tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71017922347626157002024-03-13T15:19:40.444+01:00A Christmas miracle!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101792234762615700.post-29234406680943825492015-11-17T22:46:00.000+01:002015-11-17T22:46:57.978+01:00 A bittersweet sixteenIt has been a very long time since my last blogpost. And this post is not mine. A friend asked me if I could post it for her, as she feels that it is too personal for her to post herself, yet she wants the story to be told. Please read through to the end. My friend has met Isolde on several occasions, and want nothing more than for her to find her family.<br />
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A bittersweet sixteen<br />
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As I write this post, I’m hesitating if my story is going to make any difference. I’m praying it will. I’m not a blogger, but I hope you will read all the way ‘till the end of the story.<br />
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This month I celebrate the sixteenth birthday of my foster sister. Seven years ago my life was upside down. After living with different friends, I ended up in a foster family in November. I was fifteen, almost sixteen and my little foster sister turned nine, just after I moved in. Her ninth birthday was a painful day for me. It did not only remind me of the fact that I was living with another family right now, it also reminded me of the fact that my life as I knew it, ended when I was nine.<br />
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So to set the facts straight: In this story there’s a nine year old and an almost sixteen year old in the past and there’s a sixteen year old and an almost twenty-three year old in the present.<br />
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As I said, when I was nine, life as I knew it ended. I grew up in a big family where, as the youngest, I went unnoticed a lot. This made it possible for me to be sexually abused without anyone noticing. Embarrassed and insecure, I remained silent about it. I tried to live my life as if nothing had happened. Life went on and so did I. I went on for years. In those years my family fell apart and my perseverance was tested to the limits. All those years I felt guilty, unwanted, unseen. When life threw me another curve ball, I left home. For six weeks I spent the night at friends, people from church, family members. I hopped around with my backpack on my back, filled with schoolbooks, a toothbrush and some clean underwear. After six weeks a family from church approached me. They told me they worried about me and that they wanted to take care of me. They wanted to offer me a home. I accepted, not knowing what to expect. I had a hard time adjusting to family life. I was used to making my own decisions, from small things, like when I had to go to bed, to bigger things, like whether or not to go to college or university. But the hardest thing to get used to was love. They obviously loved each other. There was hugging and praying. There were words like ‘I love you’ and ‘You can always count on me’. Words that had no meaning to me, because I had never experienced love that way. It took months before I trusted my foster parents and was ready to accept love.<br />
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That’s where my foster sister enters the story. As I said she turned nine, shortly after I arrived. It reminded me of the abuse that I’d been through when I was nine. Seeing my vulnerable foster sister turned me into a momma bear. ‘You hurt my foster sister, you hurt me. You hurt me, you get hurt.’ What I felt for my foster sister was a new experience. I felt love for her.<br />
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I lived with my foster family for almost two years. After two years I moved back to my own parents and after a short period of time, life threw another curve ball and I moved out permanently to live on my own. And as I look back, the time that I lived with my foster family, even though it was ‘only’ two years, was the best time of my life. I learned to love, to trust and to talk. That has been the most valuable lesson of my life. I grew to love my foster family as if they were my own.<br />
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My foster sister might be one of the most important people in my life, up until this day. And now she’s turning sixteen. She is the age that I was when I moved in with them. And as I look at her, I realize that sixteen is too young to take care of yourself. Sixteen is too young to fight to get through another day. Sixteen is too young to deal with trauma all by yourself. While all these thoughts go through my mind, I write a birthday card for my foster sister that says: ‘I love you! You can always count on me. It doesn’t matter what might have happened, it doesn’t matter what will happen. I will always be there and I will always love you.’
My foster sister was blessed with an amazing family to be born into. Not everybody is blessed that way.<br />
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This month there’s another girl turning sixteen. A girl who is probably more like me than my foster sister. Her name is Isolde. She lives in a facility for children with special needs in an Eastern European orphanage. Isolde has Cerebral Palsy. Her perseverance has been tested to the limits. She has probably been through more trauma than most people experience in their entire life. All these years she has probably felt unwanted and unseen. Life has been throwing curve balls at her from birth. She doesn’t have a family that cares for her. But she’s too young to take care of herself. She’s too young to fight just to get through another day. She’s too young to deal with the trauma all by herself. She shouldn’t have to. She needs a family who will love her and take care of her. A family that has as much patience as she needs to become a grown, independent woman. Isolde needs a family, before it’s too late. A family needs to be committed to her before her sixteenth birthday.<br />
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Please, don’t be afraid to love a sixteen year old that has never known love. Don’t be afraid to take her in your home, to have her around your children. Please, give her the opportunity to experience what it is to be loved, to be a daughter, a sister. Give her the opportunity that I got when I was almost sixteen. Because it changed my life forever. And the change for Isolde would be so much bigger. A family would give her a future. Life in an Eastern European facility for people with special needs is no future. In seven years she might be able to live a close to normal life. But someone has to give her a chance, just like my foster parents gave me a chance. And someday she’ll look back and realize that you gave her the best time of her life. I know Isolde personally and I know that she will make the most of it. I’m praying that in seven years she will be a young woman like me. I’m not free of trauma and I still struggle to really accept love. But I’m getting there. I’m getting married next year and in a few months I’ll be graduating college as a social worker. How I wish to see Isolde get a degree, find love and get married.<br />
