Tuesday, November 9, 2010
It's Inconceivable
November is National Adoption Month, and the Joint Council on International Children's Services is posting a blog-a-day from adoptive parents and prospective adoptive parents, telling their stories. I am so, so, so tired from all that we have done to try to get our Haitian children in Pittsburgh released to healing family care, and yet, I skim through the JCICS blog entries, and realize sadly, very sadly, that "The Haitian 12" are not alone in the oh-so-close-but-not-quite-to-families travesty. And the number of children without even that prospect is mind-numbing. I knew this, but these personal, detailed, first-hand accounts bring it forth anew. Oh. my. http://betheanswerforchildren.wordpress.com/
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When my son Andrew and his wife Lindsay let us know several years ago that having a baby would not be possible it came as no surprise that they had started the adoption process already. Today we learn that they will have a boy! He was born May 28th in South Korea and there will be more info but for now we know he is healthy and being cared for and we now must wait until the South Korean Gov't. makes a decision on when Andy and Lindsay can fly over there and bring him home. They have decided on a name already - Liam Creed JeeHoon Hattoon. They just liked the first name, the second is Lindsay's family name, the third is his last name now, and of course he will be a Hattoon. We are all on cloud nine and our extended family can't wait to finally meet him. I have been following your blog for some time now and my wife Sarah and I always feel a bit more sadness when we see stories about the state of affairs in Haiti on the news because of our awareness of events chronicled in your blog. We keep all children in need of love and comfort in our thoughts and pray for all adoptive parents and those who still wait every day. Keep the word online!
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