Friday, June 29, 2012
A Post for the Kids of Orphanage 9
This young man's smile is a ray of sunshine. His giggle is infectious. He is a good helper at the children's home with his teachers and fellow classmates. He is the man of the house and takes responsibility for others without complaining. He does not let his role go to his head and become arrogant and proud. If he does get upset which is not often he can be easily redirected. He plays very well with all the other classmates and listens to his teachers. Whenever we see him we are greeted by him running to us with a BIG smile and a wave. He showed very clear signs of attaching to a mother and a father. He loves older children (teenagers) and just longs to belong to a family and have that attachment and affection.
This little man makes me weak in the knees! This is Steven. Oh how I adore him and want to bring him home and just love and protect him! I cannot say enough wonderful things about this young man. He truly is a little man of character. He sees the needs of others before they do. We walked past a swing that was swinging when he was holding my hand, he knew there were other little ones behind us and he stopped the swing so it didn't hit the others. We go to his childrens home early in the morning so I bring my coffee. Gotts have my coffee! The kids light up when they see coffee! LOL! Anyhow my coffee cup was empty but the little ones in his group saw my coffee cup and he ran to my cup first and gave it to me in order to make sure they did not get it when he saw they spotted the cup. Taylor lost her hair ribbon on two occasions and he ran and brought her bow back to her while the others stepped on it. He wants a Mama and Papa so badly. He calls Joe and I Mama and Papa and he lights up when he sees us. Oh how I want to bring him home. Not sure if we are being called to but I do know this this little boy wants and needs a family to love him that he will love back with everything he is. His heart is on his sleeve to serve others. Oh how he deserves the love of a father and mother!
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Matching Grant Opportunity for Karina!
I am reposting the following from another blog. I posted about Karina a few weeks ago on a Waiting Child Wednesday post. She is one of my favorites and needs parents so badly. Please donate if you can. Every little bit will get her closer to her family!
INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR KARINA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It is with extreme excitement that I can share with you
that due to donors who wish to remain anonymous I can announce that there is now
a $1500 matching grant available for my princess Karina.
Karina is a 2.5 year old little girl. She has
Crouzon syndrome, skeletal abnormalities, a heart condition, cleft hard palate
and other medical conditions ( I will update you with more about her medical
status if and when it becomes available).
She needs our help. Her health is fragile. She desperately needs a family. If we can meet this matching grant she will have enough money in her fund to move to the "Sizable Grants" page on Reece's Rainbow.
Here is how this will work. If you want to help go to this link and click donate. The payment will be processed through paypal but you don't need an account to give.
http://reecesrainbow.org/?s=Karina
Or you can write a cheque with "Karina December 2009" on the memo line to:
Reece's Rainbow
PO Box 4024
Gaithersburg, MD 20885
When you write a cheque Reece's Rainbow doesn't have to pay the pay pal fees so more money goes to Karina!
All donations are tax deductible for Canadians and Americans.
As of today her grant has $537.03. If her grant climbs $1500 by Labour Day (September 3) she will receive an additional $1500 from generous donors!
So the magic number is $2037.03
If we can hit this by Labour Day $1500 more will be added to her grant and she will have $3537.03 !!
I KNOW if we all work together we can make this happen. God is moving for Karina! Please pray for donors to come forward. Share on facebook. Donate. Do a garage or bake sale or just sell something on Craigslist.
Do you see the words on her pajama? "My Daddy Rocks". Can we please act quickly to hit this magic number of $2037.03 so that we can get her a that much closer to finding a Daddy (and a Mommy too!)?
She needs our help. Her health is fragile. She desperately needs a family. If we can meet this matching grant she will have enough money in her fund to move to the "Sizable Grants" page on Reece's Rainbow.
Here is how this will work. If you want to help go to this link and click donate. The payment will be processed through paypal but you don't need an account to give.
http://reecesrainbow.org/?s=Karina
Or you can write a cheque with "Karina December 2009" on the memo line to:
Reece's Rainbow
PO Box 4024
Gaithersburg, MD 20885
When you write a cheque Reece's Rainbow doesn't have to pay the pay pal fees so more money goes to Karina!
All donations are tax deductible for Canadians and Americans.
As of today her grant has $537.03. If her grant climbs $1500 by Labour Day (September 3) she will receive an additional $1500 from generous donors!
So the magic number is $2037.03
If we can hit this by Labour Day $1500 more will be added to her grant and she will have $3537.03 !!
