tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82952306114199280662024-02-07T19:50:32.046-08:00Carmen Leolani WhiteChris, Heather, Carmen, Trevor and Jake Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06928985898292105981noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295230611419928066.post-28529647349984288592017-05-20T12:18:00.000-07:002017-05-29T14:19:38.813-07:00TEAM CARMEN V - "We Will Never Stop"<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Aloha to our amazing friends and family,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Carmen's 10th birthday was on April 1st. Our beautiful, tough little princess, is part of our life everyday - guiding us and reminding us the importance to live life to its fullest.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This also marks the 5th year since we lost our baby girl to Leukemia and the beginning of the Team Carmen journey. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Last year we scaled things back and had a small team for the San Diego Rock N Roll Marathon, Disney 1/2 Marathon and the Waikaloa Lavaman. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Team Carmen has raised a total of $121,000 for Leukemia Research, thanks to your support. </span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">TEAM CARMEN V is BACK!!!! This year we set our sights on the Portland Marathon - October 8, 2017.</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We have been reminded once again that Leukemia is far from being cured and hope you will continue to join us in this fight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Last year, Darren Miller lost his mother Nancy in the spring of 2016 to Leukemia after complications related to MDS. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Also, Heather's dear friend Kelly and her family lost their wonderful father Dan from complications related to MDS as well. He had been hiking on an annual trip with friends through Death Valley weeks before he passed. He wanted to live his life to the fullest while he was here!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This year....our dear, dear friend Victoria Page and long time supporter of our family and Team Carmen is faced with the reality of this disease. Victoria's 4 year old grandson Henry has been diagnosed with ALL Leukemia and Henry's parents Shelby and Chuck have started their fight to cure Henry. They are such a beautiful and strong family and we know Henry will do wonderfully on treatment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There has been amazing progress made over the years with LLS research. LLS is now a disease that Henry can and will beat. All of this medical progress has been made possible through research and development of Leukemia Lymphoma Society's efforts like Team in Training. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Even though there have been great strides made, there are still 15 children per day in the USA diagnosed with Leukemia. 5,413 children per year, representing 26% of all childhood cancer diagnoses. That is way too many. We will never stop till LLS is cured and parents never have to hear those words again; "your child has Leukemia".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Although we cherish the memories of loved one's who have lost their fight....this year.....Team Carmen V is going to honor Henry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>GO TEAM...LET'S DO THIS.....FOR HENRY. FOR NANCY. FOR DAN.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There are more ways for you to help Team Carmen this year. Of course....your financial support is welcome and truly appreciated. We are also inviting any and all of our friends and family to join us in Portland, October 8th, as part of Team Carmen. Dust off those running shoes and get out there!!!! Run, Walk, Crawl. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Please....if you have any questions about this, send me an email at; chriswhite4@gmail.com</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">Use this link to contribute to Team Carmen: </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://pages.teamintraining.org/gba/portland17/TeamCarmen&source=gmail&ust=1494170806973000&usg=AFQjCNGoOLbVFe9PP6EW6UyjnaUwSDjEyA" href="http://pages.teamintraining.org/gba/portland17/TeamCarmen" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-size: 12.8px;" target="_blank">http://pages.teamintraining.<wbr></wbr>org/gba/portland17/TeamCarmen</a></span><br />
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Chris, Heather, Carmen, Trevor and Jake Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06928985898292105981noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295230611419928066.post-62926328656318720482016-04-01T00:52:00.000-07:002016-04-07T13:14:52.042-07:00Carmen IS!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Beautiful Carmen on her 4th birthday - April 1, 2011</div>
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As I was kissing Jake goodnight this evening I told him Auntie Kristal (who arrived today with Uncle Erich) is my sister. He responded very matter of fact, "Carmen is MY sister!"<br />
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Carmen IS...not was.<br />
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People will often ask me what her name...was. I make sure they know her name IS Carmen.<br />
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Carmen IS our daughter.<br />
She IS the first born of our three inspiring children.<br />
Carmen IS a big sister. She paved the way for Trevor and Jake and turned Chris and I into parents!<br />
She IS a neice, cousin and granddaughter. <br />
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Our family talks about Carmen every single day. We love each other and Carmen more than ever before. <br />
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Trevor and Jake know Carmen is with them guiding and watching out for them all the time. <br />
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When we were enjoying watching the hummingbird babies we all thought of Carmen and how she was right here with us enjoying as well.<br />
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Trevor and I were playing baseball while Jake napped yesterday and a bird flew really close to us. We both very matter of fact said, "hi Carmen!"<br />
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This is because Carmen IS....not was.<br />
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I see her everyday all around me. There are so many beautiful reminders of our sweet fairy girl.<br />
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For all of those reminders, I am so grateful.<br />
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Happy 9th Birthday sweet Carmen Leolani! Our LOVE for you has never been so great. We can never begin to express how grateful we are for the incredible gifts you have given us in this life. We will toast to you, eat a princess cake and play with pink balloons!<br />
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Carmen and Neva Bo July 2011</div>
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Carmen April 2011</div>
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Carmen and Trevor November 2011</div>
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<br />Chris, Heather, Carmen, Trevor and Jake Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06928985898292105981noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295230611419928066.post-29726996158631006412015-12-24T13:55:00.000-08:002015-12-24T13:55:11.126-08:00Merry Christmas Carmen Hi Carmen,<br />
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I wrote the post yesterday about the things Mommy and Daddy are doing for LLS. Team Carmen is still doing its best to contribute in some way to honor you. I know that where you are all of this probably seems a little silly but I hope we are making you proud. After I finished the post I felt a little empty and needed to say more to you.</div>
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I can't believe Christmas and your Mommy's Birthday is tomorrow. This will be our 4th Christmas season without you. Nothing about that seems right. I stare at your stocking and your ornaments on the tree. I remember like it was yesterday how much you loved decorating the Christmas tree - especially the pink ornaments that your Mommy gave you. The way you used to take all the ornaments off the little tree and put them all back on again - over and over.</div>
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A few weeks ago we spent two days at Disneyland. This was the same time of the year that we came in 2012 and 2013. That first year was so tough because, Disneyland was going to be your Make A Wish trip - your wish....."To Dance with a Princess at Christmas in the Snow". Mommy and I found it so difficult to be there without you because we knew how much you would have loved meeting the Princesses and seeing it snow - "Disney style". You are all around us but we would give anything to see the look of wonder on your face and sparkle in your eye. </div>
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As you know, Mommy gave me an amazing gift a few weeks ago. A beautiful painting by our dear friend Lisa Hummell of Carmen's Cove at Hualalai. I love how you, Trevor, Jake and Roxy are in the painting. It melts my heart to look at the painting but I am not sad. I am so thankful that my mind is full of great memories of you at the beach - running, laughing and dancing across the sand Spending hours in the ocean as if you were a mermaid. I know I can play these memories at any time.</div>
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Obviously, the gift that your Mommy and I want more than anything is to have YOU in our arms but that's not going to happen. We are left with our memories and the feeling of you around us always. And...that's okay.</div>
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Merry Christmas Our Sweet Baby Angel</div>
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We love you Carmen.</div>
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Carmen's Cove</div>
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When we moved to California in May, Heather and I were concerned that it would be difficult to keep Team Carmen together. Fortunately, the people at LLS have been wonderful and allowed us to build the team, including multiple events.<br />
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Your support will be greatly appreciated. Click the link to the right if you can support in anyway.<br />
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We have also found that being in California has opened up a lot of other amazing ways we can help support LLS.<br />
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I have been invited to join the Board of Directors for the Orange County Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, with my first task to help the Gala Committee organize their annual fund raising event, which raises over $500K each year to support much needed research.<br />
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LLS has a unique program called "Quest for Cures" which allows a person who has personally raised $50,000 or a team who has raised $100,000 to direct their funds to a specific research project. This was always a goal of Heather and mine, to see if Team Carmen could raise $100K in a year so that we could support research that was reducing the toxicity levels of children's chemotherapy drugs. <br />
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This new gala event that I am involved with is called - "Men and Women of the Year", where 10 people each raise $50,000 and then direct the funds to the specific doctor and research project that they are passionate about. I absolutely LOVE this, as so often we are not sure where our fundraising efforts go.<br />
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As always, it remains a constant struggle for Heather and I, to be involved with LLS and Team in Training. On one hand, we know that we must do what we can to support the elimination of Blood Cancers but on the other hand each and every day we are close to the disease continues to be difficult.<br />
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As a quick update. We are loving our time in California. We miss Hawaii and our friends there everyday but we are happy with our move. Trevor is excelling at school and loving exploring all the options he has in sports and other interests. Jake is thriving and his speech is improving everyday. We found amazing health care for Jake at the LA Children's Hospital is world renown for its work in Craniofacial. <br />
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Trevor's first Ducks game.</div>
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A recent holiday visit to Disney's California Adventure Park</div>
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A rare picture of Heather in front of the camera with the boys at the Nutcraker!!!!</div>
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Batman. Jake has been wearing this cape since October 7th. Everyday!!!!</div>
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Auntie Julia's visit. </div>
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Chris, Heather, Carmen, Trevor and Jake Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06928985898292105981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295230611419928066.post-33272069789437005022015-10-09T10:16:00.000-07:002015-10-09T12:16:17.305-07:00Life means all that it ever meant...I wish it was this easy. The writing below by Henry Scott Holland is helpful on this day but will never, ever take the place of just wanting to give you one more hug and hold you tight.<br />
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We love you so much Carmen Leolani,<br />
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<i>Death is nothing at all. It does not count. I have only slipped away into the next room. Nothing has happened. Everything remains exactly as it was. I am I, and you are you, and the old life that we lived so fondly together is untouched, unchanged. Whatever we were to each other, that we are still. Call me by my name. Speak of me in the easy way which you always used. Put no difference into your tone. Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow. Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes that we enjoyed together. Play, smile, think of me, pray for me. Let my name be ever the household word that it always was. Let it be spoken without an effort, without the ghost of a shadow upon it. Life means all that it ever meant. It is the same as it ever was. There is absolute and unbroken continuity. What is the death but a negligible time? Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight? I am but waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very near, just round the corner. All is well.</i><br />
