Happiness is a choice. You have to choose it everyday. You have to fight for happiness.
If I had magic wand I would help children. And also help my sister Lidia and my mom Oksana. I would help my sisters and brothers to have good mom Oksana to…
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But for me, I Have to Change to Survive in the Countries Like Amarica
First time I have Halloween with my Amarican family I have so much fun. I was a princess in the Halloween. In Russia I never had Halloween, before, but now I…
The RAD Child Development Called Reactive Attachment Disorder
For two of my daughters, inconsistency in needs being met and the rotating caregivers that provided for those needs made up the incubator that caused RAD child development to thrive. Reactive Attachment Disorder:…
When Adopted Children Don’t Feel Safe at Home
My wife’s father was a notorious sex felon. She left her first family at fifteen and entered the foster system where the form of abuse changed without stopping. She could relate to…
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.…
Cutting Wood
Bathroom at Emily's House in Russia (In the Background) My dad from Russia went to the train. Sometimes he takes with him vodka or sometimes friends. Most of all he brings saw…
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…
My Dad and the Farm in Russia
Emily's house on Sofkhoznay (Community Farm) Road in Fralovka, Russia. First I went with my dad from Russia and I am helping to my Russian dad like put bucket in the wail.…
Bad Behavior in our Adopted Children; Is There a Trigger?
There almost always seems to be a trigger when my wife and I see bad behavior in our adopted children. When two of them get milk, they turn disobedient obstinate argumentative feral. Feral…
I Have Lots of Problems About my Life
Emily on a beach at Golden Horn Bay, near Vladivostok, soon after leaving her orphanage. First I came to Amarica, first I make bad choices. And when I come to Amarica I…