Johanna, from Stop and Smell the Flowers, is mom to Tahlia, who is still waiting in China. Johanna shares about Tahlia’s special need of cleft lip and palate, the preparations they are making for her arrival home and how they came to be a family, even though they were initially intimidated by her new daughter’s …Read More

The newest shared list is expected to be released by the CCCWA on the night of October 31st. Congratulations to all families in the Special Needs program, whether you find your child on shared list, the Special Focus list or an individual agency list… it’s always wonderful when children find their forever family!

Incredibly inspiring video of a college-aged girl, Scout Bassett, adopted from China when she was 9. She was abandoned as a toddler with severe burns (and eventually lost her leg), but now runs, bikes and swims competitively, all with an amazing courage and determination. Beautiful Emme Jade’s family recently found out that she had a …Read More

Refuses to let me help her tie up her gia… Ping:  I no can do this!Me:  What’s wrong baby?Ping:  I no can fix my gia.Me:  Well come here, I can fix it.Ping:  You know how do it?Me:  Yea, I got this.*I tie up Ping’s gia for karate class, and she runs out of the bedroom*Me: …Read More

We are working to create a database for adoptive families pursuing adoption that need help funding their adoption. Please leave a comment or email us if you have any organizations to add to our list.Both Hands – http://www.bothhandsfoundation.org/Lifesong for Orphans – http://www.lifesongfororphans.org/adGrantLoans.html JSC Foundation – http://jscfoundation.org/ Katelyn’s Fund – http://katelynsfund.org A Child Waits Foundation – …Read More

My Mom called before 8 a.m. wanting more details after reading this post. I don’t *think* she was mad when I refused to answer a specific question. Let me just say my Mom is one of the coolest and most awesome ladies I know, but man it feels good that I have the confidence to …Read More

So this past weekend, I was driving the car, listening to the Moth story hour on NHPR and feeling lucky. I love the Moth (true stories told live). Hell, I have a story I want to tell the Moth. (The Pringle Fairy.) But mostly, I love that what I expected to be a chore—a half-hour’s …Read More

You’ve certainly heard about Steve Jobs’ (of Apple fame) passing from pancreatic cancer. But did you know he was adopted as an infant? Read the article Steve Jobs Changed the World: Adoption Changed His, written by another adult adoptee, Ryan Bomberger. I also encourage you to watch Ryan’s video about his own experience being an …Read More

Special needs. There’s a whole lot of weight to those two words. I’ve written a few times about how having several children with so called “special needs” doesn’t define our family.  We have more specialist appointments than some and less than others, but overall the family life of the “M6” is mapped by four active …Read More

We met one sad, scared little boy. This passport photo was taken maybe thirty minutes after that traumatic first meeting. I sat him on the stool in front of the white curtain, my arm on his back to make sure he didn’t fall. “Smile!” I said in a cheery sing-song voice.  Although an appropriate thing …Read More