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Next week I’ll be celebrating the sweet sixteen of my foster sister. Together we’ll blow out the candles. We will hug, make silly faces and enjoy the love that we feel for each other. Who will blow out the candles together with Isolde? Who will make silly faces with her? And who will let her feel loved?<br />
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So please pray with me for Isolde. And ask yourself if you could be her family. But please, share her story. She has an adoption grant, feel free to donate towards it, so that the family who will adopt her, has less of a financial burden. Make her seen, so that hopefully, soon she’ll know she’s loved.<br />
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To learn more about her, watch this video or read her profile on Reece’s Rainbow:<br />
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A fellow blogger and adoption advocate wrote a very nice post about Kolya #7-2.</div>
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I really hope they show him doing good. To read the new post about Kolya, go <a href="http://youwillgooutwithjoy.blogspot.no/2012/12/do-you-see-him.html">here</a>.</div>
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And you know what??? <a href="http://reecesrainbow.org/44150/brooks-23ha">Brooks</a> got a new picture! Isn't he just precious? Next year (2013) he will turn four, and that means he will be transferred to an adult mental institution. </div>
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Please don't let that happen to this little one.</div>
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Please let him keep his smile, and the light in his eyes.</div>
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You can adopt him, or donate, or spread the word about him.</div>
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I've blogged about children with Aperts syndrome a couple of <a href="http://xmaswarrior.blogspot.no/2011/04/two-new-little-ones-with-aperts.html">times before</a>. I f you want to learn more about Aperts, you can start by<a href="http://www.apert.org/apert.htm"> visiting this site.</a></div>
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This is wonderful news! When they come home they can get the surgeries they need, get an education, and go on to live normal lives. But the most important thing is that they will be loved, and they will belong!</div>
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Here are some of the children that are still waiting for the love of a family, and the chance to be all they can be. They are all boys, as boys wait longer for families. (The number of girls chosen for adoption is double of the number of boys adopted.) </div>
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Meet<a href="http://reecesrainbow.org/26354/aiden-26ha"> Aiden</a>. </div>
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who happens to be in the same region as Olga was in. He was thought to have Aperts, but that has now been changed to Pfeiffer syndrome. No matter what, he really needs a family! He is 3.5 years old, and will be transferred to a mental institution when he turns four in March. Please don't let this happen to Kael. He will be put in a crib to stay....forever. This is a region with easy travel, western accomodations and lots of sights to see. The region has a relatively fast process, and many children have been adopted from this region.</div>
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There are many successtories of children with Aperts that have been adopted. Two of them is<a href="http://theyoungpages.com/jodis_blog/"> Kody,</a> and <a href="http://wronginalltherightways-travcat.blogspot.no/">Franscesca</a>. They have both blossomed in their new families. </div>
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Please watch this movie. All the children you see here, are in the same country as Kolya. Some of them are already home, some have families working to get to them, and some are still waiting as Kolya.</div>
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First of all, some very good news! This blog was created when I signed up to be Olga E's Christmas Warrior. Through a number of twists and turns, she never made it to RR's Angel Tree, but I kept on advocating for her, and this blog was my main tool in doing so. I'll try to share the whole story sometime.</div>
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As of this week, Olga is now home with her forever family :-) Because of the region she was in, I haven't been able to blog much about the process, but I have stayed in touch with her family. If you remember I had different fundraisers for her here on the blog, one being a puzzle fundraiser. Today I went to the post office and mailed the puzzle to her :-) I'm just so thankful that she is home with her family, and that she now has a bright future ahead of her, with love, opportunities and education.</div>
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I haven't got any new pictures of her, but if you go to this <a href="http://inmamasheart.com/2012/09/17/and-then-there-were-four/">blog</a>, you'll see the little beauty :-)</div>
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<i>A vacationing businessman was walking along a beach when he saw a young boy. <br /> Along the shore were many starfish that had been washed up by the tide and were sure to die before the tide returned. <br /> The boy walked slowly along the shore and occasionally reached down and tossed the beached starfish back into the ocean. <br /> The businessman, hoping to teach the boy a little lesson in common sense, walked up to the boy and said, "I have been watching what you are doing, son. <br /> You have a good heart, and I know you mean well, but do you realize how many beaches there are around here and how many starfish are dying on every beach every day. Surely such an industrious and kind hearted boy such as yourself could find something better to do with your time. <br /> Do you really think that what you are doing is going to make a difference?" <br /> The boy looked up at the man, and then he looked down at a starfish by his feet. He picked up the starfish, and as he gently tossed it back into the ocean, he said, "It makes a difference to that one”.</i></div>
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Olga is my little starfish :-) I'm so thankful to her family for bringing her home. I'm thankful for everyone of you who spread the word about her, who donated to her adoption grant, and who cared about her. And I'm thankful for the very good orphanage director who really loved the children in her care, and did the best she could for Olga.</div>
