Well…I have lived with 3 teenage boys and survived…my youngest of these sons is now 19 and I hope the worst is over with my adventures with him. Now that we are into the world of ‘teenage girls’…a whole new world for us…we are learning that the world actually does revolve around her.
I have [...]
Posts Tagged ‘orphanage’
4 Jul
Living (?) with Teenagers
29 May
Warner Bros. responds to Orphan movie Protest
As per my last post, I was disappointed to see a movie that offers people another reason to be scared to adopt an older child. I realize it is a horror movie and not real but I don’t like any negative messages getting out there about adoption that might scare potential adoptive families. Warner Bros [...]
20 Mar
Alex’s 4th birthday–but he is 10!
Our son, Alex, turns 10 tomorrow. It is only the 4th birthday he has celebrated however since he was adopted from Russia four years ago. I remember the first time he was given a present. He just sat and looked at it. He had no idea what this box wrapped in [...]
10 Mar
What is your opinion on this video?
I finished ‘tweeking’ my Adoption Highway video…to encourage people to use my system to make International Adoption easier & less costly.
What do you think of it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ9b3sEIPsU
25 Jul
It’s a Small World After All—
It was amazing for me to hear….
Our daughter, Tania, had just returned from a 2 week camping trip in WI. She had a great time. She confided in me that she had met another girl from Russia while there. I had commented I thought that was pretty cool. She then told me even more. As [...]
6 Mar
Telling Sins isn’t Easy!
Alex, 8, was adopted from a Russian orphanage 3.5 years ago. I am not sure why the sacrament of Penance was so difficult for him this past week. The thought of telling a priest, a stranger, that you had been a bad boy at some point, was unbearable to him. He cried all the way [...]
11 Feb
Annie…Broadway play vs. real orphans
We went to see Annie Jr…a play put on by the Christian Youth Theatre…at College of Lake County in IL. Both Tania & Alex enjoy music so I figured they’d like it. Not a complaint out of them. Alex was bopping along sitting next to me and was really paying attention. Tania was surprised to [...]
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