I used SenGuard by Cosentino. It's the only sealer (permeable) that my local marble and granite yard recommends for white marbles. It's about $200 a container, but that was enough to do my shower and the rest of the bathroom floor and still have some left over. It allegedly lasts 15 years without reapplying.

These floors look beautiful! Are they slippery? Has it ever been a problem? I was all set on getting polished porcelain and my contractor just told me its very slippery if I put it by the entrance and the stairs to second floor. I have little kids....what am I to do? Thank you!!!

So glad you posted this. I will have to see if it is available here in Austin yet as I've been wanting something that looks like white marble (but is tougher) for my bathrooms. I'll post a picture if they have anything larger than one of those tiny little tiles that I can look at. Even if all they have is a tiny tile, I'll try to let you know whether I think it looks similar enough to white marble to "pass" or just looks sort of cheesy. I'm using Silestone in the Amarillo Palmira color in my kitchen and will probably stick with that there b/c I don't think DH would like white countertops in the kitchen. Again, thanks for the heads-up!

danihoney -- My DH is also an adoptee. He was never told and only found out after his adoptive (and emotionally abusive) mother died. Our DS was about nine at the time. It took DH a little time to decide to search. I'd hoped very much he would find a loving birth mom, but she was so mired in her *shame* that she couldn't be forthcoming. She had gone on to marry his birthfather; had two children with first husband and two with birthfather; many grandchildren she was afraid would 'judge' her. However, even in that situation, he did meet his eldest sibling (half-brother) who gave him photos of the family. DH is a virtual twin of the youngest sib, a girl. Even though there was no big welcoming family, DH got what all the adoptees I've worked with got: a sense of who they are via birth and who via adoption; who they LOOK LIKE; and answers direct from the 'horse's mouth' about 'why' they were given up. (Only social workers and adoptive parents use the term 'placed for adoption'. it doesn't feel that way to adoptees and it doesn't feel that way to most birthmoms, either. Adoptees feel abandoned and most birthmoms weren't given the *choice* that 'placement' infers.) Search means flouting a whole society that doesn't want to think about a dark side to adoption, and it means giving up long-nurtured fantasies. Most people I know were strengthened by doing it and having sure knowledge to replace the 'maybe's' -- regardless of what was found. But, it has to be the individual's choice -- much as dear wives or husbands think it would be beneficial. I have been one of few adoptive parents who embraced search. Many were afraid to 'lose' their 'child' or that he or she would be 'hurt' by finding the truth. But, a strange thing happened after search, when the adoptive family almost always became stronger; there was no longer some unknown to fear.