To Sing Frogs Chapter 16a
Chapter 16 Trust Us For Amy it was Kirrill. For me, leaving Katya would tear out my heart. Of course Kirrill had a cold. He was in a hospital... Read More →
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How to Soothe our Pain When we Can’t Help who we Want to Help
Marina was seven and Jula was five, like my daughter-to-be. I don’t know how old Jenya, Maksím, André, Dasha, Ksenya and Natasha were, but it... Read More →
To Sing Frogs Chapter 15d
“Five hundred.” “How can I help you if you don’t tell me the truth?” Tatiana looked helplessly at Stass. “Six hundred.” “Dr. Tatiana, you are a... Read More →
To Sing Frogs Chapter 15c
“If we bought medicine for Kirrill would they give it to him?” Amy asked hopefully. Read More →
To Sing Frogs Chapter 15b
It would be bad if we didn’t visit Kirrill at least twice, Stass had explained. Russian adoption courts worshipped the number two like Christians... Read More →
You Don’t Need to be as Wrong as I Was
Her name was Marina. She was one of the sweetest, prettiest, shyest little girls I had ever met. She was almost seven when she handed me a... Read More →
To Sing Frogs Chapter 15a
Chapter 15 Awareness The children waited on ice. Friday morning it was cold. Again. Even though it was well below zero, Fahrenheit,... Read More →
To Sing Frogs Chapter 14d
Footsteps and Russian words from the hallway interrupted my imagination. Amy erupted from her chair and went straight to the doorway. Stass and I... Read More →
A Mistake Adoptive Parents Never Need to Make Again
As Seen on Huffington Post Oh, I talk the talk. I try to walk the walk. When it comes to difficult circumstances, I always try to focus on what... Read More →
To Sing Frogs Chapter 14c
The brick of the Ussuriysk Baby Hospital was off white. The building accents and security metalwork over the windows were sky blue. It was a... Read More →
Introductory Video Blog
Introductory video to Life in our Kinda Normal Family Amy and I thought that adding video to our blog would help you get to know our... Read More →
To Sing Frogs Chapter 14b
I had heard people say they experienced an immediate overpowering euphoric attachment with some of their biological children, but it took time to... Read More →
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