Thursday, August 18, 2011
Monday, March 7, 2011
New Blog
I started a new blog Somewhere Over the (Reece's) Rainbow in an effort to move the adoption posts from my personal blog. Please visit and take a minute to offer up a prayer or positive thought to these precious girls. They are so often in my thoughts and I hope they all find their "forever families" soon, before the horrors of ADULT mental institutions become their reality.
Please feel free to share this new blog with everyone you know!
Please feel free to share this new blog with everyone you know!
Monday, February 28, 2011
2 more
2 more little angel girls have captured my heart! While I feel guilty about posting about more angels while Trina is still in an orphanage waiting for her "forever family" to find her, these two girls need their "forever families" to find them too!
This is Giselle. She struggles with so much daily. She is in one of the poorest orphanages in her region and WILL be transferred in a few months when she turns 4! She will be transferred to an ADULT mental institution and remain bedridden for what will most likely be a very short life. No child deserves to be locked up for life for how they were born. Please help find her "forever family".
This is Arlene. There is not much information about Arlene on the website, but if you contact Andrea she can give you more info on Arlene. She does have some rather significant issues but with the help of a loving family she will blossom!
Please, I am begging you to share with anyone about these girls and Trina. My heart isn't just breaking anymore, it is BROKEN!
This is Giselle. She struggles with so much daily. She is in one of the poorest orphanages in her region and WILL be transferred in a few months when she turns 4! She will be transferred to an ADULT mental institution and remain bedridden for what will most likely be a very short life. No child deserves to be locked up for life for how they were born. Please help find her "forever family".
This is Arlene. There is not much information about Arlene on the website, but if you contact Andrea she can give you more info on Arlene. She does have some rather significant issues but with the help of a loving family she will blossom!
Please, I am begging you to share with anyone about these girls and Trina. My heart isn't just breaking anymore, it is BROKEN!
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
My heart is breaking!
I don't even know where to begin. I guess at the start.
I was reading another blog and she mentioned an orphan in Eastern Europe with Down Syndrome and how she wanted to help raise money for his adoption. She is a big name blogger and of course was able to raise quite a bit of money for him. His "forever family" is now in the process of adopting him. I clicked on the link and started to explore the Reece's Rainbow site.
What I learned is devastating. These beautiful children are placed in orphanages just because their society deems them as less as. I will admit they do have special needs, but here they would not be removed from loving parents and be placed in an orphanage because of that, there they are. Would you believe the baby house's are actually the "best" place these children will end up? When they reach a certain age they will be transferred to an institution where they may be drugged and given the absolute bare minimum to survive. Most of these children do not last a year in the institution. They languish in cribs and are not offered any love at all. No one comes to comfort them when they are crying. No one comes to love on them when they are sick. These children get NOTHING!!!
I know you are wondering where I am going with this. While at Reece's Rainbow http://www.reecesrainbow.org/ I was looking at the picture of the orphans and came across her:
Her name is Trina. Isn't she the cutest little girl. She suffers from FAS (Fetal Alcohol Syndrome) and has spasticity because of it, but she is doing well otherwise. She is growing and can get around well. I was so taken with her little smile and you can just she the light in her eyes. I wish I had more information to share on her but they really can't give out to much info due to privacy regulations. When she is adopted they will get more information about her and her specific needs. You can click on the badge on the right side of my blog to be to be taken directly to her page and learn more about her.
Now to the meat of this post. We need to help her!!! We need to have as many people as possible see her and hear about what she faces. She WILL be transferred! She will suffer and she will be lost to the world. PLEASE!!! Help me save her. I am not saying you have to adopt her, but maybe someone out there is willing and able. Let us get the word out and help them see her. She also needs some donations to her fund. Her adoption will cost around $24,000 and every little bit helps. I also want to let it be known that if we do find someone to adopt her and they are able to adopt another child from her region the cost for the second child's adoption is greatly reduced about $28,000 for both of them, as long as they are adopted at the same time.
So now you know why my heart is breaking and how we can all help this BEAUTIFUL girl!!! Let's do it and help find her "forever family"!
I also want to thank Andrea and Michelle for all their help in learning about Trina and allowing me to become her warrior!
I was reading another blog and she mentioned an orphan in Eastern Europe with Down Syndrome and how she wanted to help raise money for his adoption. She is a big name blogger and of course was able to raise quite a bit of money for him. His "forever family" is now in the process of adopting him. I clicked on the link and started to explore the Reece's Rainbow site.
