Republished by Blog Post PromoterFaberge eggs used to only come out at Easter time but that has changed now that they are such a collector’s item. My mother loves them and one of the …

1. Agencies with a Russian Permit (formerly ‘accredited’)
2. Agencies with Russian NGO, but not a Russian Permit for  Adoption
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Here are the Agencies granted a “Russian Permit for Adoption Activity” (formerly known as ‘accredited’).
You can …

I’ve been getting sentimental these last few days because I know that in just a few weeks I will be breathing in the warm scent of my new son. However, nothing can compare to those …

I have been made aware – numerous time lately – that I baby my children.  This comes a complete shock to me because I feel like a very ‘independence’ preaching mom.  I always knew that …

One of my favorite pictures of my son is a photo my husband took just moments after our representative found him on the playground of the orphanage. He is wearing all pink so it took …

I’m new to blogging, but not new to being a writer. I wrote my first story when I was 7:  a one-pager called Little Lost Girl. (It had a happy ending—the little girl found a …

I was watching you as you slept tonight, wondering when you would wake up to cough or catch your breath. You have that raspy breathing that I am listening to right now in the monitor.
I …

I had lunch with a group of friends yesterday.  This is not just any random group – but a hastily assembled bunch of moms, met in various fashions and all moms through adoption.  There are …

Russia has temporarily put an end to the adoption of children by American families until mores stringent rules can be set into place with the U.S. officials and the Russian Foreign Ministry.
“Further adoptions of …

This is a group post from Grown in My Heart Writers, something we have never done before but given the topic we decided we needed to.
Marcie says:
We’ve written about dissolution and disruption before because it …