I KNOW if we all work together we can make this happen. God is moving for Karina! Please pray for donors to come forward. Share on facebook. Donate. Do a garage or bake sale or just sell something on Craigslist.
Do you see the words on her pajama? "My Daddy Rocks". Can we please act quickly to hit this magic number of $2037.03 so that we can get her a that much closer to finding a Daddy (and a Mommy too!)?
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Just One (or Two) or (or Ten) UPDATE!
Update: June 27, 2012
Praise God! Since last week, three of these children have found their forever families! Beacon, Gemma and Lana are all coming home. This is to be celebrated!
Now we just need for Marsha, Penny, Payton and Bianca's mommies and daddies to see them. Could it be you?
A bunch of new kids were listed today who live in the same place as my Nora. Oh, my heart!
Back when God first started me onto this journey to Nora, the first child I saw was sweet Hasya who is being adopted. She is 14 and weighs 14 pounds! I was stunned and horrified!
Every child introduced tears at my heart. They need rescuing so badly! I want to take all of them home, but I know that is neither possible nor God's will. He is mighty to raise up a family for each of his children. I may not be able to adopt them all, but I can advocate for them. So here are all of the children I am aware of who are waiting to be adopted an orphanage in Eastern Europe. You can click on their names to learn more about them. Please feel free to share, repost, pray, give, adopt!
Beacon
Sweet little Beacon needs a family soon! He is 11 years old and weighs only 23 pounds. I have four boys a little older than him. Their weight varies from just under 100 pounds to over 140! 23 pounds, friends! God, please save him!
Penny
Sweet Penny may look young but she is actually 11. She should be rocking out to Justin Bieber and sassing her mommy, not lying in crib wasting away! She obviously has so much potential. Wouldn't she make a beautiful daddy's girl?
Payton
Handsome Payton is almost eight years old. He is smaller than my one-year-old by a good eight pounds. It looks like Payton's main problem is just that he has been starved. In a family he could grow into a fine young man. He just needs a chance!
Gemma
She is a gem, isn't she! Look at those gorgeous curls. And my goodness, she suffers from intestinal distress. Doesn't half of the US? I imagine that could be fixed right up over here.
Marsha
Oh, friends, sweet Marsha. Look at how swollen her head is. This is so easily fixed here, but she is laying in a crib suffering and no one comforts her. Please, dear God, send Marsha a family quickly!
Bianca
Oh, my goodness, look at her little arms. How she is crying out for a mommy! Bianca is seven and is way smaller than my one-year-old.
Lana
Beautiful Lana is still so young. Interventions will work wonders!
Praise God! Since last week, three of these children have found their forever families! Beacon, Gemma and Lana are all coming home. This is to be celebrated!
Now we just need for Marsha, Penny, Payton and Bianca's mommies and daddies to see them. Could it be you?
A bunch of new kids were listed today who live in the same place as my Nora. Oh, my heart!
Back when God first started me onto this journey to Nora, the first child I saw was sweet Hasya who is being adopted. She is 14 and weighs 14 pounds! I was stunned and horrified!
Every child introduced tears at my heart. They need rescuing so badly! I want to take all of them home, but I know that is neither possible nor God's will. He is mighty to raise up a family for each of his children. I may not be able to adopt them all, but I can advocate for them. So here are all of the children I am aware of who are waiting to be adopted an orphanage in Eastern Europe. You can click on their names to learn more about them. Please feel free to share, repost, pray, give, adopt!
Beacon
Sweet little Beacon needs a family soon! He is 11 years old and weighs only 23 pounds. I have four boys a little older than him. Their weight varies from just under 100 pounds to over 140! 23 pounds, friends! God, please save him!
Penny
Sweet Penny may look young but she is actually 11. She should be rocking out to Justin Bieber and sassing her mommy, not lying in crib wasting away! She obviously has so much potential. Wouldn't she make a beautiful daddy's girl?
Payton
Handsome Payton is almost eight years old. He is smaller than my one-year-old by a good eight pounds. It looks like Payton's main problem is just that he has been starved. In a family he could grow into a fine young man. He just needs a chance!
Gemma
She is a gem, isn't she! Look at those gorgeous curls. And my goodness, she suffers from intestinal distress. Doesn't half of the US? I imagine that could be fixed right up over here.
Marsha
Oh, friends, sweet Marsha. Look at how swollen her head is. This is so easily fixed here, but she is laying in a crib suffering and no one comforts her. Please, dear God, send Marsha a family quickly!
