Troubled Child Adoption
Amy Simmons with six of her nine children As Seen on Adoption.net Troubled child adoption is about loving enough to accept not being trusted. I learned that by watching my wife’s example.…
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I Hope Against Hope That Ukraine is not the Beginning of a Do-over
As Seen in the Huffington Post Yeahhh, the Cold War; I remember. I graduated from high school in 1982. At some point during my junior year, officials from Russia were coming to…
Hyphen(-)less Adoption
As Seen in the Huffington Post Three cheers for the families of Jessica Long! I hope that just as I, you watched and shed a few tears over the story of Jessica…
A Season to say YES to Orphan Care
As Seen on Orphan Care Alliance A Season for Saying Yes to Orphan Care It’s my personal belief that orphan care should always be at the top of our list. After all,…
I Believe in Paradoxes
As Seen in Huffington Post I don’t have a problem with God being able to create a rock that’s so heavy He can’t lift it. Of course I believe that someone can…
Russia is not Always as Cold as we Think
As Seen in Huffington Post: If Sochi is cold enough for Winter Olympic snow events, it’s barely cold enough. In fact, the city is more known for subtropical beach getaways than winter…
What to do When Your Team Loses the Super Bowl
As Seen in Huffington Post Jack has his share of challenges. His life began by being born with Down syndrome, to a fourteen year old mother who knew that she wasn’t ready…
When Denney Learned the Truth
As Seen on Adoption.net “Get him a stress ball!” they said. “It will help him!” they said. My son, Denney was ten when he finally mustered the courage to ask us how…
A Child is Even More Tired of Waiting for You
My wife, Amy and I had three sons biologically before her childbearing days were over. We had always dreamed of having daughters to go along with our sons, and we weren’t ready…
Is Adoption Better or Worse Than a Real Family?
As Seen In Huffington Post Okay, I admit it. It was a trick question. What is the fixation with the word “real?” Who are the “real” parents; first parents, or adoptive parents?…
Never Give up Hope
(As Seen on Adoption.net) Never give up hope. But when you do give up hope, never give up trying. Emily was our challenge. We knew she would be from the day that…
You're not my Dad!
(As Seen in Huffington Post) You’re not my dad! Touché! Alright, what do you do next? You had better take a deep breath and pause… because you’re in a fight that won’t…