A happy ending

A couple of months ago I wrote a story about adoption in the Philippines. I interviewed a few couples about their experiences with adoption, including Patricio "Jojo" Abinales and his wife Donna Amoroso, who had been trying to adopt a child for about two years when I interviewed them. Donna is American, Jojo is Filipino, and they live together in Japan. At the time they were nearing the end of a long international adoption process. They now have a new daughter to keep them busy, and last month Jojo wrote about parenthood at middle age for Newsbreak.

Back from a break

I took a quick break from Manila this weekend and feel better -- ready to tackle a few work projects and even more personal projects. I also seem to have taken a month-long break from blogging, so I hope to kick off another spurt of posts today with a few photos from my weekend at a resort near Puerto Galera.