Bianca
Oh, my goodness, look at her little arms. How she is crying out for a mommy! Bianca is seven and is way smaller than my one-year-old.
Lana
Beautiful Lana is still so young. Interventions will work wonders!
Waiting Child Wednesday 6-27-12
I have another trio of gorgeous, made-in-God's-image children for you today. God could easily rescue these babies now, but for some reason, He has chosen to do his work on earth through you and me. So let's be Jesus to the least of these and go get them!
Our first child is Anna S. Can you see past the burns to the beauty? She smiles! Would you in her situation? What a beautiful, wonderful daughter she will make someone. She is God's perfect handiwork and we are all called to save her.
Next is Carissa. She has had such a hard life. She has lost person after person who was important to her and is alone. She desperately needs a family to see her and help heal her scars.
Last is Angela. Look at that joyful smile! She will make some family very happy. Do you see Jesus when you look into her face?
Our first child is Anna S. Can you see past the burns to the beauty? She smiles! Would you in her situation? What a beautiful, wonderful daughter she will make someone. She is God's perfect handiwork and we are all called to save her.
Next is Carissa. She has had such a hard life. She has lost person after person who was important to her and is alone. She desperately needs a family to see her and help heal her scars.
Last is Angela. Look at that joyful smile! She will make some family very happy. Do you see Jesus when you look into her face?
Monday, June 25, 2012
For Porter
Sometimes I complain that life isn't fair. Really, I have nothing to gripe about. I have a family that loves me, plenty to eat, and meaningful work to occupy my time. Today, I'm going to tell you about a little fellow who has reason to complain, who has none of those things.
His name is Porter.
Isn't he a doll? He is an orphan and was recently moved out of the only home he's ever known, his babyhouse, into a mental institution. His crime? Being HIV+.
A family who met him while adopting another child says that he's a delightful 6 year old. He deserves so much better than a life of monotony and neglect.
Could you be his family? I know HIV still scares us here sometimes, but it is a much more managable disease than it used to be. All Porter needs is a chance. For more info and parent support on adopting and raising a child with HIV, please visit http://www.
Here are other blogs which are featuring Porter today:
A Little Lemonade
Room at the Table
Orphan Report
The Wonder of Boys
Faith, Trust and Pixie Dust
Whole Lotta Love
His name is Porter.
Isn't he a doll? He is an orphan and was recently moved out of the only home he's ever known, his babyhouse, into a mental institution. His crime? Being HIV+.
A family who met him while adopting another child says that he's a delightful 6 year old. He deserves so much better than a life of monotony and neglect.
Could you be his family? I know HIV still scares us here sometimes, but it is a much more managable disease than it used to be. All Porter needs is a chance. For more info and parent support on adopting and raising a child with HIV, please visit http://www.
Here are other blogs which are featuring Porter today:
A Little Lemonade
Room at the Table
Orphan Report
The Wonder of Boys
Faith, Trust and Pixie Dust
Whole Lotta Love
Friday, June 22, 2012
Just One (or Two) or (or Ten)
A bunch of new kids were listed today who live in the same place as my Nora. Oh, my heart!
Back when God first started me onto this journey to Nora, the first child I saw was sweet Hasya who is being adopted. She is 14 and weighs 14 pounds! I was stunned and horrified!
Every child introduced tears at my heart. They need rescuing so badly! I want to take all of them home, but I know that is neither possible nor God's will. He is mighty to raise up a family for each of his children. I may not be able to adopt them all, but I can advocate for them. So here are all of the children I am aware of who are waiting to be adopted from an orphanage in Eastern Europe. You can click on their names to learn more about them. Please feel free to share, repost, pray, give, adopt!
Beacon
Sweet little Beacon needs a family soon! He is 11 years old and weighs only 23 pounds. I have four boys a little older than him. Their weight varies from just under 100 pounds to over 140! 23 pounds, friends! God, please save him!
Penny
Sweet Penny may look young but she is actually 11. She should be rocking out to Justin Bieber and sassing her mommy, not lying in crib wasting away! She obviously has so much potential. Wouldn't she make a beautiful daddy's girl?
Payton
Handsome Payton is almost eight years old. He is smaller than my one-year-old by a good eight pounds. It looks like Payton's main problem is just that he has been starved. In a family he could grow into a fine young man. He just needs a chance!
Gemma
She is a gem, isn't she! Look at those gorgeous curls. And my goodness, she suffers from intestinal distress. Doesn't half of the US? I imagine that could be fixed right up over here.
