Run Away Eat Pigs Dogs and Owes
I run away from orphinige and I have big consequences. I broke window and I was going to run away to Natasha, my friend and stay with her. Kids from orphinige think…
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They tell me They will Sell my Organs
Emily with her Dad, John, and Grandfather, Bill, the first time they met. Orphinige kids been mean to me. They told me don’t go to Amarica. Kids from orphinge say that Amarican…
Making Home Feel Like Home: Family, Happiness and Love in Spite of Challenges
The outside of our current home is not nearly as impressive as the feelings were inside the most humble place our family has ever lived. Neither Amy nor I came from money.…
Photo Captions September 2014
We have turned to our Facebook Friends for help with captions on photos to use for Adoption Awareness. The suggested quotes go in the comment section for the Facebook post and each…
Coming Home on Halloween
In 2006 I came to Amarica with my sister, Annie. I spent time in my familt in home when we have Halloween and I was a princess we did give to kids…
Losing Faith: When Miracles don't Seem to Come and Families Falter
Recently I was talking with one of the thought leaders in adoption and orphan advocacy. She is currently putting together a keynote presentation for hopeful parents who have waited through extraordinary delays…
Teaching Kids Responsibility: Parenting Teens
Teaching kids responsibility: My grandpa, Merlin D. Simmons, picking seed peas on the family farm with his father, uncle, siblings and cousins. Circa 1920 My grandpa thought teaching kids responsibility was easy. In his…
International Family: Build on Differences. Don't Hide Them
Our International Family An international family, like ours, needs to consider how to turn differences into strengths rather than allowing them to be weaknesses. As we prepared to bring our first…
Photo Captions August 2014
We have turned to our Facebook Friends for help with captions on photos to use for Adoption Awareness. The suggested quotes go in the comment section for the Facebook post and each…
First Time I See My Family Again
Emily with her sister, Annie, Dyedushka Bill, and her new mother, Amy First time I never saw my sisters, because I abused them and I went to jail. Mom and dad come…
Orphans and Homes for Them to go Home to
We need to find homes for orphans to go home to. Alright, maybe “orphans” is the wrong word. Heaven knows that word has been brutalized for monetary purposes. There are “children of…
How I Learned to Cope with Death. It's Easier than you Think.
I first learned to cope with death as I walked away from a Russian orphanage with my new daughter, shrieking in my arms. Of all the places I could have been when the door…