity have you been doing with your kids repeatedly for so many years you feel like you might go screaming down the street if you have to do it one more time?
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I feel the same way about Max and Ruby. Where is their mother????Why didn't Dora's parents lose custody?
As for books... My dd's favorite book is "There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly"
I was reading it to her for the bazillionth time the other day and my oldest ds said, "I don't know why she swallowed a fly. perhaps she'll DIE? What kind of book are you reading to my little sister? How is that a book for children?" :)
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I am going to Sydney the first week of May for a work conference. I will have one full day to myself to sightsee as well as two additional evenings. It will either be me by myself or possibly with some colleagues (no dh or kids).
What should I do with my free time in Sydney? It's not much time but I'd like to see/do something interesting with my time.
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I have lived in NZ for 18 years, and like yours, my children have no real affinity for the US.
We were watching a US superhero movie, in which the hero states that America is the best country in the world. And my ds turns to me and asks "Why is *America* the best country in the world?" This led to a long conversation about patriotism. NZ just doesn't do it like America does. America is just so big that you can travel within it and feel you have seen something so different. In contrast, NZ is so small that every person who can afford it (as in don't buy a house or even a car until you do) is expected to have an 'OE' (overseas experience) where you live and work overseas for 2 years. There was even an OE stamp a few years back with the tag line 'kiwis take on the world.' For me personally, I have not met a single kiwi who has not lived abroad at least for a short period.
I agree with you, living abroad changes you forever.
Ruth in NZ
I have a kiwi on staff here doing just that... Having an overseas experience.
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Not everyone can do it but... live abroad. It has changed me and my kids forever. They are very globally-minded. In fact, I worry a bit because they seem to have no real affinity for the U.S. (especially my younger 2) as Malaysia is all they remember. That bums me out a bit. But the upsides are so many, it is worth it.
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That's beautiful, Heather. Do you mind if I share that with my brother's birth mother? She is a part of our lives, and she is a dear.
For many years my brother's bio-mom's daughter (by a later marriage) could not understand why her mom was unmoveable on the idea that abortion could be excused in cases of rape or other travesties. Then my brother came back into his bio-mom's life at the encouragement of our mom. :-) Now the daughter understands: sometimes horror can be redeemed through God's grace, to the unmeasureable blessing of all involved. My brother is a blessing to her family, the way she was to ours 40+ years ago.
Yes, please share it. I didn't write it. It said "anonymous" for the author when it was shared with me and I out it in my son's adoption scrapbook.
Your brother has a wonderful story of God's love and grace!
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I would have to leave the organization on the grounds that they simply annoy me. I might be able to handle it if I were being paid but I refuse to volunteer to be annoyed.
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Five years ago I posted this for my son's 5th birthday. Today he turns 10 years old. I can't believe it. Adoption has been such a gift in my life and I am re-posting this because I always want to remember the sacrifice of his birth-mother....
Thank you for indulging me.
"Five years ago today a young woman on the other side of the world....poor, single, scared...give birth to a beautiful baby boy.
Thousands of miles away another mom waited...and checked the mailbox...and waited...and checked her messages...and waited...and prayed for God to answer her prayer for a child.
And He did. Five years ago today my abba father heard my cry and granted my heart's desire and two women's lives were forever changed.
I sometimes wonder if she got to hold him. Did she cry? Does she still? Is she celebrating his birthday today too... if only in her heart?
What an amazing selfless thing to do...to give your child to someone else because you could not care for him. What an amazing gift I have received. My little Korean bundle of joy turns five today. Our Father DOES answer prayer.
Once there were two women who never knew each other.
One you do not remember, the other you call Mother.
Two different lives shaped to make you one.
One became your guiding star, the other became your sun.
The first one gave you life, and the second taught you to live it.
The first gave you a need for love. The second was there to give it.
One gave you a nationality. The other gave you a name.
One gave you a talent. The other gave you aim.
One gave you emotions. The other calmed your fears.
One saw your first sweet smile. The other dried your tears.
One sought for you a home that she could not provide.
The other prayed for a child and her hope was not denied.
And now you ask me, through your tears,
the age-old question unanswered through the years.
Heredity or environment, which are you a product of?
Neither, my darling. Neither. Just two different kinds of Love. "
Malaysia Airlines flight missing
in The Chat Board
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http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/malaysian-military-now-reveals-it-tracked-mh370-to-malacca-straits
"In a strange twist, Malaysia's military believes it tracked the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 by radar over the Strait of Malacca, far from where it last made contact with civilian air traffic control over the Gulf of Thailand. A military source confirmed with Reuters that the Boeing 777-200ER with 239 on board changed course and made it to the other side of the Malay peninsula...
The Berita Harian newspaper was the first to report this development, quoting the Royal Air Force Malaysia (RMAF) chief General Tan Sri Rodzali Daud as saying they tracked the signal to Pulau Perak on the country's west coast.
"The last time the plane could be traced by an air control tower was near Pulau Perak, which is on the Straits of Malacca at 2.40am.
"After that, the signal from the plane was lost," he said.
Incidentally, Malaysia Airlines first statement on the missing jetliner on Saturday said that air traffic controllers lost contact with the plane at 2.40am but it was later corrected to 1.30am."
If this is true then the plane flew right over my house. This whole thing is so bizarre and sad.