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Can <a href="http://reecesrainbow.org/1513/kolya-7-2">Kolya</a> also be one of the starfish that are thrown back into the sea? This little boy has been waiting for so long, and there is reason to believe he is not in as good of a place as Olga was in. I've blogged about him before, <a href="http://www.xmaswarrior.blogspot.no/2012/08/why-is-kolya-still-waiting.html">here</a> and <a href="http://www.xmaswarrior.blogspot.no/2012/09/children-needing-families.html">here</a>. But I just can't give up on Kolya. He is eight, but very little for his age, and really needs the love of a family. Could that be you?</div>
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If you want to be inspired, go <a href="http://theblessingofverity.com/2012/09/little-katie-q-a/">here and read about little Katie</a>, who came home at the age of ten, but the size of a baby, and now is learning to walk! She came home from the same country as Kolya is in.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101792234762615700.post-21724127276761181102012-09-15T22:00:00.000+02:002012-09-21T18:42:20.035+02:00Happy Heath day!<div style="text-align: center;">
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Heath was brought to my attention when a family went to Eastern Europe to adopt their little boy, Aaron. Aaron was in a mental institute, which lacked almost everything. While they were there, their facilitator were given the profiles of two little boys in the orphanage. Heath and Judd. They saw both boys, and went home and advocated for them. Judd has been home for a while now, but Heath is still waiting. To see Aarons moms blog, <a href="http://www.covenantbuilders.blogspot.no/">go here</a>, and learn more about Heath and the place he is at. It is a horrendous place for a little boy to be. </div>
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Today something big is happening for Heath. A lot of people who care about him, have come together to create Heath day. All over the U.S people are having carwashes, lemonade stands and other kinds of fundraisers to help Heath get a full adoption grant. A full grant for his country is about $20 000. Can you believe that? His family would have to pay for their homestudy, but the rest of the cost of his adoption will be covered. </div>
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There are also three other boys that have been transferred from their babyhouses to this place after Aaron was adopted. <a href="http://reecesrainbow.org/41005/sponsoreriksen">Porter</a> already have a family working as fast as they can to bring him home, but <a href="http://reecesrainbow.org/12332/hanson4702">Hanson</a> and <a href="http://reecesrainbow.org/1083/sasha4701">Sasha</a> are wasting away in this awful place. They both spend their days in cribs :-( </div>
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I've posted about this little boy before, but now he's got a new name, and his own profile on RR. His name is <a href="http://reecesrainbow.org/40763/donovan">Donovan</a>, and as the picture shows, he is in pretty bad shape. He was born in 2004, so he is eight years now. He has Down Syndrome, and is described as cheerful and sociable. That is hard to believe when you see his picture though, and might be how he was when he was still at the babyhouse. Now he looks emaciated and starved. His region have no family size restriciton, and you can adopt two unrelated children at the same time. There really are a lot of cuties in his <a href="http://reecesrainbow.org/category/waitingbycountry/ee-3/8region">region</a>. The babyhouses seems to be good, but as soon as the children are transferred, they meet a very different reality.</div>
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Grace: http://sister-love-blog.blogspot.com/<br />
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There of course are a lot of kids on <a href="http://reecesrainbow.org/">Reece's Rainbow </a>that are special to me. Some of them because they have been listed so long, that I almost feel I know them. Some because I've been in contact with people who met them. Some because their needs are particularly difficult, or because I've seen children with similar needs soare once they were adopted.</div>
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Today I want to present some children to you, that are special to me for other reasons :-)</div>
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This is my PW (Prayer Warrior) child, remember Artyom M?</div>
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He now has his own <a href="http://reecesrainbow.org/44150/brooks-23ha">profile on RR</a>. Yeah! Still no donation button, but at least he shows up if someone searches for a little boy his age. And he has a new name too :-) Brooks! Although I didn't come up with it, I think it fits him beautifully! Brooks was born in June 2009, so he is three years old now. He could really use a family!</div>
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This next little boy is also special to me, because I got to name him for his profile on RR. You see, the names the children are listed with, is not their real names. This is done to somewhat protect their identity. And for the person naming all the children, it gets quite challenging. They all are supposed to have names that are not in use in RR, and the name needs to be gender specific and more than four letters. So sometimes that person asks for help. And I'm more than willing to help :-) So please meet<a href="http://reecesrainbow.org/44352/otto-23ha"> Otto</a>. </div>
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He is described as calm and friendly. And he is very cute! He was born in October 2006, so he is soon six years old. Unfortunately this probably means that he has already been transferred to a mental institute :-( He needs a home.</div>
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And this precious girl is <a href="http://reecesrainbow.org/44357/leonie-23ha">Leonie</a>. </div>
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Also named by me :-) She is described as cheerful, sociable, stubborn :-) She was born in January 2006, so she also might be in a mental institute. Will you consider if she is your daughter?</div>
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The last little girl I've posted about before.</div>
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Her name is Irina S. She used to be listed with RR, but somehow she got unlisted. You can still <a href="http://reecesrainbow.org/contact-rr">contact RR</a> if you are considering adopting her.We have two pictures of her :-) </div>
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She was born in 2008.</div>
