Author Archive for: Lu

Family for all Ages Being Called to Adopt an Older Child by Chandres Pickett and Phyllis Stephenson As a society, we typically think of family and children with a vision of newborn babies, soft clothing, and new beginnings. This new journey fills us with hope and wonder for the future of our children. We dream of children […]

I had to share this new family (btw, any RR family who would like to be a featured blog post, please contact Lucille)! They shared their adoption announcement video and I fell in love! You will too! Their girls are brilliant! Here is their post and if you can donate to help them get started, […]

  Remembering Mia’s Gotcha Day by Kecia Cox Six years ago today, after 4.5 years of being alone, inside orphanage walls and within orphanage gates, Mia took hold of two nearly strangers hands and with perfect trust she walked away from all she had ever known. She didn’t speak our language, she didn’t understand what was […]

These are some of the photos that were sent in for consideration of our April article in The Mighty. The article can be read here: What Does International Adoption of Children with Disabilities Look Like?

UPDATE October 2013: We have learned that Kyle has passed away. He is now in the arms of his Heavenly Father. Since 1999 some 60,000 Russian orphans were adopted by US citizens. In all of those years, prior to President Putin putting the ban on American adoptions, 19 of those 60,000 died after being adopted […]