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<br />Chris, Heather, Carmen, Trevor and Jake Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06928985898292105981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295230611419928066.post-38228269435465991812015-10-04T20:50:00.000-07:002015-10-09T12:25:40.601-07:00Hello again....Aloha everyone,<br />
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What a crazy few months. I noticed our last post was back in February for the Team Carmen golf tournament on Saturday March 7th. It is hard to even fathom how much has changed since March.<br />
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Coincidentally, Saturday March 7th, was also the day I left to begin work at the St. Regis Monarch Beach, in Dana Point, California. At that time, our intent was for me to travel back and forth from California to Hawaii while Trevor finished 1st grade. He was doing so well at Parker and Jake was adjusting tremendously. We felt that it would not be great to interrupt all this progress with a move. <br />
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The Lavaman 2016, took place this year on March 29th. We had another strong showing from Team Carmen, with Carri, Darren and myself traveling from California to compete with the team. As a team we raised over $25,000 for LLS and brought our three year Team Carmen total to $112,000.<br />
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It did not take Heather and I long to realize that being apart was really tough. We made the decision to bump our family move to California up from early June to early May.<br />
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I was able to find us a nice home in a really great area of Laguna Niguel. Close to everything, including work and the beach.<br />
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It has been terrific being so close to Carri, Darren and Jenny now. We have had some fun family times, beach days and nice dinners. <br />
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It did not take us long to become Annual Pass Holders at Disneyland, which is only a 30 minute drive from our house. Long Beach Aquarium, Science and Discovery Center and the Ocean Institute have all been big hits.<br />
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Heather was amazing in getting Trevor into some incredible camps to keep him busy all summer. Mad Science, Pirates Camp, Ocean Institute, Golf Camp, field trips to the San Diego Zoo were all on the agenda for Trevor.<br />
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Part of the tough decision in leaving Hawaii was to seek out improved health care options for little Jake. We loved Parker School, but we also wanted to see if there were other options for education. We are happy to report that we have been rewarded in making this tough decision. <br />
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Orange County and LA is full of great health care an education options. We are so fortunate that Jake was accepted into the Los Angeles Children's Hospital world recognized Craniofacial program lead by Dr Magee, who has traveled the world with "Operation Smile". He has even spoke at the Shanghai Hospital where Jake had his lip and cleft repairs done and may even know some of the Doctors who saw Jake. It was so reassuring to hear from Dr. Magee that Jake's surgery was done extremely well and that there are no issues we need to worry about, in the near future. #1 for Jake the next year is speech, speech, SPEECH! <br />
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We were also extremely lucky to literally of won the lottery in having Trevor accepted into a terrific Charter School called Community Roots Academy. It has a unique way of teaching called "project based learning" that seems to work perfectly with how Trevor thinks and learns. It has been so wonderful for Trevor to be accepted for who he is and have teachers who help him to soar to even greater heights. We have seen such a positive change in him since he began this new school.<br />
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Jake is going to an amazing little preschool two days a week, called Community Seedlings (affiliated with Trevor's school). Heather also has Jake busy with his Speech Therapy, Music Together and other fun activities!<br />
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Trevor is back into Soccer and doing really well. He has also been doing great with ice skating and hockey. He has only been on skates for a few month but is doing great! <br />
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I have got myself back into playing hockey as well. It has been hit and miss trying to find a team but it should all work out soon.<br />
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Heather has found a Tap Dancing class, which is so cool!!!!<br />
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We have been fortunate to have a lot of out of town visitors since we arrived in May. Wendy, Jack & Elle, Kelly, Jed and kids, Ally, Laurent and kids, Auntie Debbie, Jenn and Nick and Grandma & Grandpa White<br />
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Our family had some sad news this summer when Roxy become suddenly sick and passed over. Unfortunately, Roxy had been living with a few tumors on her liver but she showed no signs of any pain or discomfort right up until her last day with us. <br />
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We have a few important days coming up for our family. <br />
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Jake will be celebrating his third birthday on October 8th.<br />
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October 9th is Carmen's third angel day.<br />
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We are looking forward to celebrating these incredible days as a family.<br />
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I hope our next post will be a lot sooner!!<br />
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We love all of you.<br />
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Team White<br />
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Family photo shoot before we left Hawaii</div>
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Brisebois family visit. Day at Disneyland</div>
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Friends for Life<br />
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Uncle Darren and Auntie Carri<br />
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Elle and Jack - Aloha<br />
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Kelly, Jed and Family<br />
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Great friends!!!!</div>
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First baseball game. Los Angeles Angels</div>
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More of the game with Dana Campbell</div>
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Incredible night with Dave Matthews<br />
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Trevor going to golf camp is a lot cooler than me back in a suit. </div>
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Heather's recent visit to Portland</div>
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Grandma Sandy</div>
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Uncle Lance</div>
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Mountain top hike in Palm Springs. </div>
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8,500 feet above Palm Springs.</div>
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Jake doing his hearing test</div>
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Trevor all geared up. In Daddy's jersey from when he was 7 years old. Thanks Mom for saving.<br />
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So many memories rushing back<br />
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Family pass holders!!!! <br />
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Salt Creek Beach Day</div>
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An amazing visit with Auntie Debbie</div>
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A great visit. A tough good-bye. So great to be so close now.</div>
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Programming the Rover. Thanks Auntie Debbie</div>
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Trevor on the Blue Sharks</div>
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Crazy Hair Day at Community Roots Academy</div>
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Bat Boy!!!!! Amazing costume by Grandma White</div>
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Chris, Heather, Carmen, Trevor and Jake Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06928985898292105981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295230611419928066.post-41882511004358318492014-10-19T10:45:00.001-07:002014-10-19T10:45:46.789-07:00Jake is in the House!!!!Aloha Everyone,<br />
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Where has the time gone. Oh yeah....we went from not have a two year old to having one literally over night. We have not had a moment since bringing Jake back from China to give you an update and post more photo's.<br />
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What a strange, strange trip it has been.<br />
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The days of being in China, touring the Great Wall and seeing the sites of Beijing were blown into a million pieces the day we laid eyes on Jake. He has rocked our world in all the right ways, making himself at home as a proud, new member of Team White.<br />
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It has almost been 4 months since Jake was drafted to the team and it feels like he has been with us forever.<br />
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Heather and I, did the best to prepare ourselves for the reality of welcoming a 21 month orphan into our family. Advice from books and on-line, spend a lot of time focusing on the negative aspects of our situation. Pointing out the disillusionment, confusion, abandonment issues that a situation like this could have understandably impacted a small child. As they say....prepare for the worst and hope for the best.<br />
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Well....I am so happy to report to all of you...that we are experiencing the "best" - big time. Jake is such a little smoochy, snuggly, lovey boy. He is quick to laugh and absolutely adores his big brother. He is sleeping, eating well and doing all the things you would expect from any 2 year old.<br />
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We are also happy to report that his health is excellent. A recent full medical assessment of Jake revealed that the work on his cleft lip and pallet in China was excellent. And..although we were told he was hearing impaired this has turned out to not be the case. Jake certainly has a tough road ahead of him, including more surgeries and speech therapy but he is in excellent health. As the doctor said to us....."He should focus on just being a happy little boy".<br />
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Below is series of images of the rest of our trip to China and more recent images of Jake and the family. You will notice, there are not too many "tourist" pictures. It just wasn't that sort of trip. After meeting Jake, we embarked on a series of busy days of paperwork and official business combined with a lot of bonding as a new family;<br />
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Jake's first plane ride to Guangzhou. </div>
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Hello Four Seasons Hotel Guangzhou. Took as little while to adjust to the floor to ceiling windows on the 91st floor </div>
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Heather: "Those windows aren't going to fall out are they?? Chris: "NO!!!" </div>
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Incredible Buddhist Temple. One of the oldest, and most important temple in South China </div>
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A very special and rare chance to meet the leader of the temple and one of the most revered Monks in China. Of course......he walked right up to Trevor out of hundreds of tourists. That's how Trevor rolls. </div>
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It does not show it in the picture but many people were crowding around absolutely amazed that the leader was taking this rare time to reach out to boy. </div>
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Oh Trevor. You are one special boy. </div>
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Ancient art. Stunning!!! </div>
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An ancient family temple. One family built this in the 1300's to provide a fortress and place of worship for their entire family. It was incredible and in perfect condition. </div>
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Brother's </div>
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On a Pearl River Cruise with the entire Adoption Group </div>
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Friends! </div>
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Beautiful Guangzhou Pearl River Front. Our hotel is the 100 foot tower with the horizontal lights. The hotel was from the 70th to 100th floor. </div>
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Pearl Tower </div>
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The group waiting for medical approval to travel </div>
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Happy Birthday Trevor. You get a BROTHER for your birthday present </div>
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Happy Birthday </div>
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Getting a full night sleep has not been a problem for Jake since day 1. </div>
