Author, Adoption Activist Tells His Family’s Story in Book and Portland Visit
By Kathy Hinson for The Oregonian http://www.oregonlive.com/kiddo/index.ssf/2013/07/author_adoption_activist_tells.html#incart_river Read More →
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KMSP-TV The Buzz (Twin Cities) with Tom Halden
KMSP-TV KMSP-TV The Buzz (Twin Cities) with Tom Halden http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/story/22693811/to-sing-frogs Read More →
Some Things Don’t Make Sense
It’s like how black and wet make purple. You don’t have to know why it happens. It’s a fact. It doesn’t matter if you can explain it, or if... Read More →
I Did It Because Orphans Changed Me
Where to start… Oh. I resigned. I started the company that evolved into White Knight in 1988. I led that company every minute up until a week ago. Read More →
Darla Rescues Strays Like Me
Darla fixes up strays, like me. I was catching up on Facebook this morning when a saw a post from a long-time friend. Several weeks ago,... Read More →
Who Should We Stop From Adopting?
This article is available at HuffingtonPost. (PDF) Who Should We Stop From Adopting? Sarah wants to know why people say that some people... Read More →
The Term “Real Mother” Confuses Us
Mothers’ Day has always been a tough one at our house. My wife, Amy, came from a home where she was abused by her father and her mother did... Read More →
Mental Illness Is Like Other Illness
Amy and I have three biological children and six adopted ones in our family. Parenting that many children should clue you in on the fact that... Read More →
A Rose By Any Other Name…
Sarah or Yeakaterina? (Make sure you roll the “r” when you say that.) I need to back up. Recently, a mom-blogger provided some feedback for my... Read More →
A World Without Bullies
As Seen in Huffington Post I was always the second or third child from the left on the front row of class pictures in elementary school. I was... Read More →
I’d Rather Be In An Orphanage
My wife and I just got back from our first trip ever to Hawaii. It was incredible. It was everything we imagined it to be. I saw the most... Read More →
Broken Lives and Broken Tiles can be Things of Beauty
Broken lives, to my wife, were reflected in the broken tiles of our new Master Bath. “It’s even more beautiful because they were broken!”... Read More →
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