Western society was shocked in the mid 1990s when we heard that there were 132 million orphans in the world. As good hearted people took this... Read More →
I had always understood empathy to be trying to imagine myself in someone else’s shoes, and then trying to understand how it would feel. I got it... Read More →
Now as we returned, Amy was even more troubled by the environment than she had been before. “That carousel is just eerie,” she said while... Read More →
Sarah jabbered, kissed her hand, and blew her feelings to the sun. “My-eck!” she squealed afterward. “Yes!” Amy responded while rapidly running... Read More →
[This week Emily’s blog would have required tons of brackets for explanations, so I decided to create a document that gives the basic history of... Read More →
Recently we changed things in this document to correct erroneous information on the age of our daughters’ biological sibling, Vitaly (or... Read More →
Survivor Syndrome has been rough on my daughter. Sarah had been home from Russia for five years when we met with her friends, in Spain. Those... Read More →
Orphan advocacy takes up a large part of my life, now. Consequently, I was unexpectedly shaken by a notification of the death of someone I never... Read More →
First time I meet Grandpa and Grandma in Russia. I love my Grandpa and Grandma. I went with them a movie, take pictures. My grandpa have a... Read More →