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We were definitely a "scene" at the Four Seasons Hotel Guangzhou. Trevor made friends with all the beautiful women.</div>
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Handsome dude </div>
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The full group and their new additions </div>
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Dinner....seriously! </div>
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Our first night out with Jake to a real "Food" Restaurant. Do you call it Chinese Food when you are in China????? </div>
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All the kiddos </div>
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Exploring a cool Museum. It is amazing just how old and significant China is. </div>
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This is the one toy that came with Jake. A toy from 7/11.. </div>
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Our room number in Guangzhou. 10/9. </div>
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70th to 100th floor attrium </div>
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Very cool art in the lobby </div>
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Trevor saying farewell to our incredible Guangzhou guide </div>
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Our dear friend at the Four Seasons Hotel Guangzhou. </div>
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Our last day. Driving through Hong Kong </div>
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<br />Chris, Heather, Carmen, Trevor and Jake Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06928985898292105981noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295230611419928066.post-4477258052195002652014-10-18T18:00:00.000-07:002014-10-18T18:00:10.592-07:00I Miss You So Much<span class="userContent">Aloha Carmen,</span><br />
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<span class="userContent">It's Daddy. I miss you so much. I just want to see your smile and shining eyes like in this picture. Your smile and eyes always gave so much love without you saying a word. </span><br />
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are gone and not coming home. Some days when I drive down the drive way after work, I think you are going to come bolting out the front door to greet me. Or run to me yelling for me to spin you around like a fairy. Then my mind remembers seeing you take your last breath and then I realize this is never going to happen. Those final minutes your Mommy and I had with you still beckon so many questions, bringing out feelings of anger and putting me in a place I do not like to be.</span></span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show">At the same time, I know you are where you are suppose to be. The transition for you was as it should have been. It is your Mommy and I, who have to deal with the fact that you are no longer with us the way we want. We know you are still with us every second, just in a different way but it is so incredibly hard to stay in this space when so many influences in life pull us out of this higher vibration.</span></span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> Mommy continues to be so strong and finds amazing ways to keep our family strong. She keeps in touch with other Mommy's who have experienced the loss of a child and tries to find ways to help and relate. There seem to be an endless amount of stories out there of sweet little babies like you who are ripped from their parents hearts. When Mommy tells me about the new stories of parents having to cope with their loss my heart hurts as I know too well the journey they are on. Mommy also tries to keep herself engaged with parents who are experiencing their child's battle with Cancer. I can not help but feel a bit of jealously when I hear the stories because even though they are fighting the fight of their lives, they are still able to kiss their baby good night. Fortunately, your Mommy is much stronger than I am because I still have such a hard time hearing about these stories. I am of course, empathetic to their situation but I am still so wrapped up in my desire to hold you again that I find it hard dealing with the pain of others. If I could talk to those parents, I would want to grab them and tell them to stay in the moment
the best they can. All they have is today. <br /> <br /> In your own way, I know that you are teaching this to Mommy and me. To stay in the present and appreciate the love that is all around us. </span></span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> In so many funny ways, we see you all around us. Especially since we brought Jake home from China in July. And other powerful ways, like how you watch over your brother Trevor and keep him safe and strong. I know you are proud of your little brother. He is seriously one of the brightest, shiniest, bravest little boy's I have ever met. He misses you so much and I can hear him dreaming about you at night. Your mother and I wish we could take credit for how well he continues to deal with his best friend and sister being taken from him but he is solely responsible. He has an incredibly healthy view of what happened to you. I know in my heart this is because you are with him all the time.</span></span><br />
<span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> Last week we celebrated Jake's second birthday and also visited your Koa tree that we planted for you two years ago. We have a two year tradition now of doing something on your day to celebrate your life. This year we took Grandpa and Trevor zip lining. Ironically...you would have probably hated zip lining but it was a fitting tribute to honor your courage and love of flight. </span></span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show">When we planted your tree, I had a chance to walk off to be myself for a few minutes. I found it odd, that although I am so happy to have Jake in our lives, I can not help but feel a little melancholy. All these things we have done since you left us two years ago would have never happened. Planting your Koa Tree, raising $88K for LLS, dedicating your garden, starting Carmen's Makana to help other kids with Cancer and welcoming Jake into our lives. Although your Mommy and I, have tried to make you proud of us we would give it all up just to hold you once more, to hear your laugh and to see those stunning eyes. We love Jake with all our hearts and are so happy to have him in our lives. It's just I want it all. I want Jake to be part of our family and I want more than anything for him to know his big sister. But....I know that will never happen. At least not in the world we understand or choose to reside in.</span></span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show">Sweet baby...please continue to do your work. Help all the children who have had to leave their mommies and daddies. Visit us when you can. Stay close to your brothers.</span></span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"></span></span>Chris, Heather, Carmen, Trevor and Jake Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06928985898292105981noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295230611419928066.post-35273884889979227572014-06-26T08:05:00.000-07:002014-06-26T15:59:59.069-07:00Life Changing Adventures in ChinaIt has been an incredible start to our China Adventure.<br />
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We arrived to Beijing on Thursday June 19th after traveling for 23 hours. The trip was basically uneventful but we had a two hour layover in Honolulu and a 4 hour layover in Tokyo to extend the length. Trevor was a trooper all day.<br />
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After such a long journey it was incredible to arrive at Four Seasons Beijing. They were so welcoming and took away all the stress of traveling by getting us to our room quickly.<br />
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The next morning, we were up bright an early. After an amazing breakfast, we were off to meet the rest of our CCAI Adoption Group at the Sun Dynasty Hotel and our tour of Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City and Hudong neighborhood.<br />
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Heather and I were a bit worried about the freshness and quality of the food based on things we read but so far the food has been amazing. The fruits and vegetables have been fresh and tasty. We were also worried about the pollution but again, it has not been a problem. I am absolutely sure there are food and pollution issues in China, however it seems no where near the level the Media would like us to believe.<br />
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Having said that.....the Traffic and Congestion is unbelievable!! Most of the drivers in China are first generation drivers and were riding bicycles and scooters in the last several years. So....riding a bike and then apply that to a 6 lane highway at 60 miles per hour. No regard for lanes, sense of distance or safety. It is complete chaos....but....somehow seems to work.<br />
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On Saturday, we were off to The Great Wall of China for our second day of tours. This was an incredible experience, although much more difficult to climb than any of us expected. The wall is essentially built on the side of a mountain and extends for 6,000 miles. The small portion that we climbed was extremely steep, with uneven stairs.<br />
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As we have mentioned in many previous posts, we believe that Carmen has guided us to China in so many special ways. She has been with us every step of the journey, therefore, we felt it was appropriate to spread some of Carmen's ashes on The Wall as a family. Of course....as you would expect from everything that has happened....something incredible occurred as we were spreading Carmen's ashes. Heather and I were quiet and somber, as we were choosing the right location. We selected a perfect spot, facing the Mongolian side of the wall, in a quiet area and began preparing to spread Carmen's ashes. Just as we were about to say a prayer and give thanks to Carmen, a group of young gentlemen walked up and stood 5 feet from us. They could have stopped anywhere but they felt this was the perfect spot for them to take a rest. And...of course...one of them had a speaker in a hand bag playing, loud, traditional Chinese music. Just as Heather and I looked at each other, thinking but not saying, we should move somewhere else the music changed to Dance Music. I would estimate that there was 25,000 people climbing the wall that day. Of all the places and the people on the wall that day, we had Dance Music playing just as we were about to spread Carmen's ashes. And....that's not it...<br />
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When we arrived at this, seemingly random, spot there were some Chinese characters carved into the stone. Heather set Carmen's box down next to them to photograph. She felt there would be some sort of significance to them. After we were finished a nice Chinese man approached us and we asked there meaning. Sure enough when we asked what they meant, we were told - "A surname of no significance and the first name of the person." The translation of their first name was HAPPY! More AMAZING experiences you can not make up. Everything was perfect for us and for Carmen. She was telling us to dance and BE HAPPY! Of course....<br />
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Sunday June 22nd, we were off to the airport for our trip to Zhengzhou to get ready to meet Jake the next day.<br />
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And...the day was here before we knew it. Monday June 23rd - "Gotcha Day" or as we like to refered to it..."Draft Day". It is almost impossible to write our emotions as we were preparing to leave the hotel. Anxious, Happiness, Nervous, Anticipation all wrapped into a tight ball.<br />
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We drove about 20 minutes to the government office to receive our new children. We exited the bus and walked through doors into a large room. For some reason, we thought we would walk down a hall or have some warning but as we entered the room we quickly realized that some of the children were already waiting for their families. Each child was being brought to the government office from their respective orphanages, foster or care homes in staggered arrivals. We were really happy that Jake was not one of the children already in the room because we were not quite ready yet.<br />
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Roughly 20 minutes had passed, when our CCAI guide started walking towards us with another women holding a child facing away from us. As they approached our guide simply said.....Wu Jun Hao??? We nodded and he turned around to face us. Seeing him for the first time took our breath away.<br />
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He did not know what to make of us and had been recently car sick so they entire experience was overwhelming and scary for him. Heather got down on the ground and eventually took Jake in her arms. After a few minutes, he could feel the love and settled into Heather's arms. We were a family.<br />
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We were back to the hotel by 12pm and started trying to figure each other out.<br />
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The next morning at 9am we had to go back to the government office and the notary to finalize the adoption. We were back to the hotel at 12pm and then promptly left to drive to Pingdingshan City at 1pm to process Jake's passport.<br />
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The passport was the main reason for traveling 2.5 hours to Pingdingshan but we also had time to see the park where Jake was found and the orphanage.<br />
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The park was first. The fact that someone could abandon a beautiful baby like Jake boggles the mind but seeing the park in which he was left makes it worse. A park would be an exaggeration. It is better described as a patch of grass next to a busy street across from a building demolition site. Jake was found by a policeman and brought to the Pingdingshan orphanage on October 12, 2012.<br />
