Karen's Adoption Links Blog

Our family is like a patchwork quilt, with kindness gently sewn. Each piece is an original, with beauty all its own. With threads of warmth and happiness, it's tightly stitched together To last in love throughout the years Our family is forever! ~~ Unknown  Found here   Found here

Comparing Russian Ded Moroz (Grandfather Frost) and US Santa Claus - an infographic.  Сравнение российского Деда Мороза и американского Санта Клаус - инфографика Thank you to The Russian Store

❤️ I See You ❤️ I see you running your child to therapy when your friends are running their kids to Little League or ballet I see you slipping out of the conversation when your friends are all chiming in about milestones and test grades. I see you constantly juggling appointments and meetings. I see you sitting at your computer for hours researching what your child needs. I see you cringe when people whine about what feels like petty things. I see you spread thin but still going the extra mile for your family. I see you digging for depths of strength you never dreamed you had. I see you showing appreciation to the teachers, therapists and medical professionals who serve your child with you. I see you rising early in the morning to do it all again after another chaotic night. I see you when you’re hanging on to the end of your rope for dear life. I know you feel invisible, like nobody notices any of it. But I want you to know I notice you. I see you relentlessly pushing o...

Bone marrow donor needed for 11 yo Russian Adoptee An 11 yr old boy , originally from Nizhny Tagil near Ekaterinburg, in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, needs a bone marrow donation. The boy, adopted as an toddler, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in November 2015. He has a genetic disorder and must have a bone marrow transplant. Unfortunately, in the one billion people in the bone marrow donor registry, he has only two matches due to his ethnicity. At the moment, neither match is a possibility. Encourage 18-44 years olds of Russian and Central Asian background to get a simple cheek swab to get registered! It is free and easy. Just go to www.bethematch.org and register to get a free kit sent to your home. Registering can help not only this 11 year old boy, but others with similar ethnicity. Let's make sure there are potential donors for this boy and any others like him. Please share this post. You can also share from this Facebook post East Lane Ave on Fa...

I believe that well prepared, fully - informed  families, appropriately matched, with children who truly are in need of a family (and who want to be adopted) , have the best chance of success for all parties.  Adoptive families, especially those adopting teens, need to be able to parent outside the box, be able to adapt, and be able to discard prior beliefs, dreams, and plans. Find your new dreams, Make your new plans, and Love your new life, 

From the USA prospective family of a waiting child in Russia. Russian captions in "CC" по-русски  Субтитры  --> "CC" Sending You a Little Christmas Til You Come Home "We made this video to show how much we love and care about the children we had to leave behind at the orphanage because of the adoption ban. We want everyone to know that they still do not have families and that we have not stopped fighting for them. Thank you for taking the time to view this video. A special thanks to Jim Brickman for allowing us the rights to use he music for our video. Many children have been adopted or taken into foster care since the ban one year ago but there are many children still left without families. This video only includes a small number number of children still left without families."

  Пожалуйста, наслаждайтесь этотим торжеством детей и (уже) взрослых, которые были усыновлены из России, Украина, и Киргизия.  Мы делимся этими фотографиями, чтобы мир знал, как сильно мы любим своих детей. Mы так же растим наших детей в любви к их родной стране. Здесь представлен всего 90 ребенoк из многих тысяч усыновленных в США ..... но мы, их родители,видим в каждом из своих детей дар от Бога, и радость, чтобы созерцать. Другие дети по-прежнему ждут дома и родителей, которые любят их.  Мы уверены,что правительство России сможет найти решение, чтобы у каждого ребенка были родители. Every child is a different kind of little flower, and all together they make this world a beautiful garden. Please enjoy this celebration of children and young adults who were adopted from Russia, Ukraine, and Kyrgyzstan.  We share these photos so the world will know how much we love our children. We are raising these children to love their native homelan...