The CCCWA has announced that the next shared list will be released on Tuesday, September 27th.  Congratulations to all those families who will finally see their child for the first time very soon, as well as those already matched!

In China, and desperately missing their washer/dryer (we can all get that!): the family of Okkar Life. Follow the Chryst family, and their delicious toddler, as she recovers from her first cleft surgery and prepares for the second in November. And see if you agree with Dr. Jane Aronson that “The Trouble With International Adoption …Read More

I love this word in Chinese:  明白, or, if you do not have Chinese fonts installed on your computer, it is “Ming bai”. Little Lukai whom will arrive in Canada on Nov 24th! Now, why do I love it?  Because it means “to understand”.  Or, to “see clearly”.  Literally, I think it means something like …Read More

Rory is loud. I have written about this before, but I feel that I cannot possibly have really conveyed what I meant by loud. When I say Rory, who will be six this week, and who has been with us for just over two years, is loud, I mean LOUD. I mean loud at every …Read More

In the world of special needs adoption, not all “special needs” are known or expected. Sometimes a perfect, healthy child turns out to be more complicated than anticipated. And some of the most difficult special needs can not be seen or touched or scanned with an MRI. My oldest daughter, DanDan, is the one who …Read More

The links are belated today because—there’s a really good reason—wait for it—I forgot it was Wednesday. Travel vicariously with the Jones’ and the Westhavens, in China now, and with the Bergey Dad—warning, if you read through the lines of the Bergey’s pictures, you may weep for the foster parents, saying goodbye to a child they …Read More

Today’s post is written by Holly, mother to four – two adopted from China through the Special Needs program. Holly blogs at Purpose Driven Family.   I remember when we were praying and contemplating over her file. Was SHE our daughter? How could we ever know? There are so many orphaned children in need, how could …Read More

FAS (Fetal Alcohol Syndrome) is considered rare among China adoptees, but the family at Blue Willow Girl has finally realized what they’re dealing with, and they wonder if more parents out there should consider the possibility. And although this is a family who’ve adopted from Ethiopia, not China, this post on life “after the airport” …Read More

I knew, based on research, that XiXi would lose his ability to speak Mandarin. I knew that on a logical, cognitive level, but on a deeper level, I had a hard time really believing it. Or at least believing that it would happen as quickly as researchers said it would, 12 weeks. Twelve weeks to …Read More

I have so many ideas for post topics in my head. I have even started many times only to hit DELETE–DELETE–DELETE. I just can’t get the jumbled thoughts on paper or the blog-o-sphere. I think it is due to pregnant/paperchasing brain. Or maybe I just don’t want to put it out there. Yet. So. We …Read More