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We then went to see the orphanage. In our hearts we knew going to the orphanage was the right thing to do but it was extremely difficult. I could have easily gone the rest of my lift without seeing the horror of that orphanage. It was incredibly sad and disheartening to see the children. Many were sharing cribs in small cramped rooms. An unbearable heat and oppression fell over the entire place. Many of the older children, clearly suffering from brain disorders will never leave the place. Heather and I wanted to give everything we had at that very second to help these poor souls. We will be sending diapers and formula back to the orphanage as soon as we can. No child in our world should have to endure what these helpless children face every day. Having said that, we also feel so incredibly fortunate that our baby Jake found his way to the Shanghai Healing Home and into their loving hearts as he waited to join our family. <br />
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It is now Thursday June 26th. Tomorrow we should receive Jake's Chinese passport and then we leave for Guangzhou on Saturday morning to get ready for our final appointment with the US Consulate.<br />
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The Adoption group is about 24 people. This is one of many squares within the Forbidden City. Much of it has been restored over the years but these tiles are original (cira 1415) and laid 15 bricks deep to prevent tunneling. </div>
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Despite the smiles....we were jet lagged big time!!!!</div>
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A tour group with three blond children in China tends to attract a LOT of attention. Many of the Chinese visitors to the Forbidden City are from the country side and have never seen foreigners, let alone cute little blond kids. This was one of many pictures taken of the children by tourists that day.</div>
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Day 2. Getting ready to climb The Great Wall of China </div>
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Thousands of Love Locks line the first portion of the Wall</div>
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The Wall is 6,000 miles long. We only had time to visit the most visited and touristy portion. It is simply breath taking to stand on the Wall, trying to comprehend the magnitude. Amazing.</div>
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Carmen's box and the Chinese character inscription</div>
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Such an amazing boy. </div>
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Literally, one of a million window's facing the Mongolian Side of the Wall. We picked this one.</div>
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Going down was actually harder than going up. The steps are not even and the decline is very steep. Fortunately we had hand rails. I could not imagine doing the climb without them.</div>
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We were not staying with the rest of the group in Beijing. Asking our tour bus driver to drop us off in the middle of a busy intersection to be closer to our hotel seemed like a fantastic idea at time. As soon as the bus door shut and we looked around, we realized we were not in Kansas anymore. </div>
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The First Look.</div>
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Jake going to Mommy for the first time.</div>
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Ummmmm.......maybe not. </div>
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Oh.....and in case you were wondering.....I am wearing a GoPro harness. :-)</div>
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Jake quickly felt the loving embrace and melted into his mothers arms.</div>
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Feeling better.... </div>
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I am okay with this pretty lady....but...who is that guy????</div>
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Jake came to us with the clothes on this back and shoes on this feet. Nothing else.</div>
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Visiting Jake's "Finding Place"</div>
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The outside of the Pingdingshan Orphanage. We put our camera's away after this out of respect.</div>
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Our drive to / from Pingdingshan. I am doing my best to mimic a car seat for Jake - since - there are NO car seats in China. The make them here but they don't use them. No seat belts either. </div>
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The first story.</div>
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Brothers</div>
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WE LOVE YOU JAKE JUNHAO </div>
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<br />Chris, Heather, Carmen, Trevor and Jake Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06928985898292105981noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295230611419928066.post-68203489164151193812014-06-16T00:04:00.000-07:002014-06-16T00:04:36.609-07:00Trip to China - June 18 to July 5 - "A Thin Red String"It is hard to believe that the day is finally here. We all leave for China on Wednesday June 18th.<br />
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There will be twelve other couples traveling with us from the U.S. to China to bring their children home. <br />
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<b>Below is a summary of our adoption journey to China;</b><br />
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6/18 Leave U.S. for Beijing. Departing Honolulu at 10:30am, connecting in Tokyo then on to Beijing arriving on 6/19. We meet our two representatives, Cecilia and Jean, who will be with us during our time in Beijing<br />
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6/19 Check into Four Seasons Hotel Beijing. We are so thankful and fortunate to be able to use my work benefit to stay at the Four Seasons, while the rest of the group stays at a hotel close by. In many ways, it would be nice to stay with the group.....but.....its the Four Seasons. http://www.fourseasons.com/beijing/<br />
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6/20 Guided Tour of Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City and Hutong. Adjusting to the new time zone and preparing for what is to come in just a few days<br />
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6/21 Guided Tour of The Great Wall<br />
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6/22 Depart Beijing for Zhengzhou on China Southern Airlines. Welcomed by our guides Vivian, Yisha and Rita. Staying at the Crown Plaza Hotel with the entire family group. <br />
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<b>6/23 Today we receive Jake!!!!! Yeah!!!!! Orphanage Officer, Ms. Wang Ling Juan will deliver Jake to us.</b><br />
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In the afternoon, all of us will sign the Guardianship Agreement. Take registration certificate photos at the registration office and then return to the hotel with Jake.<br />
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6/24 All of the families will take a bus to the registration office to complete the Adoption Registration in the morning. After the registration office, we all go to the Provincial Notary Office to complete the notary interview<br />
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Then the group will split up and we will all travel separately to the city our children are from. We will travel to Pingdingshan City and apply for his passport with the local Public Security Office. <br />
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We need to prepare for an exhausting day of travel and paper work but the great news is we will be able to see a little of the city where Jake was found and hopefully have time to visit the park where he was found.<br />
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6/25 A free day to spend together as a new family<br />
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6/26 Receive our notary documents in the afternoon<br />
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6/27 Travel to Xinxiang City to receive Jake's passport and notary documents<br />
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6/28 Leave Zhengzhou for Guangzhou on China Southern Airlines. Staying at Four Seasons Hotel Guangzhou. http://www.fourseasons.com/guangzhou/<br />
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6/29 Meet with CCAI representatives, Jocelyn and Raymond, to prepare our paperwork for the Consulate appointment.<br />
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6/30 Take a bus to a clinic to complete Jake's visa physical and visa photo taken early in the morning. <br />
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7/1 Today is our Consulate Appointment!!!!! In the morning we will go to the US Consulate to take the oath of citizenship<br />
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7/2 We will receive Jake's visa packet<br />
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7/3 Free Day<br />
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7/4 Depart Guangzhou to Hong Kong for our flight home. Hong Kong to Guam to Honolulu <br />
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7/5 Welcome Home Jake!!!!!<br />
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<br /><b>Weather: </b> http://weather.china.org.cn/english<br />
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<b>Staying in Touch: </b> Heather, very smartly, secured a private VPN for us so this should allow us to stay in touch with all of you by Facebook and this Blog. We also changed our cell plans to international which will give us limited text ability. And...when on WiFi, we should be able to Face Time and Skype.<br />
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However...we can make no promises that we will be able to stay in touch with all of you. We will be busy bonding with Jake and we may not have the access we hope for.<br />
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We love all of you so much. Thank you, for supporting us during this amazing journey. It has been full of incredible signs of confirmation that we are on the right path. <br />
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<b><i>A Thin Red String;</i></b><br />
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<b><i>A thin red string started tugging on our hearts over a year ago. At the time we didn't know who or what was tugging on the other end of the string. At times the tugging was painful in our hearts. </i></b><br />
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<b><i>Everyday of this adoption journey the pain became less and less because as each day passed we got closer and closer to Jake. Now that the day is here, there is anticipation but the pain is gone. </i></b><br />
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<b><i>We can almost see the other end of the string and now understand that the string has always been attached to Jake's heart. Soon we will be able to join the thin red string from our hearts to Jake's heart, allowing us to wrap the string around us. We will be a family.</i></b> <br />
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<br />Chris, Heather, Carmen, Trevor and Jake Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06928985898292105981noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295230611419928066.post-11747156467652665682014-05-26T01:00:00.001-07:002014-05-26T09:46:17.702-07:00Travel Approval Arrived!!!!!! Jake Here we Come!!!Our Travel Approval arrived on Friday. This is one of the last steps we were waiting for.<br />
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With the official Travel Approval we can now receive our appointment at the US Embassy in China to secure Jake's immigration approval to come home with us.<br />
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Once the appointment is established on Tuesday, everything backs up from there and we get our travel dates.<br />
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Our agency is diligently working on this appointment and establishing our travel itinerary.<br />
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At this point….we are expecting to be leaving for China around June 17-19 - but we do not have the official date yet.<br />
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So Exciting. We will see you soon Jake!!!!<br />
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The Shanghai Healing Home, where Jake is currently, sent us the most beautiful picture book. Below are images of Trevor seeing the book for the first time. He is very excited to be a big brother. Thank you SO MUCH Birgit and Charlene for keeping us connected with baby Jake!!<br />
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<br />Chris, Heather, Carmen, Trevor and Jake Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06928985898292105981noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295230611419928066.post-43770915337905410402014-05-26T00:51:00.003-07:002014-05-26T01:01:55.536-07:00May Day is Lei DayFor those of you who do not know, May 1st is Lei Day in Hawaii. It is a day that is celebrated all across Hawaii to commemorate the day that King David Kalakaua brought the Hawaiian culture back to the forefront with Hulu, Lei's and many other special traditions that had been frowned upon by the Missionaries of the late 19th century.<br />
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Most schools across the state take this opportunity to educate the children of these important traditions and customs, typically with a performance on May 1st.<br />
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Trevor's school put on an amazing day with the performance in the morning and a full school Luau in the evening.<br />
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Trevor did such a great job!!!!<br />
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<br />Chris, Heather, Carmen, Trevor and Jake Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06928985898292105981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295230611419928066.post-64135781556685543722014-05-26T00:47:00.001-07:002014-05-26T01:28:26.309-07:00A Lava KidThe day before the Lava Man Triathlon there was a fun event - Lava Kids to get the whole family involved.<br />