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All these children are living in a Eastern European country. Oh, and they all have Down Syndrome :-) They live in a region that RR has called region 23. All regions have their requirements for adoptive families. The thing that is special about this region is that you can have no more than 3 children already at home. To see more requirements, and other precious children in this region, go <a href="http://reecesrainbow.org/category/waitingbycountry/ee-3/23region">here</a>.</div>
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If you're not in a position to adopt, please consider spreading the word about these children. They need to be seen by as many people as possible, so that their Mamas and Papas can find them.</div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.4;">This is the picture of Jason that captured my heart. Honestly, I don't think he's the cutest kid I've ever seen. He wasn't one of those boys who made me say, "Wow, now THAT is a good-looking kid!" (But we all know that it's not about who's cutest, anyway.)</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.4;">Jason is one of those kids who didn't have any information about him on his</span><a href="http://wonderofboys.blogspot.no/2012/08/monday-miracle-jason.html#" id="_GPLITA_0" in_rurl="http://trkjmp.com/click?v=Tk86MTgxNzI6NzAxOnByb2ZpbGU6ODc1N2JiOTQ2ZTg3NjUxNWQyZDdhOTU2OGIzY2ZiMWE6ei0xMDYzLTE0NzMwOndvbmRlcm9mYm95cy5ibG9nc3BvdC5ubzo3MDA2OmltYWdlX29ubHk" style="color: #888888; line-height: 1.4;" title="Powered by Text-Enhance">profile</a><span style="line-height: 1.4;">. This is what his profile looked like when I first found him.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.4;">I kept looking at his page, thinking about him. I put a little</span><span style="line-height: 1.4;"> </span><a href="http://wonderofboys.blogspot.no/2012/08/monday-miracle-jason.html#" id="_GPLITA_3" in_rurl="http://trkjmp.com/click?v=Tk86MjQyNTY6MTM1MTptb25leTowMjA2MGFlZmQwNTFhODM1ODgwNjE1MWY3NjVhMTBhZjp6LTEwNjMtMTQ3MzA6d29uZGVyb2Zib3lzLmJsb2dzcG90Lm5vOjEyOTk4OnNtYWxsX2Jhbm5lcg" style="color: #888888; line-height: 1.4;" title="Powered by Text-Enhance">money</a><span style="line-height: 1.4;"> </span><span style="line-height: 1.4;">in his grant. I wrote about other boys. I advocated hard for Jack. I fell in love with Denis. And still, Jason tugged at me.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.4;">I found out that Jason was being advocated for over at </span><a href="http://zerothezeros.blogspot.com/" style="color: #888888; font-size: x-large; line-height: 1.4; text-decoration: none;">Zero The Zeroes</a><span style="line-height: 1.4;">. The host of that blog was pushing to reach $50 in each of the grants for all the </span><a href="http://reecesrainbow.org/" style="color: #888888; font-size: x-large; line-height: 1.4; text-decoration: none;">Reece's Rainbow</a><span style="line-height: 1.4;"> kids who had zero in their grants when she started her project by July 4th. What a great idea! And she did it! After July 4th, Jenny announced a new goal: to get the kids to $100 by October 31st. I looked at Jason's grant <a href="http://wonderofboys.blogspot.no/2012/08/monday-miracle-jason.html#" id="_GPLITA_1" in_rurl="http://trkjmp.com/click?v=Tk86MTc0OTA6MjcxOmFnYWluOjdmMmQyOWZhOWJkZmE2OGMyNGI2Mjc5ZmFiNDdiZTg0OnotMTA2My0xNDczMDp3b25kZXJvZmJveXMuYmxvZ3Nwb3Qubm86MzMyOTpzbWFsbF9zcXVhcmU" style="color: #888888;" title="Powered by Text-Enhance">again</a>. It was at $95.70. On July 31st, I put Jason over $100.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.4;">I used to worry about Jack a lot. I don't any more. His family is working hard to bring him home. They definitely</span><span style="line-height: 1.4;"> </span><a href="http://1000lovingjack.com/jacks-list-of-1000/" style="color: #888888; line-height: 1.4; text-decoration: none;">still need your support</a><span style="line-height: 1.4;">. But Jack's gonna be ok. He's going to come home, and he's going to have a magnificent life.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.4;">And sweet Jason, so friendly and expectant in the first picture I ever saw of him, hasn't fared well. He doesn't look friendly, expectant, happy, curious, or interested in life in any of the other pictures I have seen of him. He looks lost, sad, and as my friend told me, like he always has a headache. He looks guarded and wary. He looks like life has let him down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">And I know some more about Jason. It's heartbreaking. Jason "</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>suffers a lot ... he needs a lot more love and attention than most of the other children. He is a good, sweet child, but his condition causes him to hit himself. Unfortunately, he is often restrained because he hits himself really hard.</i>"</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18px;">Poor Jason. This kid needs a family. He really, really needs a family! Who knows what Jason's potential could be if he lived in a family that could give him the love, attention, medical care, and education he deserves? Perhaps he could walk with a walker! Maybe he would develop musical talent! He might be a math whiz waiting to happen! At the very least, I hope he would stop hitting himself. In every picture, he has self-inflicted head or facial wounds. No child should have to live this way.</span></div>
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He needs a lot of love and attention … He is a good, sweet child, but he has a lot of self-injuring behaviors. Unfortunately, he is often restrained because he hits himself really hard.</div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Someone besides me has put some money into Jason's fund! It's a step in the right direction! The more money a child has in his adoption grant, the easier it is for his family to bring him home. Knowledge and money. Now you know about Jason. Now you know about his enormous need. Perhaps you have some money to help him. But even if you don't, you aren't helpless! You can share Jason's photo and information. You can advocate for him. You can consider whether he has a place in your family. YOU can make a difference for Jason.</span></span></div>
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When the Falvos adopted two of their children from an Eastern European country two years ago, they got to meet all the children in their sons groupa. They fell in love with a little boy that was their sons best friend, and now they are back to adopt him. He is still together with five of the children from his Baby House, but they have all been transferred to an institution for older children. </div>
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This is not a good place. The Falvos have met the children they got to know two years ago, and they say that the children have regressed, and are not thriving. To read their report, go <a href="http://loveyamorethancookies.blogspot.no/2012/08/too-much-reality-for-child-to-handle.html">here</a>.It's heartbreaking. But for some of the children there is hope.They are available for adoption. They can be taken out of there, and into warm, loving homes. They can get the medical treatment that they need, go to school, be loved and cherished.</div>
