Were you raised in a multi-ethnic family or neighborhood? Do you have lots of friends and family who would crush people that made an issue out of... Read More →
Stass confirmed my suspicions when Amy asked him where these people worked. After all, there was no apparent industry, agriculture, tourism,... Read More →
Chapter 9 Rural Russia They looked like gingerbread houses, the result of a kindergarten project gone awry. Those crooked buildings appeared... Read More →
As Seen on Adoption.net Troubled child adoption is about loving enough to accept not being trusted. I learned that by watching my wife’s example.... Read More →
Marina was different. She stood patiently waiting at the top of the hill while politely asking each returning child if she might have a turn. Fat... Read More →
I was shocked. What was this beautiful Asian girl doing in a Russian orphanage? She’d never get out. Russians almost never adopted anything but... Read More →
As Seen in the Huffington Post Yeahhh, the Cold War; I remember. I graduated from high school in 1982. At some point during my junior year,... Read More →
Two orphanage workers in white lab coats sat on a bench visiting with each other. More than a dozen children between the ages of five and eight... Read More →
Our family was so wrong. We thought that adopting a child with Down syndrome would be about what we could do for him. The error of thinking like... Read More →
Chapter 8 Examination and Conviction Ice had been creeping outward from the beginnings of the bay for weeks. While it covered the water near... Read More →
I think every school aged girl who gets adopted feels at least a little bit like a princess. That was certainly true for my daughters. Sarah, who... Read More →
“Would you like to blow kisses to your new brothers in America?” Amy asked. The little girl’s face became the brightest light in the room. “Dá... Read More →