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  • Dear Media People: Quit Using the Word “Adoption” | Raising Kvell

    Dear Media People: Quit Using the Word “Adoption” | Raising Kvell. What a fascinating article! This was shared by a friend on Facebook, and, at first I thought, “Oh dear, another rant about the stigma of adoption.”  But, I’m so glad that I read the article, as it opened my eyes to some weird and…

  • Counting our blessings…

    The international adoption world has been rocked by the story of the Russian boy who was sent back to Russia on a plane, by himself, by his adoptive mom who apparently was overwhelmed by his violent attachment disorder…I listened to the Diane Rehm Show today on my way in to work, and listened to stories…

  • The flight home

    Our flight left at 10pm, which gave us all day on saturday to prepare and pack. Ron was tied up assisting our new friends at the hospital with the challenge of the measles outbreak that touched the orphanage so tragically (fortunately, our co-adoptive parents were able to bring their baby home, eventually). Silly Sal stayed…

  • Day 5 – Embassy day!

    Today was the day that we would go to the US embassy to get the visas for the boys that would allow us to take then home. We had been given a prep talk on the evening of the second night that we were there to fill out the forms correctly, and know a bit…