Dreams of a Child for a Better Life
When I was a little girl, I used to dream of a better life. I wanted to be able to have amazing food. I wanted to live in a warm house and…
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Russian Adoption
I Learned That to be Brave You Have to Just do it
Sometimes in Russia they have different food. And in America they have different food too. But in reality, I never have good enough food to eat in Russia. But in Russia they…
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…
If I stay[ed] in Russia, I would have too many kids, like happen to my mom. Go to be taken away by Government
First time I went a movie Amarican family in Russia. I eat popcorn and also got first time a soda. In Russia I pick up potatoes on the ground…
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:…
My Mom in Russia She Very Bad and Nobody Taught Her. She Died and Make me so Sad
The military village of Emily's orphanage. Barracks are yellow. Her orphanage is the white building in the center of the picture. beginning my mom from Russia, nobody taught her how to be…
The RAD Child Journey Called Reactive Attachment Disorder
My wife and I had three sons biologically before adoption added another six. (It’s a long story…) Three of our children that we adopted have Reactive Attachment Disorder. One has been diagnosed…
Girls From Russia are Hard (It's not Russia, Though)
Of course it has nothing to do with nationality, but that is what Sarah perceived. She was too inexperienced to understand her statement as judgmental, nationalistic, politically incorrect, or anything other than…
When Adopted Kids Aren’t Fair You Need to Understand why
We adopted my oldest daughter from Russia when she was fifteen. She’s twenty-three now and I marvel at how far she has come. Emily has intellectual disabilities but she has learned to…
When I am in Russia, I think Amarica is Different
I thought Amarica different than Russia. I thought that I am going to see Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. I thought it going to be so different and I thought I am going…
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…
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…