Hi folks, it's been a while since I've posted. I've been working seeking to find different housing for my parents, had another round with the doctor and hideous medication for a sinus infection. Still at this time of year, I am thankful for many things. I have been blessed beyond measure being the father of our daughter whom we adopted in March, 2008. Tian turns 10 in just a few days. I've tried to be subtle about this but few seemed to grasp what I was saying, so here it is in plain English: This Thanksgiving Day, I am thankful that some time early next year, we'll be adding a son to our family. He will be 8 in January and we are excited to welcome him home from Taiwan. http://home.highertech.net/~tstowell/yu-hsuan.htm We got to meet him via Skype a couple of weeks ago and will visit with him again in early December. I captured about 4 minutes of video from the first call. He speaks no English. He speaks the same language our daughter did, but she's lost most of that. Thus in a roundabout way, another branch is grafted into our tree, whose heritage will now by proxy trace back into central New York state. May you find Thanksgiving a time of gathering, a time of remembering and a time of thankfulness for the many blessings in your life today. Tim Stowell Chattanooga

Congratulations Tim! I've been away a great deal for the past six weeks and have a lot of back-logged messages that I'm still reading through. Decided to start with most current and work back. Mary and Patty - congratulations to each of you too on restored health. Being a 10 year cancer survivor is great. And organ donation is an incredible blessing. Sharon - you are in my prayers for all you've been through and will go through. It is a blessing that they found this cancer. My stepfather was a 35 year survivor of very advanced cancer when the diagnosis was made. He often went to meet with people in the hospital after they came out of surgery to encourage them not to give up or give in. He always believed that positive attitude matters a lot in how your body responds to the treatments. Thanksgiving Day is now 30 minutes old out here. I'm visiting family in Nevada. I am so thankful for this list and every one of you who participate. It is by far the richest list that I subscribe to...rich in friendship and support, rich in memories shared, and rich in assistance given. It's difficult to tell from reading the message threads that we actually are far-flung, not only across this country but other countries and continents as well. Thank you all for sharing so much of yourselves with us. It is deeply appreciated and treasured. Tink At 10:20 PM 11/25/2009, you wrote: >Hi folks, it's been a while since I've posted. > >I've been working seeking to find different housing for my parents, >had another round with the doctor and hideous medication for a sinus >infection. > >Still at this time of year, I am thankful for many things. I have >been blessed beyond measure being the father of our daughter whom we >adopted in March, 2008. Tian turns 10 in just a few days. > >I've tried to be subtle about this but few seemed to grasp what I was >saying, so here it is in plain English: > >This Thanksgiving Day, I am thankful that some time early next year, >we'll be adding a son to our family. He will be 8 in January and we >are excited to welcome him home from Taiwan. > >http://home.highertech.net/~tstowell/yu-hsuan.htm > >We got to meet him via Skype a couple of weeks ago and will visit >with him again in early December. I captured about 4 minutes of >video from the first call. He speaks no English. He speaks the same >language our daughter did, but she's lost most of that. > >Thus in a roundabout way, another branch is grafted into our tree, >whose heritage will now by proxy trace back into central New York state. > >May you find Thanksgiving a time of gathering, a time of remembering >and a time of thankfulness for the many blessings in your life today. > >Tim Stowell >Chattanooga > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >NYMADISO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Many thanks for this, Tim. Warm wishes and please keep us "posted". Debbie Zorach On Nov 26, 2009, at 1:20 AM, Timothy Stowell wrote: > Hi folks, it's been a while since I've posted. > > I've been working seeking to find different housing for my parents, > had another round with the doctor and hideous medication for a > sinus infection. > > Still at this time of year, I am thankful for many things. I have > been blessed beyond measure being the father of our daughter whom we > adopted in March, 2008. Tian turns 10 in just a few days. > > I've tried to be subtle about this but few seemed to grasp what I was > saying, so here it is in plain English: > > This Thanksgiving Day, I am thankful that some time early next year, > we'll be adding a son to our family. He will be 8 in January and we > are excited to welcome him home from Taiwan. > > http://home.highertech.net/~tstowell/yu-hsuan.htm > > We got to meet him via Skype a couple of weeks ago and will visit > with him again in early December. I captured about 4 minutes of > video from the first call. He speaks no English. He speaks the same > language our daughter did, but she's lost most of that. > > Thus in a roundabout way, another branch is grafted into our tree, > whose heritage will now by proxy trace back into central New York > state. > > May you find Thanksgiving a time of gathering, a time of remembering > and a time of thankfulness for the many blessings in your life today. > > Tim Stowell > Chattanooga > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYMADISO- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Congratulations, Tim. Truly a Thanksgiving Day for you, your wife and little Tian! And it will be a Truly Happy New Year for all of you when your son arrives. God Bless All Of You, Carol ---- Timothy Stowell <tstowell@chattanooga.net> wrote: > Hi folks, it's been a while since I've posted. > > I've been working seeking to find different housing for my parents, > had another round with the doctor and hideous medication for a sinus infection. > > Still at this time of year, I am thankful for many things. I have > been blessed beyond measure being the father of our daughter whom we > adopted in March, 2008. Tian turns 10 in just a few days. > > I've tried to be subtle about this but few seemed to grasp what I was > saying, so here it is in plain English: > > This Thanksgiving Day, I am thankful that some time early next year, > we'll be adding a son to our family. He will be 8 in January and we > are excited to welcome him home from Taiwan. > > http://home.highertech.net/~tstowell/yu-hsuan.htm > > We got to meet him via Skype a couple of weeks ago and will visit > with him again in early December. I captured about 4 minutes of > video from the first call. He speaks no English. He speaks the same > language our daughter did, but she's lost most of that. > > Thus in a roundabout way, another branch is grafted into our tree, > whose heritage will now by proxy trace back into central New York state. > > May you find Thanksgiving a time of gathering, a time of remembering > and a time of thankfulness for the many blessings in your life today. > > Tim Stowell > Chattanooga > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYMADISO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Oh Tim! I am truly happy for you and your family. I thought this was what you were hinting at a while back. How very exciting. We will look forward to hearing more as things develop. Thanks again for your work on this list and all your efforts in keeping it operating. Sharon, I want to add my prayers and wishes for your swift recovery. What a blessing to have discovered the colon cancer and now move forward with healing. If you want someone to visit with off list, please feel free. Thank you for your willingness to do look ups for so many people! Tink, I want to thank you not only for your concern and kind words on Thanksgiving Day, but your generosity and interest in helping so many people with their research. You add so much depth to this list. Thank you for the time you invest in making that effort, it enriches us all. To each of you . . . I hope you take time to reflect on your blessings on this Thanksgiving Day. Best wishes for the coming holidays and into the new year. Thanks to you all - Jana On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 12:20 AM, Timothy Stowell <tstowell@chattanooga.net>wrote: