March 8, 2016
It has been five years since our family began its “adSventures” in Beijing during the Spring of 2011. The posts on this blog from that time, sweet and chatty, hint at nothing.
It has been four years since we lost Cece.
Last year Art received his second Fulbright Scholar award to China: another brilliant opportunity to return to this land we love. Accordingly, we should have arrived here in Chengdu last September, and settled in for an entire school year, with Art teaching for two semesters at Sichuan University, Elle completing a full year of 6th grade, and me seizing desperately needed time to make a dent in my “life” project. Delayed by obligations, we are here only now. Four months in the Spring of 2016.
A brief but necessary return. We’ll make the most of it.
adsventuresinchina 
ni hao! nancy/art/cece/elle: have just read the latest part of your blog and i’m in absolute awe of you guys! you’re amazing — sounds like you’re having the trip of your lives in china. what an unforgettable time for all of you. it sounds like heaven — but you make it that way just by your open-mindedness and ability to see things as new, exciting and wonderful. your blog is such a gift for all of us to read. keep ’em coming!
xo
p,b,e
Nancy,
So glad you arrived safely. Love your blog and photos. will be happily following your adsventure. We’re watching the New Year’s celebration on Chinese TV. Wow, those fireworks are amazing! give our best to Art and girls.
xo, T