June 7, 2018 My son, Michael Bennett was wheeled in to the Pre-Op room at about 8:30 AM. His nervous excitement and uneasy playfulness was on glorious display for all to see. He was literally turning flips in his bed as anesthesiologists laid out their plan for putting him under. …
I felt pretty grateful today. Sitting in the auditorium of my son’s preschool, a couple hundred parents waited with anticipation for the Christmas program to begin. From the back of the room, a parade of three, four, and five-year-olds stormed in. They fluttered down the aisle, each scanning the crowd …
As a small infant, Superman was cast from his home and rocketed across through space by his parents. He arrived in a strange world and was rescued by modest people who loved him for who he was. In his new home he faced challenges such as battling Lex Luther and …
“Words Lost” Written September 2015 for Michael Bennett Audioroad Verse 1 If I could bring you here into my light Steal your pain and make it all feel right You cried beyond an endless sea Words lost, and time stood still Words lost upon me Verse 2 Give me the …
Help your brother’s boat across, and your own will reach the shore. ~Hindu Proverb I never had a brother. I was an only boy in a family with two sisters. I love my little sisters, but at times I pretended they were brothers. That didn’t usually go very well and …
My boy Michael Bennett has the most infectious smile I have ever seen. His will and his persistence at simple common tasks is unflapable and inspiring. Not to mention, he is quite possibly one of the cutest kids I have ever seen. In just under a week we will travel with MB …
This week, the end of an amazing journey came to pass and a new and exciting one began. After a year and a half of working to bring home our adopted son from China, Michael Bennett (nicknamed Peanut), we stepped off an airplane in Austin with him in our arms and …
At 46 years old and with my first-born heading off for college this fall, the last thing I had expected to be doing over the holidays was putting together a baby bed. Earlier this year I shared with readers our plans to adopt a little boy in China. Peanut is …
Last October, my wife and I arrived at an orphanage called Future Hope in Xiaman, China. We had traveled 16 hours with a good friend of ours who introduced us to the orphanage. Over the course of two days we played, held and cared for some of the most beautiful kids …
