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Family Trees And Adoption
On the Russian adoption forum right now there is a thread that both enlightens and infuriates me. It’s about telling a teacher that your child was adopted and those elementary school family tree...
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Gotcha Day, Plus Two
Two years ago yesterday, September 30, a judge in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk finally wrapped up two days of hearings on an adoption petition. Two years ago yesterday, this judge, new to the family court bench,...
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The Power Of Positive Tomatoes
This past weekend was the best of times–and the worst of times. Ordinarily, I’d say the less said about the latter the better. But to understand the highlights, you have to have seen the lowlights....
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The Many Sides Of Russia’s Bears
Maybe it’s because I’ve watched the “Wizard of Oz” too many times, but I can’t write the word “tigers” without also whispering under my breath “lions and bears, oh my”. As luck would have it, this is...
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Adopting The Older Russian Child
There were two interesting stories about older children adopted from Russia in the last week, and I’d like to tell you about them both. The first appeared in The St. Cloud Times, under the headline...
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Seeing Autumn’s Colors In A New Light
This is the hardest time of the year for me to accept that my little guy is color blind. Thanks to some sharp-eyed observations from one of his teachers, I suspected pretty soon after he came home...
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Art From Russia’s Orphans
If you live or work in New York City and you want to get involved in a new philanthropic effort for Russia’s orphans, head to the Times Square area today or Saturday. St. Malachy’s Church/Actors’...
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Adopting An Orphanage Friend
From time to time since I took over this blog in January, I have seen stories around the Internet of families who found, and adopted, the biological siblings of the first children they adopted from...
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Kissing The Boogey Man Goodbye
We passed a bit of a milestone the other day: It’s been six months since my little guy has had an episode of night terrors. Once every two to three weeks or so after coming home to America, he would...
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The Boy From Baby House 10
Forgive me for my book report like post today. I always hated writing book reports in school. I never quite understood the need for them. I read the book…it was good or bad…what else did they really...
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