what we're reading :: we're back

Because you asked so very nicely.

Thanks to those of y’all who messaged, commented and emailed, we have officially revived our What We’re Reading feature.

If you’re not familiar with What We’re Reading, it began 5 years ago as a once-a-week post by Tonggu Momma to share links that encourage, inspire, enlighten and inform those of us on this journey of special needs adoption. Because, don’t we know, this is a journey that is full of hills, valleys and everything in between. It morphed a smidge over time to be a little less frequent (that’s when TM handed the reins off to me, ahem).

We also added links to blogs of families who are in China meeting their new little ones. Because that? Is so. much. fun.

And we would love your help to make our What We’re Reading posts even better. We’ve created some very simple forms to complete with any links you think would be of interest to our readers. It might be a news story, a blog post or a special needs resource – anything adoption related, China related, special needs related or parenting related. If you thought it was a good read, let us know. We’d love to check it out and consider sharing it in a future What We’re Reading post.

To share a blog post or news article go here.
To share your blog with our readers, as a soon-to-be traveling to China family go here.

Around the Blog World:

Connie at One More Ladybug reviews the last year with her newest child, Khloie. They’ve tackled cardiological, neurological, vision, verbal and motor issues – and Khloie’s progress has been nothing short of miraculous.

Fannie at Crazy Life of the Wilks Family shares her heart after hearing the news of the death of a child in China with thalassemia.

Photographer/Designer extraordinaire, Ashley Ann, on her blog Under the Sycamore shares the story of Noelle – a little one at New Day who is in desperate need of life-saving heart surgery. Amazingly, all the necessary funds were raised for Noelle’s surgery. Yay!

Katie at For the Love of One with a profound post about what it feels like to live with “the constant reality that I will more than likely bury my own son.”

Rebecca at The Sweet Life recently brought home her son from China who, developmentally, has much catching up to do. She shares a bunch of wonderfully fun and effective ways to encourage learning for little ones, especially those who have not received appropriate opportunities to learn.

Hannah at Loving Dangerously reflects on a visit to an orphanage where she visited with the frailest and sickest children of all.

Tara at Gladney’s blog All I Need shares a powerful guest post about the adoption of her daughter with a similar need to her very own – severe burns.

In the news:

Maybe She’ll Go To The Moon – father of a little girl with Down syndrome speculates on all that his very special daughter will be able to accomplish. At her birth, he was told by the geneticist “you’ve probably seen them bagging groceries” in reference to his daughter’s Down syndrome.

The Holcomb C3-R, an alternative to corneal transplants for people with keracotonus, helped make bobsledder Steven Holcomb’s Olympic dreams come true. The Today show has a 7 minute video on the Holcomb C3-R here.

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