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 →
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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 →
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 →
To Sing Frogs Chapter 13b
The yellow Monarch was the only thing in my focus. Then it began to fade. A tree ten meters behind it started to steal my vision. I tried to keep... 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 →
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 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 →
Get Close Enough to Help People with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Psychologists call them triggers. They could be events, objects, sensory stimulations or even words. When a person who has experienced severe... Read More →
To Sing Frogs Chapter 11b
“Mama Olga” was heartsick. She was also a practical woman. The best she could do now was to find the perfect homes for Luba and Sergei. Anya... Read More →
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