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Trevor has been taking swimming lessons but he needed to be 7 before he could complete in the swim portion of the Lava Kids. He was only supposed to run the 1km run.<br />
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When we showed up in the morning for race, we were excited to see that Trevor's swim instructor was in charge of the swim portion of the race and she cleared him for the open ocean swim. Yikes!!!<br />
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Not too bad at 5. Open water ocean swim and run!!!<br />
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Such a brave little guy!! So proud of him.<br />
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Our brave little guy. And....brave Mommy as her little baby embarks on his first open water swim. </div>
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This is another one of those moments that almost seem like we made up.<br />
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When something like the Harlem Globetrotters comes to our island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean…. it is a big deal!!!! Then again…if Bozzo the Clown came to the island it would be a big deal.<br />
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The high school gym was packed with about 1,500 people to watch the fun event.<br />
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With roughly 5 minutes left in the game, the Globetrotters stopped for one of their many dancing, comedy and entertainment breaks. During the break, they put on some fun dance music and Heather said to Trevor……"get out there". Trevor does not need a lot of encouragement to put on a show and he was out in the middle of the court before we knew it.<br />
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As they were getting ready to return to the game, one of the players walked Trevor over to their bench on the far side of they gym from where we were sitting. We had no idea what was going to happen.<br />
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With about 2 minutes left in the game, the Globetrotters stopped play again and brought Trevor out onto the court for their last fun exhibition of the game.<br />
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Trevor definitely did not miss the opportunity to get the entire place laughing.<br />
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He played right along with their jokes and ended up with a signed, official Globetrotter jersey.<br />
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The whole experience was perfect and so beautifully random that it was hard not think that Trevor's big sister was once again looking out for him.<br />
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"A Chinese Cinco da Mayo Festival"</div>
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A gathering of close friends and family to celebrate Jake Jun Hao White</div>
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Some how a Chinese themed Cinco da Mayo party, held on the day before Cinco da Mayo just made sense and was as good a day as any to share laughs and love.</div>
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Thank you to all who attended the party and to the one's could not make it. We truly appreciate your generosity and love. </div>
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A special thank you to Wendy, Mun Sok and Shea for being the "hostesses with the mostesses". We have never had the luxury of leaving our house two hours before a party and return with everything ready to go. We LOVE you - you are the best!!!</div>
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A beautiful and tasty cake decorated by our dear friend Paula Cairns</div>
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Heather and Michelle</div>
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Amazing party decorations</div>
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Painted by our friend and Trevor's art teacher Lisa Hummell. Year of the Rat (2008 - Trevor) and Year of the Dragon (2012 - Jake)- AMAZING!</div>
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Created on the side of a gourd by amazing artist and friend Paula Cairns</div>
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Customized fortune cookie messages. The little details</div>
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Why not???</div>
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Quite possibly the largest and most tasty fortune cookie ever. Thank you Mun Sok.</div>
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Balooooooons!!!!</div>
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Isaac and Whitney (Heather's cousin)</div>
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Beautiful flowers from Grandma Barb and thank you to Carri and Darren for the wonderful lei's</div>
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The ladies - Catherine, Wendy, Mun Sok and Bettina</div>
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Shea and Lee</div>
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Wonderful Wendy and Heather</div>
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<br />Chris, Heather, Carmen, Trevor and Jake Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06928985898292105981noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295230611419928066.post-29445006122106988582014-05-09T20:21:00.000-07:002014-05-27T03:00:47.484-07:00The 9thAloha Carmen.<br />
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Daddy and Mommy miss you so much. There are so many more good days then there are bad days but today is not one of those days. <br />
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Nineteen months ago you transitioned to spirit and although we know you are with us we would love to just kiss you and hug you so much. It’s hard to live knowing this will never happen and still try to go on thinking about our future. When I think about today I know I need to be strong but all I want to do is scream!!! It is brutal to think about your stunning eyes full of light looking up at me, knowing that I can not see them again. To want to grab you and spin you around, knowing that it is not possible. I keep telling myself over and over that you are where you need to be and your spirit is so much bigger than I could ever imagine but honestly I just can not help but wonder, WHY??? Why can't I hold my sweet baby girl. I know any parent would feel this way but the pain is unbearable when it starts to control me instead of me controlling it.<br />
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I know in my heart that I never took you for granted but there are definitely moments that I wish I made different choices and had more patience with you. I have to admit, I do feel regret when I think about these choices now. Thinking about these moments, when thought it was so important to discipline you or say "no" seems so stupid now. But at the same time....you showed us how to live and fight. I never once thought you would not be in my life. If I lived thinking you were going to be gone I am sure I would have made different choices but that was never in our mind. I always assumed I would see you grow up to be a beautiful woman. To see you finish school and discover the world. To walk you down the isle one day and see you become a mother and love your children like your mother loves you. <br />
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Now, all that is gone and it is pointless for me to look backwards. You taught us to live with love and that is all I can do. The only thing that works for us; is to keep your legacy of love and light alive.<br />
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As you know, Team White has been busy and is close to welcoming Jake Junhao to the team. So many incredible things are happening with Jake that we know you are involved making all this unfold perfectly.<br />
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Trevor is such an amazing boy because he had such an incredible big sister. There have been a few fun things that have happened to Trevor recently, the Harlem Globetrotters and May Day Celebration, that made us so proud of him. When I watch Trevor today, I am so filled with pride and love but also sadness. It is so painfully obvious how much he misses you everyday. He has been so strong and brave, trying his hardest to understand why the sister he loves more than anything is no longer around to play. He wants so badly for you to be his role model, to look up to you and to ask you for help. <br />
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Trevor talks about you every day. We tell stories about you and look at your pictures. Usually Mommy and Daddy keep it together but just the other day I completely lost it in front of Mommy and Trevor after I heard your laugh on a video. And...who came to comfort me but your little brother, giving me a big hug and telling me it will be okay. Even though he does not have his big sister to keep him in line, I know that you are in his heart and helping to guide him down his path of life.<br />
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Mommy and Daddy are so thankful that you provided our family with the model of what to do in the face adversity and pain. We try our best to make you proud. To choose love over fear and joy over sadness. <br />
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Carmen, my sweet baby, I miss you so much. I will always cry when I hear your voice on video. I will always wish I had one more dance. I will always wish I could hear you say Daddy again in your little voice. I will always love you.<br />
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We are one step closer to welcoming Jake home!!!!<br />
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Travel to China will be somewhere between 12 and 14 weeks from now. (end of June / early July) <br />
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Jake has received our first care package with pictures of us and he is now being told all about us by his care givers.<br />
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See you soon Jake!! We love you.<br />
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Chris, Heather, Carmen, Trevor and Jake Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06928985898292105981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295230611419928066.post-36536280323955905662014-04-05T17:41:00.000-07:002014-04-05T17:41:06.119-07:00Waikaloa Lavaman 2014 - Team Carmen - We Swam, We Biked, We RanWow.....what a journey<br />
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Our first Team Carmen meeting was early September 2013 and from there we embarked on an amazing journey of planning, coordinating, networking, T-Shirt designing, printing, invitation design, organizing, auctions, emotional roller coasters, fundraising and training all focused on the completion of the Waikaloa Lavaman Triathlon on March 30th.<br />
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Team Carmen 2014 raised at total of $53,000<br />
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combined with Team Carmen's 2013 result of $33,000<br />
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: magenta;"><b>For a combined two year total of $86,000 for Leukemia Lymphoma Society.</b></span></span><br />
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Below is the message that Heather and I provided to LLS that they displayed at the TNT Inspiration dinner on Saturday before the race. It sums up everything we stand for;<br />
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<b><i>Team Carmen<span></span> races in honor of our beautiful child, Carmen Leolani White who passed at 5 years of age, on October 9, 2012.<br /><br />After Carmen was diagnosed with Leukemia on May 26, 2011, she never
let it get her down. She fought with a vengeance and the courage of a
warrior, earning the nick name - Tough Little Princess.</i>
<i><br /><br />When not
fighting through her chemo therapy treatments Carmen loved every moment
of her life and lived more in her 5 years than most people will live in a
life time.<br /><br />There is a quote by Joseph Campbell that inspires Team Carmen;</i>
<i><br /><br />"The sin of inadvertness, not being awake, is the sin of missing the moments of life. Live with unremitting alertness"<br /><br />This
is how Carmen lived and why Team Carmen races for Team In Training. It
takes determination, focus and courage to complete a triathlon but it
takes love to come together as a team for a cause like Team in Training
to raise funds so that other children like Carmen do not have to receive
their angel wings so soon.<br /><br />Mahalo for all of your support.</i>
<i><br /><br />Love and Light<br /><br />Carmen's Mommy and Daddy and all of Team Carmen.</i></b><br />
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Such an amazing an inspiring day. The pictures say it all......<br />
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Team in Training - the full San Diego and Hawaii teams. (Team Hawaii is Team Carmen) </div>
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Team Carmen (minus Darren Miller who was signing autographs)</div>
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The lovely Bettina and Heather</div>
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All smiles before the start</div>
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Michelle - aka - "Super Woman" getting her game face on</div>
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LJ coming out of the water with an unbelievable time of 27 minutes. </div>
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Coming out of the of the water in not such an unbelievable time. </div>
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Chris coming into the Bike transition </div>
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Kevin and Wendy at the finish. Kevin posted the best time on Team Carmen - 2:28 - not that anyone was counting. </div>
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Trevor is such a hero. Dragging his old Dad across the finish line.</div>
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Almost there Darren</div>
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Mommy did not need any help</div>
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Shea, Heather, Chris and T-Bone</div>
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Team Riedel and Shea</div>