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As far as we know at this time only one of the children is listed with RR, Samantha.<br />
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Think of all she could be if she only got the opportunity. Please spread the word about her, so she can find a loving family and get a chance to be all she can be.</div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101792234762615700.post-62519626405356013072012-08-22T23:27:00.001+02:002012-08-22T23:53:28.952+02:00Why is Kolya still waiting?<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b>He is a boy. </b></div>
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<b>For every boy adopted, two girls are adopted. Why do people rather adopt a girl? That I don't know. In some cultures girls are seen as easier to raise than boys. But that of course varies from child to child. The fact is that many more boys than girls languish in orphanages.</b></div>
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<b>He is older.</b></div>
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<b>When an orphaned child turns five, his chances to be adopted are bleak. Most people adopting set out to adopt a child as young as possible. Kolya is eight.</b></div>
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<b>He has special needs.</b></div>
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<b>And not just some easy fixable minor special needs. No, Kolya's needs will be lifelong, but he surely will blossom in a loving family. There are so many successtories out there. The latest is <a href="http://www.allarepreciousinhissight.com/2012/08/10-steps.html">Conner</a>, who just learned to walk, six years old, and only home for a few months.</b></div>
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<b>He might be Roma.</b></div>
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<b>Kolya looks like he could be of Roma heritage. While this doesn't necessarily mean anything to people adopting internationaly, it almost eliminates a childs chances to get adopted in Kolya's country.</b><br />
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<b>But you know what? There are lots of people out there who have adopted older boys with special needs, who talk about the love, joy and happiness they experience with their children. To meet some of them, visit the <a href="http://reecesrainbow.org/category/sponsorafamily/alreadyhome2012">Already home page at Reece's rainbow. </a></b></div>
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<b>Kolya needs a family to give him a chance to shine, and show all the potential that is in him.</b><br />
<b>Please consider if he is your son, and please spread the word about sweet little Kolya. </b></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101792234762615700.post-62760963950812138672012-08-11T23:14:00.000+02:002012-08-17T13:14:26.497+02:00They can be helped!A friend of mine is in Eastern Europe right now, adopting three little miracles into her family. Two of her children are in a well-run orphanage, but one boy is in a bad place. To read about their experiences there, go to her blog, <a href="http://butbygraceitcouldbeme.blogspot.no/">butbygraceitcouldbeme</a>. She is an experienced foster parent, and she has a wonderful gift of writing.<br />
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In this pretty bad place, there are also three other little boys, that are listed with <a href="http://www.reecesrainbow.org/">Reece's Rainbow</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://reecesrainbow.org/2131/everett56">Everett</a> and <a href="http://reecesrainbow.org/2129/olson56">Olson</a> were chosen, and supposed to be brothers, but the family was not able to finish the adoption. Instead they were transferred to this place, that is an institution for children with mental delays. The thing is that in their culture, mental dissabilities is seen as a shame, and so these children are treated as less valued people.<br />
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There is also little <a href="http://reecesrainbow.org/12896/nolan5602">Nolan</a>. My friend has not met him yet, but he is there, also living in this bad conditions.<br />
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These children have chance to get out of there! They just need a family to choose them! Will you bring them home? Will you tell the world about them? Let people know that they can be saved?<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Everett and Olson now have a family that is committed to bring them home! Please spread the word about <a href="http://reecesrainbow.org/12896/nolan5602">Nolan</a>, he also need to get out of there, and home to his family!</b></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101792234762615700.post-31033350199163191922012-06-19T23:30:00.000+02:002012-06-19T23:30:03.923+02:00Goal met!<div style="text-align: center;">
We met the goal for the matching grant for Kolya! Yeah! Thank you so very much to everyone that donated. Now, please spread the word about this little boy, who lies in his own company waiting day after day. He is not eight years old yet, and he has so much potential. Please share about him on social medias, with people you meet in real life and to anyone you can think of. I'm sure his parents are out there somewhere.</div>
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And please spread the word about Kolya. Being adopted would save his life.Please don't let him end up like little <a href="http://www.xmaswarrior.blogspot.no/2012/06/in-loving-memory.html">Tsveti</a>, never knowing the love of a family.</div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">At ten she was the size of a three year old.</span></em></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Please help me find a family for <a href="http://reecesrainbow.org/1513/kolya-7-2">Kolya</a>. He is in the same country, in a bad place. Please don't let this happen to him. This is an easy country to adopt from. No strict rules on family size or age. not the most expensive. Please.</span></i></div>
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I've posted about this before, but now it is more important than ever that you watch and vote for orphans with Down Syndrome. We are in the finals, and after being in first place, we got bumped to third last night. Winning this would mean a wonderful way to reach more people and let them learn about all the orphans with Down.Please take time to vote. You can vote from all computers you are on, at home, at school, your phone, at work.<br />
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<i>I received this request from a fellow adoption advocate, Brad Murray over at
</i><a href="http://www.onestepclosertohome.blogspot.com/"><i>www.onestepclosertohome.blogspot.com</i></a><i> .
