It is often said that an adopted child is born from the heart. I know that AJ certainly was born in my heart. The first time I saw his picture I was sitting alone in my classroom shaking, my eyes tearing with joy because I knew, in my heart and deep in my soul that I had finally found my child.
Months later when I was sitting in a social worker’s office in Russia waiting for him to come to the room I paced nervously. How would he react to me? Would he like me? Would he let me hold him? …read more

Since adopting AJ we have been dealing with symptoms of Institutional Autism, something that the Autism community thinks is a quack theory but an illness and diagnosis that we know to be very real.
We know that AJ had a very traumatic life in the orphanage but we don’t know why. When we visited him he seemed happy, content, very excited to see us and comfortable with his caregivers, although they were rough with him. We do know that he spent almost 3 months in the hospital directly after birth before being transfered to the orphanage and that he had …read more

Thanks to Laura Christianson for this link…
If you are ever in need of a photographer for your newly adopted child, or for your family, in general, head here. I was amazed at the beauty and grace of the photos.
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