We got an e-mail from WIA a couple weeks ago letting us know that Haiti has once again began processing adoptions.
They wondered if we are still interested?
We are!
They say the are proceeding with caution...
and recommend we do the same!
The process is expected to take longer then before the earthquake.
They will let us know more information once they have it!
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Saturday, March 6, 2010
I Wish Someone Would...
Join the journey.
I would be great to share this experience with another mother.
To know that another child had a family to call their own.
Some safety, stability, enought to eat and uncoditional LOVE.
To under take this process
You must be committed and determined.
I think Haiti has to be in your heart.
You have to know that your children are there.
I would be great to share this experience with another mother.
To know that another child had a family to call their own.
Some safety, stability, enought to eat and uncoditional LOVE.
To under take this process
You must be committed and determined.
I think Haiti has to be in your heart.
You have to know that your children are there.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Obsess
Is what I do when I get an idea in my head.
Big or small it doesn't matter.
Right now I'm obsessed with Haiti.
More specifically the children of Haiti.
Even more specifically...
Our kids in Haiti.
I don't know them,
but I love them.
I'm not sure that you can understand that feeling
unless you have adopted.
That feeling that there is a child who belongs to you,
and you to them.
That feeling that the time is now,
and you have to do whatever it takes to find them.
Maybe you can if you are trying to get pregnant.
I don't know.
I think about them all day.
Dream about them at night.
It could be a very long process for me.
Big or small it doesn't matter.
Right now I'm obsessed with Haiti.
More specifically the children of Haiti.
Even more specifically...
Our kids in Haiti.
I don't know them,
but I love them.
I'm not sure that you can understand that feeling
unless you have adopted.
That feeling that there is a child who belongs to you,
and you to them.
That feeling that the time is now,
and you have to do whatever it takes to find them.
Maybe you can if you are trying to get pregnant.
I don't know.
I think about them all day.
Dream about them at night.
It could be a very long process for me.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Marcus
He has great insight.
He knew Maleen was coming years before we did.
Several weeks ago...
I guess only time will tell.
He knew Maleen was coming years before we did.
"When is my sister going to get here?"
"You don't have a sister."
"Yes, I do Mom. Yes, I do."
Several weeks ago...
"We're getting another brother and sister."
"Really" (I have long since learned not to disregard his thoughts)
"Yes, really."
I guess only time will tell.
Facts
Haiti vs. US
Population Below the Poverty Line
70% Haiti
13% US
Infant Mortality Rate
97.1 deaths/1,000 live births Haiti
6.82 deaths/1,000 live births US
Literacy Rate
45% Haiti
97% US
Life Expectancy
49.2 years Haiti
77.1 years US
Not to mention...
Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.
Annual income of $400.00 per year.
15% of all children in Haiti are orphaned or abandoned.
40% of the population is under 15 years old.
and this is all before the earthquake.
Source A Child's Hope Foundation and UNICEF
Population Below the Poverty Line
70% Haiti
13% US
Infant Mortality Rate
97.1 deaths/1,000 live births Haiti
6.82 deaths/1,000 live births US
Literacy Rate
45% Haiti
97% US
Life Expectancy
49.2 years Haiti
77.1 years US
Not to mention...
Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.
Annual income of $400.00 per year.
15% of all children in Haiti are orphaned or abandoned.
40% of the population is under 15 years old.
and this is all before the earthquake.
Source A Child's Hope Foundation and UNICEF
Friday, January 29, 2010
Wasatch International Adoption
Our agency of choice.
The application is on its way.
They say they will place us in a data base of interested families.
We could be waiting a LONG time
for international adoptions to resume.
We will wait.
And then we will be ready.
The application is on its way.
They say they will place us in a data base of interested families.
We could be waiting a LONG time
for international adoptions to resume.
We will wait.
And then we will be ready.
Haiti
Why Haiti?
Honestly we don't know.
Our hearts have been there for 7 years.
It's complicated.
The process could take years.
We know we belong to someone there.
They need us and WE NEED THEM.
The recent earthquake scared us.
We can't keep letting things get in the way
of OUR FAMILY!
Honestly we don't know.
Our hearts have been there for 7 years.
It's complicated.
The process could take years.
We know we belong to someone there.
They need us and WE NEED THEM.
The recent earthquake scared us.
We can't keep letting things get in the way
of OUR FAMILY!
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