Would you please help by watching and voting, and spreading the word on social media?</i></div>
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<i>I wanted to reach out to you and ask a favor. One way I've been fortunate to help lately is by raising funds/awareness through triathlon's I race in. In particular Ironman.</i><i><br /></i><i> </i><i><br /></i><i>My 4 year old son and I recently made an 80 second video we entered into a contest through Ironman titled "Racing for Orphans with Down Syndrome". We have a legitimate chance to win this! This would create an opportunity to be featured on NBC's national TV coverage of the Ironman World Championship and share these special childrens story! </i><i><br /></i><i>The way this contest is setup is the winner will be determined by total votes by the general public. I would like to ask if you would be open to making a post about our video on your blog and asking your followers to vote as well as share our story. </i><i><br /></i><i>This is a post I made on my blog that better explains the details of the contest:</i><i><br /></i><i>"I mentioned in my last post that we had some exciting news to be announced this week. First, a little background. </i><i><br /></i><i>As you may already know, I am training for Ironman St. George on May 5th (only 16 more days!!!). My purpose in doing so is to raise awareness and funding for orphans with Down syndrome, and in particular Maggie. </i><i><br /></i><i>About a month ago I received an email from Ironman announcing a competition they put together called Kona Inspired. They have given anyone the opportunity to submit a 90 second video into this competition telling their story of how Ironman has helped them believe that "Anything is Possible". Winners will be given the opportunity to race in the Ironman World Championship in Kona in October and most importantly, they will get to tell their story on NBC's nationally televised broadcast of the Ironman World Championship! </i><i><br /></i><i>When I first learned about this opportunity I knew that this truly could be an opportunity to tell the world about these children and most importantly, create the awareness that is needed to truly make a difference for them!!</i><i><br /></i><i>So Nash and I made a video! Before I show it to you, I want to explain how this competition works and HOW YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOO! Between now and May 31st, all videos can be viewed. Based on total VIEWS and total VOTES, 15 will be chosen to compete against each other in the finals in June. The top 2 will go to Kona! So, back to how you can help. Your view and vote can be counted once each day. However, it is perfectly OK to vote more than once a day if you view the video from a different computer, laptop or phone and then vote from that device To vote, just look in the lower left hand corner of the screen while watching the video.. We have plenty of days left between now and May 31st! You're vote is much appreciated, each and every day :) !!</i><i><br /></i><i>I'll keep you posted on how things are going. Here's the link to our video. Enjoy!!!"</i></div>
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<i><br /></i><i> </i><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/konainspired?x=us_facebookapp_202_4"><i>http://apps.facebook.com/konainspired/?x=us_facebookapp_312_14</i></a><i><br /></i><i><br /></i><i> </i><i><br /></i><i>Thank you for your support! Please let me know if you have any questions. </i><i><br /></i><i> </i><i><br /></i><i>Brady Murray</i><i><br /></i><i>www.rodsracing.org</i><i><br /></i><i>www.onestepclosertohome.blogspot.com</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Rene over at <a href="http://www.butbygraceitcouldbeme.blogspot.no/">Butbygraceitcouldbeme</a>, met Marcus when she was adopting her daughter from the same group. She has this to say about him:</span></div>
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<b><i>The grief for me here is this: Spring of 2011, he refused to let the facilitator take pictures of his legs or even see his legs, because he was so ashamed of them and felt like no family would want him because his legs were shriveled and useless. February of <a href="http://www.butbygraceitcouldbeme.blogspot.no/#" id="_GPLITA_0" in_rurl="http://www.textsrv.com/click?v=Tk86MTk1MDY6MTI3NzoyMDEyOjY5MjE3Yzk2NWI1OTdhYWNlMjRmMTYzYWM5YzZjZTZlOnotMTA2My0xNDczMDp3d3cuYnV0YnlncmFjZWl0Y291bGRiZW1lLmJsb2dzcG90Lm5v" style="color: #6699cc;" title="Powered by Text-Enhance">2012</a>, he watched us there for six weeks, choosing to adopt Emma, whose legs were also useless and malformed, and he would stare at us. He clearly didn't understand why we would want a kid that couldn't walk. However- something about us being there and wanting Emma despite her wheelchair-dependent status touched Marcus' heart. He agreed to be photographed again and this time, he took a big risk- he didn't cover his legs. </i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #6aa84f;">I am literally in tears and nearly sick at my stomach at the thought of him realizing everyone else has a family and he does not- because I KNOW he's going to automatically assume it's because of his legs. The thought of him feeling that rejected and passed over, I'd rather be punched in the gut than feel the way I do right now thinking about it. </span>"</i></b></div>
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I've posted about this before, but now it is more important than ever that you watch and vote for orphans with Down Syndrome. We are in the finals, and after being in first place, we got bumped to third last night. Winning this would mean a wonderful way to reach more people and let them learn about all the orphans with Down.Please take time to vote. You can vote from all computers you are on, at home, at school, your phone, at work.<br />
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<em>I received this request from a fellow adoption advocate, Brad Murray over at
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Would you please help by watching and voting, and spreading the word on social media?</em></div>