Marsha
Oh, friends, sweet Marsha. Look at how swollen her head is. This is so easily fixed here, but she is laying in a crib suffering and no one comforts her. Please, dear God, send Marsha a family quickly!
Bianca
Oh, my goodness, look at her little arms. How she is crying out for a mommy! Bianca is seven and is way smaller than my one-year-old.
Lana
Beautiful Lana is still so young. Interventions will work wonders!
Back when God first started me onto this journey to Nora, the first child I saw was sweet Hasya who is being adopted. She is 14 and weighs 14 pounds! I was stunned and horrified!
Every child introduced tears at my heart. They need rescuing so badly! I want to take all of them home, but I know that is neither possible nor God's will. He is mighty to raise up a family for each of his children. I may not be able to adopt them all, but I can advocate for them. So here are all of the children I am aware of who are waiting to be adopted from an orphanage in Eastern Europe. You can click on their names to learn more about them. Please feel free to share, repost, pray, give, adopt!
Beacon
Sweet little Beacon needs a family soon! He is 11 years old and weighs only 23 pounds. I have four boys a little older than him. Their weight varies from just under 100 pounds to over 140! 23 pounds, friends! God, please save him!
Penny
Sweet Penny may look young but she is actually 11. She should be rocking out to Justin Bieber and sassing her mommy, not lying in crib wasting away! She obviously has so much potential. Wouldn't she make a beautiful daddy's girl?
Payton
Handsome Payton is almost eight years old. He is smaller than my one-year-old by a good eight pounds. It looks like Payton's main problem is just that he has been starved. In a family he could grow into a fine young man. He just needs a chance!
Gemma
She is a gem, isn't she! Look at those gorgeous curls. And my goodness, she suffers from intestinal distress. Doesn't half of the US? I imagine that could be fixed right up over here.
Marsha
Oh, friends, sweet Marsha. Look at how swollen her head is. This is so easily fixed here, but she is laying in a crib suffering and no one comforts her. Please, dear God, send Marsha a family quickly!
Bianca
Oh, my goodness, look at her little arms. How she is crying out for a mommy! Bianca is seven and is way smaller than my one-year-old.
Lana
Beautiful Lana is still so young. Interventions will work wonders!
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Waiting Child Wednesday 6-20-12
Here are today's three children. They all need homes so badly!
First is Karina, a beauty with Crouzon syndrome.
She will die alone if her family doesn't find her. Could it be you? Click here to find out about Karina.
Next is Janelle. Isn't she a doll? She doesn't walk on her own yet, but a family could help her make so much progress. She will be transferred to an adult mental institution soon. Can you prevent that? Click here to learn more about sweet Janelle.
Last is Valery. She has CP and lies in a bed all day. What a difference a family could make for her! She deserves love no matter what. To find out more about her, click here.
First is Karina, a beauty with Crouzon syndrome.
She will die alone if her family doesn't find her. Could it be you? Click here to find out about Karina.
Next is Janelle. Isn't she a doll? She doesn't walk on her own yet, but a family could help her make so much progress. She will be transferred to an adult mental institution soon. Can you prevent that? Click here to learn more about sweet Janelle.
Last is Valery. She has CP and lies in a bed all day. What a difference a family could make for her! She deserves love no matter what. To find out more about her, click here.
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Waiting child Wednesday
I have decided to make Wednesdays on the blog "Waiting Child Wednesdays." I will be posting the profiles of several children in desperate need of a family. Please prayerfully consider how you can make a difference. Maybe it is through adoption, but there are other ways too. You can donate to their fund on Reeces Rainbow to help a family bring them home. You can pray for them. And you can share them on Facebook or other social media. The more people that see them, the more likely their family will find them.
First up is Giselle. Isn't she an absolute beauty!
She will be transferred to an adult mental institution if she does not find her family soon. Click here for more information on beautiful Giselle.
Next, meet Oliver. He has spent his entire life in a crib. Could you be the family that changes his life?
Click here for more information on Oliver.
Last up for today is Emmitt. He is the same age as my one of my precious sons - 14 - and is still in a crib. The medical care he could get here could make all the difference. He is described as very intelligent and sweet.
Are you Emmitt's family?
First up is Giselle. Isn't she an absolute beauty!
She will be transferred to an adult mental institution if she does not find her family soon. Click here for more information on beautiful Giselle.
Next, meet Oliver. He has spent his entire life in a crib. Could you be the family that changes his life?
Click here for more information on Oliver.