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Chris, Heather, Carmen, Trevor and Jake Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06928985898292105981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295230611419928066.post-65203813969993839982014-02-09T15:40:00.000-08:002014-02-09T15:43:01.722-08:00You Can't Make This Stuff UpAloha to our friends and family,<br />
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Team White has beautiful news to share with all of you.<br />
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We have been pursuing a Chinese Adoption and have accepted a referral for a beautiful baby boy!! <br />
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Carmen and Trevor's baby brother!!!!!!<br />
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His Chinese name is Wu Jun Hao and he is 16 months old today. We have changed his first name to Jake, while keeping Jun Hao as his middle name - Jake Jun Hao White. Jun Hao is pronounced - Jun (june), Hao (how) and translates as: Jun: gentleman/monarch, Hao: great/good.<br />
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We received approval from China last Monday and anticipate traveling no later than July 31st to bring Jake home!!! He will be 21 months when we meet him.<br />
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Jake Jun Hao White</div>
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We were pulled to adopt from the special needs program in China. Jake has a cleft lip and palette. His lip has been repaired at Shanghai Hospital but we will be providing Jake with the excellent care and treatment he deserves to repair his palette.<br />
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Jake was found in a park wrapped in blankets on October 12, 2012. They estimate his birth date to be either October 8th or 9th, 2012. <br />
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This entire process started 12 months ago with Heather and I came to the realization that we had a child waiting for us in China. It is hard to remember clearly anything that was happening in our lives in the early part of 2013 but this one decision seemed to be out of our hands. As many of you know, the adoption process is long and full of incredible amounts of paper work. We do not want to say it was difficult, because this was one of those beautiful things that doors continue to open for us one after the other. The administrative part of the adoption, simply just flowed from one step to the next. Heather is definitely the expert on the journey and she will share a more detailed post at a later date.<br />
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Part of the special needs adoption process was us filling out a medical form that lists conditions that we felt we could provide care for. On this same form we indicated that our son or daughter would be between the ages of 1 and 4. After we became logged in LID in China December 19th, 2013, we knew we could receive a referral anytime from that day forward and even waiting a year or more for a referral was not unusual.<br />
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Henan Province, China. See you soon Jake.</div>
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Early in the morning of January 20th, Heather woke from an extremely vivid dream that we had received a referral for a child from our adoption agency. I had already left for the day to train before work. After Heather dropped off Trevor to school at 7:55am, she received a voice message from the adoption agency!! They had called her only one other time since we signed with them last February! Before Heather called them back she excitedly called me at work to tell me about the dream! I was fascinated by her dream I was anxious for Heather to call the agency back to hear what they had to say. <br />
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When Heather spoke to the agency, she let them know before they could saying anything that she had a vivid dream about receiving a referral last night. After a pause.....the agency said...."Well.....that is incredible....because we have a referral for you! A beautiful baby boy!!"<br />
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Heather learned a little information about Jake over the phone, including his estimated birth date of October 8th or 9th, 2012....Heather about hit the floor and knew immediately this was our child!<br />
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Words could never describe the overwhelming feeling of peace and clarity that came over Heather and I, after hearing Jake's estimated birth date. Despite, knowing in our hearts that adopting a child into our family was perfect for us there were certainly times that we wondered how we would KNOW the child referred was OUR child. With the wide range of ages we provided to the agency, to receive a child referral with an estimated birth date of when Carmen became spirit is the sort of divine intervention that you simply can not make up.<br />
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When Heather and I reflect back on our last moments with Carmen here on earth, we now understand that she was already working with her spirit guides to ensure certain things were in place before she became spirit. We believe in our hearts, that Carmen needed to go to a special place so that she could help so many of us all at the same time. To watch over us and her new brother Jake.<br />
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Though the timing between approval and being able to hold Jake will be longer than we would like, we are comforted knowing that Carmen is with Jake every second telling him all about his new parents, brother Trevor and dog Roxy.<br />
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And....then there is Trevor! He is SO excited to be a big brother. We wanted to capture this life changing moment to be able to show Jake when he's older! Here's is a video link to us telling Trevor about Jake: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJXEzumQ5Ak" target="_blank">Trevor you are going to be a BIG BROTHER Video!!!</a><br />
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There are some other amazing things that have happened during this journey that we would like to share, in the theme of this blog post - "you can not make this stuff up".<br />
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During this journey we have been fortunate enough to meet people who are truly gifted intuitively. Some we have sought out, others have approached Heather and I to share their insightful and powerful messages. These messages have come from a place of love however they do not usually provide much context to help us understand their meaning. Fortunately, Heather took the time to right down a few points from these conversations. The two images below are of Heather's notes. The first from last May and the second from August. You can clearly see on the first note: 8 to 9 months, baby boy and putting him in my arms, blue. The full conversation, was surrounding a vision shared with Heather of Carmen putting a baby boy, who was 8 or 9 months, wrapped in a blue blanket into Heather's arms. The second note states the words, June and At Peace. At the time, Heather did not understand this message but it certainly makes sense now that we are about to welcome Jun Hao into our family. <br />
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<br />Chris, Heather, Carmen, Trevor and Jake Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06928985898292105981noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295230611419928066.post-62716345338779218032014-01-20T22:47:00.000-08:002014-01-20T22:47:25.896-08:00Purpose of Team Carmen, Carmen's Story & LegacyBelow are the beautiful words of Darren Miller, our amazing brother-in-law and dear, dear friend. Darren and Carri, were part of our Team Carmen support team last year but have courageously joined Team Carmen to each complete the full Triathlon in March.<br />
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Darren's words capture the essence of not only why this cause is important but how Carmen continues to inspire all of us every day.<br />
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Heather and Chris<br />
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Enjoy.......<br />
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PURPOSE OF TEAM CARMEN, CARMEN'S STORY & LEGACY and CONGRATS CARRIE
LINGENFELTER (sometimes people say a story is not for the feint of
heart, I say this is a story for the full of heart) - by Darren Miller<br />
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So proud of you Carrie Lingenfelter, regardless if you hit your personal time goal in <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_331443360" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">yesterday's</span></span>
Marathon, or not. Thank you too for your pre-race words of inspiration
about Carmen on our Team Carmen | Waikola Lavaman 2014 team page. In
many ways it sparked what follows, which I hope will also be inspiring
to those who take the time to read it --<br />
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As you know, there are so many goals when you take on something the size
and scope of a marathon or a triathlon. There is the threshold you
cross to just start the process, period. There is the goal to train for X
amount of months and X amount of days and hours per week... to
appreciate the personal milestones and navigate each challenge along the
way... and to hit/exceed your fundraising goal for such a remarkable
cause as Team in Training and all of the many individuals, families and
friends fighting Blood Cancers everyday that those efforts impact!
There is the goal to just make it to race day, the starting line and to
find your way through whatever your body is dealing with on that day
for those hours tackling each mile of the race. Whether that means
making it all the way to the finish line or simply pushing yourself to
complete as much of the distance as you are capable of on that
particular day. That is truly an accomplishment to be proud of... Even
if you didn't hit your particular time goal, I choose to celebrate all
of the other goals you conquered along the way to finishing your 2nd
Marathon, your 5th TNT event, I choose to celebrate those last 8 miles <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_331443361" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">yesterday</span></span>
(which were probably the toughest) when you weren't seeing the times
you hoped for and yet I know you still dug even deeper within yourself
to push to the limit of what you could find in each minute, each step of
the remaining distance. That is true spirit and courage in my book and
to us in the McMiller household!<br />
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That you choose to and continue to run in Carmen Leolani White's honor
and carry on her legacy in your individual commitment to fight Blood
Cancers is of the highest honor to me personally (one of her many proud
uncles), to Carri McClure (my wife and one of her many proud aunties),
and I think I am safe to say, to her father Chris White, her mother
Heather White, her magical brother Trevor and all of Carmen's extensive
array of family, friends and supporters. As so many of us can attest,
Carmen's courage, limitless zest and beautiful unique spirit continue to
inspire thousands. Your commitment to raising funds and racing in her
honor allows her story and inspiration to continue to grow and give
courage directly or indirectly to ANYONE facing whatever type of
challenge they are dealing with in their lives, disease related or
otherwise. I believe that is at the core of why each of us are putting
in the time and commitment to raise funds for the Leukemia &
Lymphoma Society on behalf of Team Carmen and log the miles and hours of
training in order to show up and compete on race day at the 2014
Waikola Lavaman Triathlon. We are all proud to do this in honor of
Carmen, as Carrie, you have now done 5 times in your TNT marathon work
and as each member of Team Carmen 2013 did last year when Carmen was
also honored as the Lavaman Race Angel for the approximate 1500 race
competitors.<br />
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Carmen has touched and inspired us all individually in so many ways
personal to our own growth. In her battle against Leukemia she showed
us first hand the true meaning of limitlessness. What I remember most
about Carmen's courageous fight with the disease is anytime it/or the
related circumstance surrounding her treatment attempted to imposed a
limit or constraint on her, Carmen made a point of finding a way through
or around it; her spirit would not be bound. With her own brand of
sheer will and fearless determination she met each challenge head on and
refused to be confined for any real period of time from embracing the
fullest joy and beauty she was capable of manifesting and sharing each
day with everyone around her. Her teachers will tell you that, her
friends will tell you that, her caretakers will tell you that, complete
strangers who she encountered will tell you that. It is not to say she
didn't have bad days (as anyone struggling through the intensity of such
extensive treatments does) but she simply refused to allow it to limit
her over time from the celebration she embraced and expressed as love
and life.<br />
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Through her example this 5-year old pink twirling princess literally
taught me a different way of seeing the beauty of life, the magic of
imagination and pure creativity, the limitlessness of love and life if
you find the courage to look inside and draw up your own will and not
let outside circumstance keep you from it! Outside circumstance no
matter how imposing is not strong enough to contain the will of the
human spirit and the love it can express and share. On a large public
platform Martin Luther King, whose birthday we celebrate today taught us
this through his living example, Nelson Mandela who recently passed
shone a light on the possibilities of the human spirit for change when
willed into a direction that dismantles artificially imposed limits and
Carmen, in a no less 'impactful' and personal way, taught me this first
hand in how she handled herself through the disease willing herself
through each imposed limit in a fight not simply to live, but to ensure
she was not missing a single opportunity to live each moment of each day
to the magical fullest she could muster... and it didn't stop there...
