Crash Uncle

  • One Year Into Adoption…

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    …and my what a year it has been. I remember watching the movie Hook when I was a kid and for some reason when Captain Hook repeatedly talked about death being the only great adventure, that line always stuck out to me.  I don’t know why that was the case, but as my kids continue…

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  • Getting Through the First Day of Adoption

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    As nice as it would have been to just hang out for the rest of the day, we couldn’t afford to waste any time in getting all of the paperwork done, or in some cases just started, so that we would be able to leave China on time.  So after having a couple of minutes…

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  • Gotcha Day: The Most Emotional Day in an Adoption

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    Gotcha Day is a term that I had never heard before starting the adoption process.  Even when we started to research the adoption process and started to see the term it wasn’t immediately apparent what exactly it was.  Fortunately, the wonder of Google allowed me to quickly discover what exactly it was. Gotcha Day is…

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  • I’m Going to be a Dad Tomorrow…Again

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    I really find it hard to believe that I am actually where I am at right now.  I am laying on a bed in a hotel in Lanzhou, China anxiously awaiting the arrival of my new son tomorrow.   These words may not trip you out as much as me, but in a lot of…

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  • Adoption is a Long Journey That is Worth the Wait

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    I’ve waited a long time to post about this because I really didn’t know what I wanted to say.  Now that we are nearing the end of the process I figured it was as good of a time as any to share a little bit. If you would like to read about the whole process…

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  • Who Would Have Thought Air Could Be Historic?

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    In the continuation of my family’s journey in Asia, Crash Aunt and I took the kids to Osaka (which was very cool) and then today to Hiroshima (which was cool for very different reasons). Whenever we go places I really try and teach my kids about how important the places we visit are in the…

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  • Memories From the Past Can Come Unexpectedly

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    It’s so funny how the most benign things can bring back some of the best memories. As I was driving home tonight I switched CD’s (yes my car only has a CD player because it is old, and yes I still have CD’s because I am old) and put on one of the discs from…

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  • Living the Dream in Alaska

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    Often times when someone asks me how I am doing I give the response that I am living the dream.  Oftentimes that is interpreted as a negative thing, and while sometimes that is exactly what I am trying to say, most of the time it is really just something quick to say in response than…

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  • Things That Make a Daddy Cry

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    It is Father’s Day here in Japan, and by the time most of you read this it will be Father’s Day in the US as well. So first let me say thank you to all of the Fathers in my life. I can’t begin to list the amazing men that have influenced me since I…

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