Blogs to share, 5 years ago, & update on Faith's hair trim...

My heart is constantly touched by the adoption community and the way so many work together in bringing families together.

I learned of this family today at "All Roads Lead to You" working to raise enough funds needed to bring their sweet Sophia Jane home. I have donated the following items to their auction in hopes that every little bit can help in bringing their daughter home......

"SONYA LEE LITTLE PEOPLE DOLL & DVD SET"

You can go here to place a bid. This was Faith's and she does not play with dolls so it is very gently used. She did watch the dvd a few times. It really is a sweet doll.
Wishing Kimberley and her family a life time of happiness!


I also wanted to share this new blog "One Thousand Treasures".
This family is very good friends of ours that we met while living in England. We were waiting to bring Faith home and they were waiting to bring their second daughter from China home. We started a wonderful adoption group together and shared in bringing our children home. They are now living in China running an education center and caring for children in their home. They are a true testimony that we can all some how make a difference. I know they would love for you to stop by their blog and show support in the wonderful work they are doing.


Love Without Boundaries is having an art auction right now to help raise money to help care for the children of China living in orphanages. I have always been in awe of this organization and it holds a special place in my heart. Check out some of the amazing things you can bid on by going to their web site and clicking on the art auction link.

"A baby is born with the need to be loved and never outgrows it"

~Frank A. Clark



I can't believe it was 5 years ago that we were in China near the end of our trip getting ready to bring Faith home. This photo was taken on Faith's last day in China and is one of my favorites of her from our trip. We were preparing for our long trip home. We were finally starting to see some smiles from her. It was very obvious to us when Faith was placed in our arms that she had never learned to bond and was only existing through life. She was very stoic and showed little emotion. By the time we left China we were starting to see subtle changes and a spark in her eyes. We knew we had a long way to go in gaining her trust and the bonding took a lot longer than we ever anticipated.


"The cutest baby ever!"

I have been reading several blogs lately with concerns about RAD (reactive attachment disorder) and although Faith did not have this she did have many attachment issues that took a long time to work through. It was a slow process as she also was very developmentally delayed. I have not shared too much about everything we went through as I have felt the need to keep things private for Faith, but if anyone has any questions please feel free to email me. I may do a post on things we did to help with the attachment process in hopes of helping others.
It is amazing what love can do!!!


Ohhh and for an update on the post below......Faith's little hair trim was unnoticeable! Whew!! (of course being her Mom I could tell !:)
When she woke up I asked her if she did anything last night before going to bed and here is how the conversation went:
Faith: I cut my toe nail.
Me: was there anything else you cut?
Faith: oh yes, I cut my band aide off my finger.
Me: You did.....was there anything else that you cut.
Faith: noooooooo, oh yeah I cut my hair!
Me: I know, Reed found your hair on the toilet.
Faith: When I cut it, it fell right in my hand and I took it and flushed it down the toilet.
Me: Why didn't you tell me last night? I don't ever want you cutting your hair.
Faith: I'm sorry, next time I'll ask you before I cut it!

I never did get around to taking pictures today. It was another really long day!
Thank goodness tomorrow is Friday and Daddy is coming home!!!!!

Have a great week-end!!!!!!