For Carmen, she had to share her special infectious gift for life with
everyone and we are all thankful and the better for it!<br />
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Coming back full circle to Carrie Lingenfelter's marathon run <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_331443362" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">yesterday</span></span>
in Carmen's honor. I remember this day in late December Carrie texted
myself and Carri a picture of her holding a sign. She had just
completed her longest training run to date in preparation of her race.
She had run 16.6miles (further than I had biked that day ; ). When she
arrived at the finish of her run her Team in Training Teammates were
there holding up a sign for her with a picture of Carmen on it that read
"Carrie! You're an amazing women with an even more amazing heart -- In
memory of Carmen." I can't tell you how much that inspired me and
touched me to think that somewhere off in the middle of Arizona Carmen
was having a part in providing inspiration to someone, and even a group
of teammates possibly, who were not just challenging their own limits,
but finding their personal place and space beyond those limits and in
doing so were giving and contributing to a cause near and dear to our
hearts. Carrie, in doing that you have shattered any personal pre-set
time goal or time record in history, as far as I am concerned. That is
what matters. That is what makes a difference in life and in the lives
of others, as I believe Carmen would concur! You may not be competing
with us on Team Carmen in the Lavaman this year but you are always an
honorary Team Carmen member... and an inspiration to me (and possibly
other the Team Carmen members) as we reach for our team fundraising goal
and find ways to get through our own individual perceived limits as we
train and prepare for our race starting line in March.<br />
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Me and Carri were support staff for, but did not compete alongside last
year's Team Carmen 2013 Lavaman team members, but, you who did and the
incredibly moving experience we had last year during the race events
inspired us to do so this year! That said, being peripherally around
the race and preparation of the race, one thing became unavoidably
evident to me... when you race for Carmen and in honor of Carmen you
don't race alone. As I am sure many of our fellow teammates who raced
last year on Team Carmen experienced, the spirit of Carmen (in
everything I described above) is right there to draw on and inspire you
in your training and in your race. In the past months, this has become
even more directly clear to me in my training. Whether you are just
starting your training today or if you are two and a half months into
official training like myself and Carri, or more, there is no
difference. Whether you have never technically swam a competitive lap
in your life and are just learning how to breath in the water like Carri
who courageously dipped her toe in the water and started working with
the swim coaches in the pool last week (very proud of her!) there is no
difference.<br />
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I never expected or planned on this (and know it isn't to last forever,
which I am not worried about), but each workout since my start of
training I have achieved a new personal record that in some way or form
exceeded my previous work out.<br />
I wasn't focused on this and didn't even realize it until a little over a
week ago. Some weeks I am even working out 6 days in a row, my legs
wearing and fatiguing more and more and it has still continued to happen
(and again I know there will a stopping point to this). BUT, what I
also began to remember is that in each and every workout (or even when I
didn't want to go work out) whatever the 'wall' was that I was hitting,
I would think of Carmen, the fierce strength, courage resolve and love
that the TLP (Tough Little Princess) showed me, and everyone, and I find
the inspiration from her to move through it -- break down that next
limit that faces me and find that new space on the other side that I
couldn't see before. As Carri described so well in her fundraising
message a couple of months back and so many other of our team members
have highlighted, as well, Carmen personifies the true meaning of
inspiration for ourselves and so many others who she continues to touch
in many different ways.<br />
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We Team Carmen members did not set out to be triathletes, but Carmen
gives us the opportunity to transform ourselves into triathletes with
the purpose of helping those who face challenges similar to those Carmen
faced herself. She inspires us and in turn maybe we can inspire
others! That is the spirit, the story and the legacy that is Carmen and
that is the purpose of our resolve, me, my fellow teammates and those
who support us.<br />
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ARE YOU WITH US? If you are and if you are inspired to make a donation to support the cause, please do so at the link below.<br />
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I know not everyone will have read all of this (as I just set another
personal record for longest post in my FB history and probably future),
but thank you for those who did take the time, as it is my personal tale
of the ever-inspiring story of Carmen and her ongoing impact in so many
lives. Thank you to all of the supporters who have donated to Team
Carmen and its members thus far. None of this is possible without you
and none of it has the purpose it does without your donations, which go
to support the millions of lives currently effected directly and
indirectly by the disease. May each each individual out there facing
blood cancer and those individuals standing by there side find healing,
courage and support from what we are attempting to accomplish and above
all else know you are not alone. We have been down the road ourselves
and we know it is not a road anyone should have to or can travel alone.
In the interest of that we are with you in spirit and support, doing
what we can so you have as much care and opportunity for the best
treatment and with the hope that one day maybe no one has to travel that
road at all.<br />
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There is no way I can repay the gifts that Carmen gave me as thankfully
they are the truest type of gift that require no repayment -- only
appreciation for having been touched by the lessons and the willingness
to share it with others, which I hope I have done here today.<br />
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At one point during Carmen's treatment, she made a wish and comment, not
that she hoped to get better but, selflessly, in her own words, 'that
she wished no kid had to suffer or experience childhood Leukemia again.'<br />
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If you are with me/us in fighting to make this wish come true and
haven't donated yet, please feel free to do so at the below links.<br />
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If you want to donate to my personal fundraising page this is the link
-- all donations made to my personal fundraising page automatically pass
through to credit toward our overall Team Carmen fundraising goal too<br />
<a href="http://pages.teamintraining.org/los/lavatri14/dmillerogg" target="_blank">http://pages.teamintraining.<wbr></wbr>org/los/lavatri14/dmillerogg</a><br />
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If you happen to read this, but don't know me and just want to donate
directly to the Team Carmen fundraising page by all means, please do! --
here is the link to the Team Fundraising page<br />
<a href="http://pages.teamintraining.org/hi/lavatri14/teamcarmen" target="_blank">http://pages.teamintraining.<wbr></wbr>org/hi/lavatri14/teamcarmen</a><br />
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If you somehow read this and don't know any of us feel free to click the
link to the Team Carmen Fundraising page above and then feel free to
click on any individual team member name to go to their personal
fundraising page and SURPRISE them with an unexpected donation. Carmen
loved surprises and all donations made to any of our individual team
members automatically credit toward our overall Team Carmen fundraising
goal too<br />
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Lastly, if you want to make a donation and happen to work for a company
that is willing to match your charitable donation (many companies do
this or are willing to do this if you ask). It is a great way to double
the impact and also give your company (and yourself) a charitable tax
write off.<br />
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* If you want to do something, but are unable to make a financial
donation me or one of our teammates can find a creative way that you can
contribute -- sometimes those are the most fun anyway. Help us reach
our Team Fundraising Goal. We are almost 70% there and looking to break
through that threshold.<br />
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And remember... no donation is to small or TOO BIG!<br />
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If you are not familiar with Carmen's personal story you can discover it in more detail at her blog --<br />
<a href="http://carmenleolaniwhite.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://carmenleolaniwhite.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com/</a><br />
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Chris, Heather, Carmen, Trevor and Jake Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06928985898292105981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295230611419928066.post-81781471261033102392013-11-21T00:20:00.000-08:002013-11-21T01:01:04.513-08:00Carmen's 1st MakanaAloha,<br />
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Many of you will remember the original blog post titled Carmen's Makana (gift). In those days after October 9th, 2012, Heather and I understood that since we were living so far from all of you that you wanted/needed to do something/anything to help.<br />
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<a href="http://carmenleolaniwhite.blogspot.com/2012/10/carmens-makana-gift.html">http://carmenleolaniwhite.blogspot.com/2012/10/carmens-makana-gift.html</a><br />
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At the time of posting the original Carmen's Makana post, Heather and I were only trying to convey that we felt there was a different way to honor Carmen instead of flowers or other traditional gestures given during difficult times.<br />
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What happened after writing the post astonished Heather and myself. The generosity and support was incredible, exceeding anything we ever
thought was possible.<br />
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The Carmen's Makana fund will be able to perpetuate Carmen's strength,
love and spirit through the giving of a $300 gift to a family on April 1st
(Carmen's birthday) and October 9th each year, for the next 18 years!!!! <br />
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Many people opt to contribute to an established charity. This is a wonderful idea and we likely would have been fine with this. For whatever reason, Heather and I decided at the time that taking this path did not seem like it was the right thing to do. Everything Carmen did was touching, meaningful and with purpose and giving to a large, well intentioned, charity would be beautiful but we felt it needed to be more intimate.<br />
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Carmen would want to be able to walk right up to someone and give them a big hug. And that is what Carmen's Makana is. A great big, warm, loving hug from Carmen.<br />
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We are proud to let you know that Carmen provided her Makana (gift) to the first child.<br />
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Heather and I worked with Dr. Wendi Hirsch with Kapiolani Hospital to help choose the right child for Carmen's Makana. The gift is only a small gesture to let the family know that someone cares about them and understands what they are going through. <br />
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Below are the words in the card and the picture we sent with Carmen's Makana.<br />
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Live with Strength</div>
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Live with Laughter </div>
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Live with Love in your Heart</div>
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Live with knowing a guardian angel is watching over you.</div>
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Carmen's Makana</div>
