Medical Advice for Adoptive Parents?

I found this news story on YouTube discussing the International Adoption Clinics and why they are important. This was a news story about the Medical University of South Carolina. Now understand that this is just one facility of many across the country that offer this service. I wanted to post it here so that you [...]

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Attachment Issues and the Adopted Child

For many months before we adopted our two kids from Russia we got to watch their brief videos of them talking and playing.  We also had photos hung on our refrigerator to remind us of what we were working towards.  These two kids, however, did not learn they were being adopted until we were on [...]

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Getting People to Consider Adopting Orphans

I can’t tell you how many times after I tell people about our 2 adopted kids they say things like, ‘I’d adopt in a minute if we had the money’ or ‘I always thought it’d be great to adopt but I’m just too scared.’  So—I couldn’t help think of the over 100 million kids waiting [...]

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Santa is the Best!

I had to sit back and smile when Alex, now 8, announced after opening his Christmas gifts, “Santa is the best!”.  This is from a kid that just a few years ago was in an orphanage at Christmas…a day just like every other day.  I remember when he first came home to us at 5 [...]

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Our Russian Adoption Story Video

This short video shows our journey to Far Eastern Russia to adopt two children, siblings, living in separate orphanages and then bringing them home to our three sons.
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