What I learned is devastating. These beautiful children are placed in orphanages just because their society deems them as less as. I will admit they do have special needs, but here they would not be removed from loving parents and be placed in an orphanage because of that, there they are. Would you believe the baby house's are actually the "best" place these children will end up? When they reach a certain age they will be transferred to an institution where they may be drugged and given the absolute bare minimum to survive. Most of these children do not last a year in the institution. They languish in cribs and are not offered any love at all. No one comes to comfort them when they are crying. No one comes to love on them when they are sick. These children get NOTHING!!!
I know you are wondering where I am going with this. While at Reece's Rainbow http://www.reecesrainbow.org/ I was looking at the picture of the orphans and came across her:
Her name is Trina. Isn't she the cutest little girl. She suffers from FAS (Fetal Alcohol Syndrome) and has spasticity because of it, but she is doing well otherwise. She is growing and can get around well. I was so taken with her little smile and you can just she the light in her eyes. I wish I had more information to share on her but they really can't give out to much info due to privacy regulations. When she is adopted they will get more information about her and her specific needs. You can click on the badge on the right side of my blog to be to be taken directly to her page and learn more about her.Now to the meat of this post. We need to help her!!! We need to have as many people as possible see her and hear about what she faces. She WILL be transferred! She will suffer and she will be lost to the world. PLEASE!!! Help me save her. I am not saying you have to adopt her, but maybe someone out there is willing and able. Let us get the word out and help them see her. She also needs some donations to her fund. Her adoption will cost around $24,000 and every little bit helps. I also want to let it be known that if we do find someone to adopt her and they are able to adopt another child from her region the cost for the second child's adoption is greatly reduced about $28,000 for both of them, as long as they are adopted at the same time.
So now you know why my heart is breaking and how we can all help this BEAUTIFUL girl!!! Let's do it and help find her "forever family"!
I also want to thank Andrea and Michelle for all their help in learning about Trina and allowing me to become her warrior!
Friday, December 17, 2010
Seriously!?!
Yep we are still alive and kickin'! I just have not had the ambition to update this blog in such a long time, but I hope to rectify that soon! Mike bought me ANOTHER laptop, as mine had an unfortunate accident, don't worry it found a new home (at one of the kids' computer desks plugged into the monitor!)
Logan and McKenzie have both performed in 2 concerts now and have done really well. Logan has also had additional performances around the valley. Ethan is doing fantastic in First Grade, he is soooooooo smart! Dylan continues to amaze us with his smarts and Sophie, well, she is Sophie!
Logan and McKenzie have both performed in 2 concerts now and have done really well. Logan has also had additional performances around the valley. Ethan is doing fantastic in First Grade, he is soooooooo smart! Dylan continues to amaze us with his smarts and Sophie, well, she is Sophie!
Monday, August 30, 2010
1st Day of School!
The kids started school today! Logan started 8th grade, McKenzie started 6th, and Ethan started 1st. While I will miss the help they gave me this summer I am glad they are back at school!
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Missing
Tomorrow marks the 7 year anniversary of my sister Heather's passing. I will always know how long it has been as a week later I found out I was pregnant with Ethan. When I look at him (Dylan and Sophie too) I realize how much she is missing out on and it is HARD!!! Logan is the only one with any type of memory of her and even that is very vague. He does have one toy she brought him after his first surgery that we will always have. McKenzie has a bunny from her 2nd birthday that will always be extra special as well. We also have pictures, but for the youngest three that is all they are, just pictures of someone they never knew.
After 7 years you would think that my anger would fade but it hasn't. I am still SOOOO mad at her for not taking care of herself and dying. I know it was not all her fault but I also know that she didn't take care of herself as she should have and it lead to her passing at 24 years old.
Now we are just left missing her and she is missing out on 10 nieces and nephews she never met.
If there is a positive out of this whole tragedy it is that I did gain a sister. Rachel is Heather's best friend and now she is my sister. I love her and her family and am so grateful for them!!!
After 7 years you would think that my anger would fade but it hasn't. I am still SOOOO mad at her for not taking care of herself and dying. I know it was not all her fault but I also know that she didn't take care of herself as she should have and it lead to her passing at 24 years old.
Now we are just left missing her and she is missing out on 10 nieces and nephews she never met.
If there is a positive out of this whole tragedy it is that I did gain a sister. Rachel is Heather's best friend and now she is my sister. I love her and her family and am so grateful for them!!!
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