Truth Be Told.....

Many of you are aware of the story of an adoption from Russia that ended horribly, with the mother sending the little boy back to his birth country alone. This story breaks our hearts as an adoptive family. We won't go into our feelings here, but we will share some heartbreaking news for families who planned to follow her and adopt their children from Russia. Today the Russian government decided to halt all adoptions to the US until further notice. This means that families with referrals will not be able to bring their children home, and all those waiting for referrals will be left in limbo. When we attended our waiting family group we had met many families in the Russia program. Today we think of them and hope that one family in particular were able to get their little boy home before this happened. International adoption is such a gamble, and this proves it.Our agency asked that today we talk of the success stories with adoption and show the Russian government just how successful this journey can be. Well, we have an amazing success story. We have a beautiful son and a happy family!!!! But truth be told, the beginning was really really rough. We received support from each other and others and our agency was also very supportive. We think that adoption can be wonderful and overwhelming at the same time. We are thankful with how our journey has unfolded and our hearts break for this boy and his adoptive mother.
Please think of them today and all those that wish to go after them. We would hate for this misfortune to ruin things for other families.
We feel that when you have a face like that peeking at you, anything is possible!!!!!!!