Xela (Quetzaltenango), Guatemala
Before I start talking about Guatemala, I have some important news about Mexico. I can't think of any other way of phrasing it:
I'm adopting a daughter!
In Mexicali, I visited an orphanage, and when I heard about the conditions that kids had to live in there, I couldn't hold back; I had to help. I saw little Pita and thought she was just the most beautiful baby I'd ever seen, and I couldn't imagine her living the next 18 years in a Mexican orphanage. I called a lawyer, gave him a first payment of $500 to start the process, and signed off on some beginning paperwork.
I'm proud to say that by the time I head back to the U.S. in early July, the paperwork will be all done and I'll be able to take Pita back to California with me. Can't wait to show her her first Fourth of July as an American citizen!
I'm adopting a daughter!
In Mexicali, I visited an orphanage, and when I heard about the conditions that kids had to live in there, I couldn't hold back; I had to help. I saw little Pita and thought she was just the most beautiful baby I'd ever seen, and I couldn't imagine her living the next 18 years in a Mexican orphanage. I called a lawyer, gave him a first payment of $500 to start the process, and signed off on some beginning paperwork.
I'm proud to say that by the time I head back to the U.S. in early July, the paperwork will be all done and I'll be able to take Pita back to California with me. Can't wait to show her her first Fourth of July as an American citizen!
posted by Peter Myers at
3:26 PM
4 Comments:
I didn't know that they did April fools in Mexico. That, combined with the fact that you're too cheap, blows your credibility.
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Charles Myers, At
April 1, 2009 4:51 PM
I agree with Dad. Nice try Myers. Cute kid though.
By
clairesings, At
April 2, 2009 7:54 AM
peter, that was a good one. at first, i thought you were crazy enough to do this. then i saw the $500 bit and knew you were kidding.
By
Taylor, At
April 2, 2009 2:48 PM
Well done, Blog Sleuths!
The little girl is the niece of my host in Mexicali. And yeah, she's a very cute kid.
By
Peter Myers, At
April 2, 2009 5:35 PM
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