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 →
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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 →
Reactive Attachment Disorder Measuring Success
Because some of our children have Reactive Attachment Disorder measuring success is hard to do and that leaves us, as parents, frustrated. My... Read More →
To Sing Frogs Chapter 14a
Chapter 14 Who Would This Little Boy Be? A policeman walked to the side of the road slightly waving a stick with a four-inch-round... Read More →
The Real Reason for a Decline in Adoptions
As Seen on Adoption.net Recently, my Google alerts for “adoption” and “international adoption” went crazy. It seemed that every news outlet in... Read More →
To Sing Frogs Chapter 13a
Chapter 13 Troubled Mind I waited under a winter-dead cottonwood tree near the portal to other dimensions. A few feet away stood... Read More →
To Sing Frogs Chapter 12c
“Mamashka! Papashka!” Katya screamed as she ran through the playroom tripping over toys and bouncing off peers. Marina remained near the corner... Read More →
How to Fix Your Child With a Magic Wand
My oldest daughter hadn’t been home from Russia for a month before we noticed her pointing pencils or other objects at us while contorting her... Read More →
To Sing Frogs Chapter 12b
Soon Amy and I joined the fun and sprawled out on the floor with the children. We played with the toys we could get to. We played patty-cake. Amy... Read More →
To Sing Frogs Chapter 12a
Chapter 12 A Burned Baby When you adopt from foreign worlds you find yourself forced to rely on people you hardly know. After brief... Read More →
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