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<em>I wanted to reach out to you and ask a favor. One way I've been fortunate to help lately is by raising funds/awareness through triathlon's I race in. In particular Ironman.</em><em><br /></em><em> </em><em><br /></em><em>My 4 year old son and I recently made an 80 second video we entered into a contest through Ironman titled "Racing for Orphans with Down Syndrome". We have a legitimate chance to win this! This would create an opportunity to be featured on NBC's national TV coverage of the Ironman World Championship and share these special childrens story! </em><em><br /></em><em>The way this contest is setup is the winner will be determined by total votes by the general public. I would like to ask if you would be open to making a post about our video on your blog and asking your followers to vote as well as share our story. </em><em><br /></em><em>This is a post I made on my blog that better explains the details of the contest:</em><em><br /></em><em>"I mentioned in my last post that we had some exciting news to be announced this week. First, a little background. </em><em><br /></em><em>As you may already know, I am training for Ironman St. George on May 5th (only 16 more days!!!). My purpose in doing so is to raise awareness and funding for orphans with Down syndrome, and in particular Maggie. </em><em><br /></em><em>About a month ago I received an email from Ironman announcing a competition they put together called Kona Inspired. They have given anyone the opportunity to submit a 90 second video into this competition telling their story of how Ironman has helped them believe that "Anything is Possible". Winners will be given the opportunity to race in the Ironman World Championship in Kona in October and most importantly, they will get to tell their story on NBC's nationally televised broadcast of the Ironman World Championship! </em><em><br /></em><em>When I first learned about this opportunity I knew that this truly could be an opportunity to tell the world about these children and most importantly, create the awareness that is needed to truly make a difference for them!!</em><em><br /></em><em>So Nash and I made a video! Before I show it to you, I want to explain how this competition works and HOW YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOO! Between now and May 31st, all videos can be viewed. Based on total VIEWS and total VOTES, 15 will be chosen to compete against each other in the finals in June. The top 2 will go to Kona! So, back to how you can help. Your view and vote can be counted once each day. However, it is perfectly OK to vote more than once a day if you view the video from a different computer, laptop or phone and then vote from that device To vote, just look in the lower left hand corner of the screen while watching the video.. We have plenty of days left between now and May 31st! You're vote is much appreciated, each and every day :) !!</em><em><br /></em><em>I'll keep you posted on how things are going. Here's the link to our video. Enjoy!!!"</em></div>
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<em><br /></em><em> </em><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/konainspired?x=us_facebookapp_202_4"><em>http://apps.facebook.com/konainspired?x=us_facebookapp_202_4</em></a><em><br /></em><em><br /></em><em> </em><em><br /></em><em>Thank you for your support! Please let me know if you have any questions. </em><em><br /></em><em> </em><em><br /></em><em>Brady Murray</em><em><br /></em><em>www.rodsracing.org</em><em><br /></em><em>www.onestepclosertohome.blogspot.com</em><br />
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I'm not saying that adoption is for everyone. In no way. Adopting a child that has been institutionalized can be very hard. But also very rewarding. And I know many families want to take the leap of faith, but don't have the finances to do it. But there are some children that have huge grants, but still wait and wait. Maybe one of them is the right child for just your family?</div>
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This is Megan. She has $23955.50 available in her adoption grant. That is close to a full grant. I'm not asking for donations to her grant. I'm asking you to search in your heart and see if you are her family. Single mothers are welcome, and many kids have been adopted from this region. <a href="http://reecesrainbow.org/652/megan2h">This is her profile on RR</a>.</div>
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And this is Preston. He will be turning eight this year. He is in the same region as Megan, and is facing imminent transfer. He has $15066.14 available towards the cost of his adoption. Please consider him, and spread the word about him. <a href="http://reecesrainbow.org/4127/preston-2h">Here is his profile</a>.</div>
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And Danila is also going to turn eight late this year. She is described as active and affectionate. She is smiling and happy in her photo. She has $12856.48 in her grant. <a href="http://reecesrainbow.org/271/danila-g">Go here to see her profile.</a></div>
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To see more children that have large grants but NEED families, go<a href="http://reecesrainbow.org/category/waitingchildren/movingmountains"> here</a>. Please spread the word about them.</div>
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In a previous post I told you about little Delilah, who has Larsen syndrome, and is waiting for her family to find her. There are two other children with Dwarfism waiting with Reece's Rainbow. They both have Achondroplasia, which is the most common form of dwarfism.Yvette, over at<a href="http://bringinghomeholland.blogspot.com/"> Bringing home Holland</a>, brought home a little girl from China with this condition.</div>
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Achondroplasia is a genetic disorder of bone growth that is evident at birth. Affected individuals have arms and legs that are very short, while the torso is nearly normal size.</div>
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The word achondroplasia is Greek and means "without cartilage formation," although individuals with achondroplasia do have cartilage. During fetal development and childhood, cartilage normally develops into bone, except in a few places, such as the nose and ears. In individuals with achondroplasia, something goes wrong during this process, especially in the long bones (such as those of the upper arms and thighs). The rate at which cartilage cells in the growth plates of the long bones turn into bone is slow, leading to short bones and reduced height. Individuals with achondroplasia usually have normal intelligence and a normal life span.</div>
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There is a strong supporting community for people with dwarfism; <a href="http://www.lpaonline.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=37298&orgId=lpa">Little people of America.</a></div>
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This is <a href="http://reecesrainbow.org/32923/oliver">Oliver</a>.</div>
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He was born in March 2007, which makes him five years old. Sadly, most of those five years have been spent laying in a crib.He looks so very sad, my heart just breaks for him. Oliver is facing transfer to the institution VERY SOON, and will remain bedridden the rest of his life if he is not adopted. He does have a grant of $3427.30 towards the cost of his adoption. He really needs a family to give him the chance to live and blossom.</div>