Last up for today is Emmitt. He is the same age as my one of my precious sons - 14 - and is still in a crib. The medical care he could get here could make all the difference. He is described as very intelligent and sweet.
Are you Emmitt's family?
Friday, June 8, 2012
Why it's worth it
Today we had our septic tank pumped. Not an especially newsworthy event normally, but when you're adopting, everthing you do pretty much relates to adoption. Our homestudy requires a letter from our county that our septic tank is in working order and our county requires that everyone have their septic tank pumped every five years. So there goes another $500. Yesterday I spent over $100 to mail documents to Nora's country. Just two weeks into this adoption and we've already spent a pretty tidy sum. And it doesn't matter! I tend to stress about money normally, but when it comes to saving Nora's life, no amount is too much!
Here's where a lot of adoption critics chime in. They say that the process is full of corruption and point to the astronomical cost as proof. They are not entirely wrong. But they are not entirely right either. There is, no doubt, corruption in the adoption world. There are people who steal children and sell them. There are lawyers who are raking it in. But there are also really decent people making a living wage because they care about the children. Adoption may not be perfect, but I am not sorry I have been a part of it. The alternative would be that my children, my precious children, would still be sitting in an orphanage, never knowing how special they are, never hearing the gospel, never knowing the love of a family. And that's where adoption critics break down for me. Do we leave children to rot just because the system isn't perfect? How ridiculous! Yes, we should work to improve the system and prevent tragedies like stolen children (and that makes my heart weep). But the children crying out for love should not have to wait while we make things perfect.
Adoption critics also believe that since poverty contributes to children being abandoned, we should work to end poverty so that parents can keep their children. Amen! No parent should have to give up their child because they can't afford to raise them. If these people will start programs in these countries to end poverty, I will be the first to sign up! But once again, don't forget the children that have already been abandoned. It is too late to start programs for them! They need families now. And I'm just not convinced that ending poverty is going to make every parent of a special needs child want to keep that child. There will be a need for Christians to step up and take care of these children until Jesus comes back no matter how many fabulous programs are implemented.
So, here we are with a system that's expensive and sometimes flawed. But that's not Nora's fault. She didn't ask to be born. She didn't ask to have special needs. She didn't ask for her parents to abandon her. But she has born all the consequences. God willing, she will not bear them alone much longer. And if it takes pumping my septic tank and living at the Fed Ex office and ultimately traveling half way around the world, so be it.
Here's where a lot of adoption critics chime in. They say that the process is full of corruption and point to the astronomical cost as proof. They are not entirely wrong. But they are not entirely right either. There is, no doubt, corruption in the adoption world. There are people who steal children and sell them. There are lawyers who are raking it in. But there are also really decent people making a living wage because they care about the children. Adoption may not be perfect, but I am not sorry I have been a part of it. The alternative would be that my children, my precious children, would still be sitting in an orphanage, never knowing how special they are, never hearing the gospel, never knowing the love of a family. And that's where adoption critics break down for me. Do we leave children to rot just because the system isn't perfect? How ridiculous! Yes, we should work to improve the system and prevent tragedies like stolen children (and that makes my heart weep). But the children crying out for love should not have to wait while we make things perfect.
Adoption critics also believe that since poverty contributes to children being abandoned, we should work to end poverty so that parents can keep their children. Amen! No parent should have to give up their child because they can't afford to raise them. If these people will start programs in these countries to end poverty, I will be the first to sign up! But once again, don't forget the children that have already been abandoned. It is too late to start programs for them! They need families now. And I'm just not convinced that ending poverty is going to make every parent of a special needs child want to keep that child. There will be a need for Christians to step up and take care of these children until Jesus comes back no matter how many fabulous programs are implemented.
So, here we are with a system that's expensive and sometimes flawed. But that's not Nora's fault. She didn't ask to be born. She didn't ask to have special needs. She didn't ask for her parents to abandon her. But she has born all the consequences. God willing, she will not bear them alone much longer. And if it takes pumping my septic tank and living at the Fed Ex office and ultimately traveling half way around the world, so be it.
Thursday, June 7, 2012
There are no words
My husband and I have been involved in international adoption for a long time - more than 10 years now. We've been to three different orphanages/baby houses and walked out each time, leaving hundreds of children behind. It was heartbreaking. And while the children we left behind in the past lacked a family, and that is always a tragedy, at least their basic needs for food and comfort were met. And from what we could see, they had caregivers who tried to give them some attention and stimulation. They would eventually go to school.
