That's the news and we are outta here...

Later today we'll start our trek home. This part of our journey is over. We are eager to start the next leg of our journey together as a complete family, me, Dawn, Grace and Olivia. We're not sure where life's path will take us but we know it will be the four of us together making the trip.

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China has been wonderful and has given us a blessing and a precious gift in Olivia. Although this land is foreign to us it will always be part of our family. I hope one day we will come back to visit, when Olivia is old enough to understand.

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Overall the people here have been kind, patient and friendly. Their customs and way of life can be very different at times (notice the women with swords or the playground equipment designed to be adult exercise equipment). They have been far more patient with our inability to speak Chinese than Americans are to folks who don't speak English. The old and young are the most fun of all. Both curious and friendly. Wishing us well and thanking us for giving this child a future.

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So from the Corleys we say thank you and we love you to all of our friends and family and to China we say goodbye, for now, and thank you for letting us have our dream.

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(Old guy wearing an ipod, dancing on the river bank)