community and resource for families of special needs children from China
Sometimes as I rock Sunshine to bed at night, I think about her first mother. I mostly grieve for all that she will not have the privilege of experiencing with our special girl. I wonder what she is doing now and if she thinks of our daughter. I wonder if she knows how loved Sunshine [...]
My husband and I are in the throes of adoption for yet a third time. I think any adoptive parent would tell you that the process isn’t easy. It’s frustrating and disappointing. Rarely are the waits shorter than you expected or the news better than you expected to hear. Last week was one of *those* [...]
So I’m a moron. I mean it. A complete and total dork. My idiocy seems to come out NOT in front of fellow idiots, but around uber smart, genius type people. You know, those who intimidate the heck out of you and before whom you know ahead of time that you should just keep your [...]
I was tracking with her. Lydia runs away. She can’t stay still. She’s not listening. I nodded my head, identifying with her sympathetically, “Yeah, I know what you are seeing because we see that at home too.” “Well, it’s not okay here.” (Apparently, time outs are though.) Okay, no longer tracking. It was dismissal, moms [...]
she finds my pillow or my arm or holds my hand… and stays close by through the night. her wild and spunky and determined self finds rest. for years i dreamed of this. waited endlessly to have her snuggling in my arms. wept thousands of tears over the days we were apart. and she is [...]
– A guest post by dad-to-six Mike Jutt who is currently in China bringing home his twins! “This is going to be the most shocking phone call of your life…” Those are the first 13 words Anne said to me when I answered the phone at work that afternoon. But it was the next three [...]
Honey – HAS FOUND HER FAMILY! DOB: Jan 2012 Non-special focus Honey has anal atresia and an extra finger. She is a happy little baby who likes to babble. At her last report from when she was 9 months, Honey was crawling and doing well. She likes to laugh, wave and play with toys. What [...]
It was 2 weeks ago and I’d just dropped my son off for afternoon kindergarten. On the radio, a woman with some title that I fail to remember was saying how important it is for children adopted from other countries to have ties to that culture, how crucial it is that their parents make every [...]
All these children are currently on the shared list. Please contact Brooke at el_lauren@yahoo.com for more information. Paisley – April 1999 – Dandy Walker Syndrome Paisley ages out April 21st. After this time she will no longer be eligible for adoption. She needs a family that is logged in and either not matched yet or [...]
Recently one of my friends directed me to a quote that ended with the phrase, “Raising a child with special needs doesn’t TAKE a special family, it MAKES a special family.” I’m a lover of quotes, but this one especially resonated with me. Not just because I’ve adopted two children with special needs and am [...]
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