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<br />Chris, Heather, Carmen, Trevor and Jake Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06928985898292105981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295230611419928066.post-74132704553832523612013-10-11T13:43:00.001-07:002013-10-11T14:09:09.696-07:00The Earth traveled around the Sun one full time....<div style="text-align: left;">
Aloha Friends,</div>
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Chris, Trevor and I want to thank everyone so much for the outpouring of LOVE and support this week. We have been feeling everyone's love for Carmen and beautiful energy surrounding all of us who love Carmen and all of our children so dearly.</div>
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Thank you for the messages, phone calls, texts, flowers, photos of your own Carmen Celebrations - which seem to be many! </div>
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I know Carmen did not want us to be sad on October 9th. I know she wants us to continue working on ways to enjoy life as it is right now and to find ways to keep filling up our souls and others.</div>
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Experience takes effort so we made many things happen this week to fill our lives. There has been golf, zip-lining over waterfalls, a big strobe light dance party with a bunch of Carmen and Trevor's friends, lillikoi cupcakes, fairy wings, BEAUTIFUL flowers and many many messages of love. </div>
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I went to bed the evening of the 8th afraid of what may come up...in the same bed I was with Carmen one year before. </div>
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Those "lasts" came into my mind.</div>
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Then Carmen popped in my head and this is what I got...</div>
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Mommy, this day only signifies the earth going around the sun one full time.....don't be sad. </div>
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I'm with you all of the time. Now get some sleep.<br />
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<i>Message in Carmen's lunch - Sept 28th, 2012</i> </div>
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I wanted to post this beautiful message received yesterday from a student friend of Carmen's from Hualalai Academy.</div>
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<i>Aloha Mrs.White, </i></div>
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<i>I don't know if you remember me as much as I do you.
Tonight on 10/10/13 I sit here at my computer remember the blessing that
you brought into this world. At this moment right know I glance down to
my right wrist where a pink bracelet sporting the words "TLP" "Smile
and Be Happy" and "I Love You Carmen." It reminds of a beautiful story
how a beautiful young girl came for a visit. She taught people to laugh
and smile and enjoy the small things. Then one day she had to leave. When she left the people who loved her grieved and mourned. Suddenly a
rainbow slid across the sky, and the people remembered how the girl
loved the colors. They began to smile, she was still there but in a
different manner. </i></div>
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<i>She could still make them laugh and smile and enjoy
the little things for she was all that. </i></div>
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<i>So Team White, think of the
things that make you laugh and smile. Enjoy the little things. Carmen is
still here. She lives in your heart and my heart and in the heart of
everybody she ever touched. </i></div>
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<i>Thank you for her. Carmen is my inspiration.
Some people want to be rich or famous or something great, but I? </i></div>
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<i>I want
to be more like Carmen. </i></div>
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<i>God Bless, Halle</i></div>
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And we want to say Happy Birthday to Rainbow Jacquie (Carmen's energy/spiritual healer) who shares October 9th as a very significant day with our Carmen. They are connected in so many ways...forever. </div>
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October 9th, 2012 Jacquie told me the story of how (before she knew about Carmen that morning) she was swimming at Makapu'u beach Oahu and a monk seal swam right up to her and stared in her eyes for a LONG time...as if trying to tell her something. </div>
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She realized later that day why this had happened. </div>
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We love you Jacqui. </div>
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<i>Beautiful Jacquie...</i><br />
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See you in a wink baby </div>
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<b>Meet you at the Gate</b></div>
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A beautiful garden now stands alone,</div>
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missing the one who nurtured it,</div>
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But now she is gone.</div>
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Her flowers still bloom, and the sun it still shines,</div>
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But the rain is like tear drops, for the ones left behind,</div>
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The weeds lay waiting to take the gardens beauty away,</div>
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But the beautiful memories of its keeper are in our hearts to stay,</div>
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She loved every flower even some that were weeds,</div>
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So much love she would plant with each little seed,</div>
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But just like her flowers she was part of Gods plan,</div>
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So when it was her time he reached down with his hand,</div>
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He looked through the Garden searching for the best,</div>
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That's when he found Carmen, it was her time to rest,</div>
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It was hard for those who love her, to just let her go,</div>
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But God had a spot in his garden, that needed a gentle soul,</div>
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So when you start missing Carmen, remember if you just wait,</div>
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When God has a spot in his garden, she'll meet you at the gate.</div>
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by Barbara Bailey<br />
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<b>We miss you with each breath we take. </b><br />
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<b>It feels like it was only yesterday that we held you in our arms. </b><br />
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<b>Now we hold you in our hearts. Our sweet voice from heaven.</b><br />
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<b>See you in a wink.</b><br />
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<b>Love Mommy, Daddy, Trevor & Roxy </b><br />
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Last October, Hualalai Academy generously donated a place on their campus for a garden to honor Carmen's legacy. In three short days, teachers, students, family and friends converted a gravel area behind the school into an incredible place of beauty. <br />
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The Garden, is located directly behind the school, over looking the K-1 Classroom, near the soccer field, so it is always filled with sounds and laughter of children. It has become a special place that is full of joy as well as a place of peace, tranquility and reflection for the students and families of Hualalai Academy. <br />
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Heather, Trevor and myself visit Carmen's Garden regularly. We love to sit under the tree and feel Carmen all around us. We can practically see her skipping, twirling and laughing up and down the Garden path. <br />
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However like any garden, it needs on going attention, care and most importantly water - especially in Kona.<br />
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Heather and friends spent hours throughout the year weeding and cleaning up the garden. The goal is to keep it beautiful which takes work in Hawaii. On different occasions, we would add fun garden items Carmen would think are beautiful. Grandma and Grandpa spent a lot of time cleaning up Carmen's Garden while they were here in the Summer but it was apparent that we needed some professional help to fix the irrigation system. <br />
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Enter....the Castillo's. Dominique, Esteban, Paulina, and Benicio have been so helpful and supportive since we met August 2012. We were so lucky to have met Dominique! She was Carmen's incredible soccer coach! Dominique has the most beautiful energy. She inspired Carmen to play soccer, something we were not sure Carmen would be into. Carmen and Paulina had (on earth) such a beautiful connection and became close friends on and off the soccer field. Carmen could not wait until practice or games with the Slammin Salmon's to see Paulina. The only other connection I have seen Carmen have with a friend this intense was her connection with Neva Bo. Carmen and Paulina still have a connection - Paulina talks about Carmen all of the time and draws beautiful pictures for her which I keep in Carmen's cabinet. Their connection continues.....<br />
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In addition to being an amazing soccer coach, Dominique and Estaban are professional landscapers and 'masters' with irrigation. They generously took time from their busy business to help us get Carmen's Garden's back on track, dialing in the irrigation perfectly and selected the ideal plants for the hot Kona climate - all of which our Kona Home Depot donated for Carmen's Garden. Thank you Ben!!<br />
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The Garden has been a thing of beauty since the dedication but it is now thriving and will continue to be a special place forever. We plan to continue to keep Carmen's garden beautiful with every few week visits.<br />
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The one thing that the garden is missing is a sign that says, "Carmen's Garden". We have been thinking about creating a sign but if anyone has special talents and would like to make a sign for the garden we would love that. <br />
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Every time I see a flower in the Garden, I am compelled to reach out and
pick it. Carmen loved flowers and she was always quick to pick
them. When Heather and I would try to explain to her that if she left
the flower on the stem it would be around for her to enjoy day after
day. Carmen would look up at us with the most puzzled look and then turn
back to the flower and pick it. Thinking back on those moments, it all
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<i><b>Live now, live with love in your heart and pick that flower!!!!</b></i> <br />
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We love you sweet baby.<br />
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Mommy and Daddy<br />
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A perfect Gardenia flower</div>
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Poem and beautiful drawing from Dominique</div>
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Plants all ready to go</div>
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A little gift from Paulina</div>
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The garden full of joy</div>
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Fun everywhere</div>
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Many children and parents visit the garden daily. <br />
Heather added these amazing teak benches so that classes can be held in the garden.</div>
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The Castillo's.....Dominique, Esteban, Paulina, Benicio. Couldn't have done it without you!!</div>
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These kiddos had so much fun playing in the earth and helping us!</div>
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A place of peace and reflection</div>
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If you ever visit Kona - make sure to come see Carmen's Garden</div>
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