Each Wednesday we post links from the previous week that touch on special needs adoption. Our hope is that these small snapshots provide you with a glimpse of life after adopting through China’s waiting child program… both the long-term blessings and the challenges that come with parenting a child with special needs. We also hope to raise awareness about a variety of special needs.
Owen Update — adoptive momma (China) Melissa at Wen Love Calls… thoughts after one month home, plus some information about his medical evaluations
Home Sweet Home — adoptive momma (China) Heather at Dragons and Elephants… describing her son Kai’s last day in the hospital and his first two weeks home after major surgery
Victoria’s Fingers — foster momma (India) Sarah Bess, co-founder of India Christian Ministries, at Sarah’s Covenant Homes… describing Victoria’s clinodactyly of the index fingers and either that or kirner’s deformity of the pinky fingers
Cardiologist check-up — adoptive parents (China) Aaron and Erica at Praying for You You… her first check-up with the cardiologist after major surgery
Monday Morning Confessional: I need to get out. Often. — momma of a child who has special needs (infant strokes) Ellen at To The Max… leaving a child with special needs with a babysitter
I knew this day would come — adoptive momma (China) Living4Him5at My Four Blessings… an emotional conversation with her daughter about her daughter’s arthrogryposis
If you know one kid with autism… — adoptive momma (domestic) Julie Martindale at Not Just An Ordinary Life… exploring her feelings about her son’s recent autism diagnosis
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