Articles tagged with: Russia
On two different stimulants, AJ suffered from insomnia, aggression, anxiety, compulsive behaviors, paranoia, and racing thoughts. What is interesting is that studies show the same reactions in children similar to my son.
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 …
Adoption Days, Gotcha Days, Family Days…whatever you may call it…we celebrate them. And, we do it in style. Yes, go ahead, crab and moan. Bitch at me. Call me a horrible adoptive parent because I am not honoring his birth parents. But Damn it we are going to celebrate it.
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 …
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 …
One of the hardest parts of adopting a child from another country is being able to meet your child and then having to say goodbye. Your brain knows that you have to do it but …
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 …
The reaction and blaming regarding Torry Hansen’s decision to send her son back to his birth country of Russia by people inside and outside of the adoption community has prompted much ugliness. I’m not going …
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 …