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And this is Lauren.</div>
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Isn't she just a doll? Can you imagine her running and playing with long hair and a pretty dress? Going to school, meet friends and learn? All that is possible, but for that to happen, she needs a family that will come for her, adopt her, believe in her an love her. She is in an institution, that used to be really bad, but tanks to organizations like<a href="http://www.life2orphans.org/cms/"> Life 2 orphans</a>, the conditions have improved some.A family that is there adopting right now, says that they see smiling and happy children. This of course is fantastic, but still a family would be a miracle for Lauren. In the country she lives in, people with a disability like hers, are seen as a shame to the family :-(</div>
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Lauren was born January 22, 2002, and is 10 years old.Look at her beautiful smile, I bet she would smile even bigger if she found a family.This is her <a href="http://reecesrainbow.org/1731/lauren105">profile</a>.She only ha $40 in her grant, so even if you are not in a position to adopt her, would you be willing to donate to her grant? And please spread the word about this little beauty.</div>
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And, as always, please don't forget about my little Artyom M. He waits, and waits for a family to discover him.</div>
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There are three children with different forms of dwarfism waiting for their families, listed with <a href="http://reecesrainbow.org/"> Reece's Rainbow</a>.</div>
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I've been in contact with a lady that has two children with dwarfism, one biological, and one adopted. This is her <a href="http://bringinghomeholland.blogspot.com/">blog</a>. To learn more about the daily life with dwarfism, I encourage you to follow her blog. There is a very large network for people with dwarfism, and their families.</div>
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Little Delilah has Larsen syndrome. <a href="http://reecesrainbow.org/847/delilah2302">This is her profile with Reece's Rainbow.</a></div>
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Larsen syndrome is a disorder that affects the development of bones throughout the body. The signs and symptoms of Larsen syndrome vary widely even within the same family. Affected individuals are usually born with inward- and upward-turning feet (clubfeet) and dislocations of the hips, knees, and elbows. They generally have small extra bones in their wrists and ankles that are visible on X-ray images. The tips of their fingers, especially the thumbs, are typically blunt and square-shaped (spatulate).</div>
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People with Larsen syndrome may also have an unusually large range of joint movement (hypermobility) and short stature. They can also have abnormal curvature of the spine (kyphosis or scoliosis) that may compress the spinal cord and lead to weakness of the limbs.</div>
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Characteristic facial features include a prominent forehead (frontal bossing), flattening of the bridge of the nose and of the middle of the face (midface hypoplasia), and wide-set eyes (ocular hypertelorism). Some people with Larsen syndrome have an opening in the roof of the mouth (a cleft palate) or hearing loss caused by malformations in the tiny bones in the ears (ossicles). Some affected individuals experience respiratory problems as a result of weakness of the airways that can lead to partial closing, short pauses in breathing (apnea), and frequent respiratory infections. People with Larsen syndrome survive into adulthood and intelligence is unaffected.</div>
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Do you think Delilah is your daughter? Please contact Reece's Rainbow to know more about her. She deserves so much more than growing up in an institution.</div>
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This little girl is Haven. </div>
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Her profile is scary. She seems to have a host of medical challenges. But when they all are broken down to what they really are, they are all quite manageable.</div>
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Girl, Born March 2006( <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">This makes her six years old</span></i>.)</div>
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Poor Haven……sweet little girl. Such a pretty girl burdened with such medical and cognitive difficulties….and no mama to love her through them.</div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">My bio son has coeliac disease and it is so very manageable. I always use to say that if you have to have a chronic disease, pick coeliac. It is completely treated with a glutenfree diet, and my son is one of the most healthy kids I know of. He was really sick before we found out about his diagnoses though. It didn't take us long to get used to the diet, and know it is an issue we seldom think about. If anything, his diagnosis makes us a little more conscious and healthy in choosing food.</span></i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><i>About her CP diagnosis, it makes me very hopeful that she is standing upright in her photo. This means that she most propbably doesn't have the more severe forms of CP</i></span></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">This is what made me notice Haven among all the children needing families. Her scared expression. I hope she finds a family before she has to be transferred to an institution where everyone are strangers to her. Where she doesn't know anybody. How scared will that make her?</span></i></div>
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So please help Haven find a family. If you are not them, then spread the word about her, use facebook, twitter, yahoogroups, talk to people about her. Haven needs a safe and loving environment. Go to <a href="http://www.nogreaterjoymom.com/">Adeye's blog </a>and read about her little Haven, and see what adoption does in an orphans life.</div>
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Haven can be adopted together with other children from her<a href="http://reecesrainbow.org/category/waitingbycountry/ee-1/orphanage-42"> orphanage</a>. The process in her country is relatively short, and the requirements are easier than for some of the other countries.It is also one of the cheaper countries to adopt from.</div>
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