A New Day for Brianna

Happy, happy day! Brianna just became a lawful permanet resident of the United States of America! This morning's interview was brief, friendly, and best of all, successful! She now has many of the rights of a U.S. citizen. College is definitely in her future now, since she won't have to register as an international student, and pay exorbitantly high fees for doing so.

We owe a big thank you to our wonderful attorney, Kathy Railsback, to Jordan, forgetting the process started, to Dan, for seeing it through, and to all the kind people who wrote letters of recommendation. I also want to thank God. I feel so very blessed that this day has come and our worry about Brianna's status is over! She will not have to go back to China unless, or until, she chooses to.

Ironically, we celebrated the granting of her Green Card with lunch at the Pad Thai House. I bet someone is smiling down on us this day. Yes! Jordan, we did it!