Each Wednesday we post links from the previous week that touch on special needs adoption. Our hope is that these small snapshots provide you with a glimpse of life after adopting through China's waiting child program... both the long-term blessings and the challenges that come with parenting a child with special needs. We also hope to raise awareness about a variety of special needs.
Owen Update -- adoptive momma (China) Melissa at Wen Love Calls... thoughts after one month home, plus some information about his medical evaluations
Home Sweet Home -- adoptive momma (China) Heather at Dragons and Elephants... describing her son Kai's last day in the hospital and his first two weeks home after major surgery
Victoria's Fingers -- foster momma (India) Sarah Bess, co-founder of India Christian Ministries, at Sarah's Covenant Homes... describing Victoria's clinodactyly of the index fingers and either that or kirner's deformity of the pinky fingers
Cardiologist check-up -- adoptive parents (China) Aaron and Erica at Praying for You You... her first check-up with the cardiologist after major surgery
Monday Morning Confessional: I need to get out. Often. -- momma of a child who has special needs (infant strokes) Ellen at To The Max... leaving a child with special needs with a babysitter
I knew this day would come -- adoptive momma (China) Living4Him5at My Four Blessings... an emotional conversation with her daughter about her daughter's arthrogryposis
If you know one kid with autism... -- adoptive momma (domestic) Julie Martindale at Not Just An Ordinary Life... exploring her feelings about her son's recent autism diagnosis
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