But God has shown us things these past few months that have blown our little world apart. There are orphanages and institutions where children live where none of those things is happening. Where children are neglected and malnourished, with no hope of any attention, let alone an education, all because they were born with special needs. Through the facebook page of a great organization called the Spoon Foundation God led us to the blog of an amazing woman. Her name is Adeye and she and her husband are adopting two children from an Eastern European country. One is a 14 year old who weighs 14 pounds! My heart was forever changed when I read about this child. Oh, the anger!!! We treat animals better than children! God couldn't be any clearer if he sent me a personal email or text. These children were my responsibility. And so began our journey to our newest-to-be daughter who resides in an Eastern European orphanage. Out of respect for her, I will not list all of our medical issues here. However, if you would like to see her, you can click on this link. Her medical issues are really not what is important here though. What is important is that she lays in a crib day in and day out with no love, no stimulation, no nothing but misery! She is not changed on a regular basis. Her medical says that she does not smile. Really?!?! Why would she smile? She was thrown away at birth, unwanted and considered less than human and for three years has lived in a cage, but I'm supposed to be worried because she doesn't smile? Oh, God, forgive us for the blindness of our hearts.
Friends, this is just the beginning of our journey and I will be posting much more about the forgotten and abandoned children and what we can do for them. God is a father to the fatherless, and while the world may have locked these children away, he has never forgotten them! He calls each one by name. And he is calling his church to do something! We have to wake up!
I will leave you today with a girl named Tsveti. She was twelve when she died in her crib alone yesterday. Yesterday while I watched TV and ate three healthy meals. While I did whatever I wanted, she took her last breath and no one around her cared. I am so angry and I pray God will use my anger! May God forgive me for all of the time and money I have wasted on myself when these children are crying out for love.
But God has shown us things these past few months that have blown our little world apart. There are orphanages and institutions where children live where none of those things is happening. Where children are neglected and malnourished, with no hope of any attention, let alone an education, all because they were born with special needs. Through the facebook page of a great organization called the Spoon Foundation God led us to the blog of an amazing woman. Her name is Adeye and she and her husband are adopting two children from an Eastern European country. One is a 14 year old who weighs 14 pounds! My heart was forever changed when I read about this child. Oh, the anger!!! We treat animals better than children! God couldn't be any clearer if he sent me a personal email or text. These children were my responsibility. And so began our journey to our newest-to-be daughter who resides in an Eastern European orphanage. Out of respect for her, I will not list all of our medical issues here. However, if you would like to see her, you can click on this link. Her medical issues are really not what is important here though. What is important is that she lays in a crib day in and day out with no love, no stimulation, no nothing but misery! She is not changed on a regular basis. Her medical says that she does not smile. Really?!?! Why would she smile? She was thrown away at birth, unwanted and considered less than human and for three years has lived in a cage, but I'm supposed to be worried because she doesn't smile? Oh, God, forgive us for the blindness of our hearts.
Friends, this is just the beginning of our journey and I will be posting much more about the forgotten and abandoned children and what we can do for them. God is a father to the fatherless, and while the world may have locked these children away, he has never forgotten them! He calls each one by name. And he is calling his church to do something! We have to wake up!
I will leave you today with a girl named Tsveti. She was twelve when she died in her crib alone yesterday. Yesterday while I watched TV and ate three healthy meals. While I did whatever I wanted, she took her last breath and no one around her cared. I am so angry and I pray God will use my anger! May God forgive me for all of the time and money I have wasted on myself when these children are crying out for love.
Saturday, June 2, 2012
About us
I imagine that once our child is announced, I will have a few followers because she has been a much- loved, much-prayed-for and much-advocated-for angel. So I should probably take a moment and introduce my family. The lucky parents are Scott and Lydia. Scott is a stay at home dad, and a martial artist. Lydia is a professor of accounting at LaGrange College, and a yogini. We are the blessed parents of eight - seven born in my heart and one born under it.
I will be posting much more about my eight fabulous children in the future. Thanks for sharing this journey with us!
I will be posting much more about my eight fabulous children in the future. Thanks for sharing this journey with us!
Here we go again!
I am so excited to announce that we're becoming parents one more time! Our newest angel is waiting for us in an Eastern European orphanage. I can't post too much yet, but I can say that she is a three year old girl and that we will call her Nora. I will be posting about our adoption journey here as well as listing other angels available for adoption and how you can help even if adoption isn't available to you right now. Praise God! He is good!
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