Whatever Wednesday

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.

I could get used to this healing stuff -- adoptive momma (domestically adopted a sibling group who experienced a disruption after being adopted from Haiti) Christine at welcome to my brain... her daughter, diagnosed with reactive attachment disorder, has a break-through day

She's got skillz: Part 2 -- adoptive momma (China) the Gang's Momma at The Gang's All Here!... on preschool and her daughter's unilateral hearing

Li'l Dude's Heart (and Larry's Heart PTL) -- adoptive momma (China) Wife of the Prez at Room For At Least One More... good news and bad news during their August 3 cardiology appointment

Overjoyed!!! -- adoptive momma (China) Jean at There's No Place Like Home!... hearing the results from her daughter's MRI and assessing her development

The Octopus -- adoptive momma (China) Nicole at The Baker's Sweets... on waiting for the other shoe to drop when it comes to medical diagnosis

make mine a double -- adoptive momma (China) Stefanie at Ni Hao Y'all... on the joys of collecting a stool sample

Just hanging at Hershey Med -- adoptive momma (China) rachelle at with one step... a post-op update after her twin boys both received surgeries on their palates

A looooong awaited update on Cassandra -- adoptive momma (China) Karen at Always in My Heart... on an infection her daughter caught after having surgery

Vision Therapy... What We Learned Over the Past 4 Months -- adoptive momma (domestic) Dorothy at (Sub)Urban Servant... on vision therapy - what it is and how it worked

it changes everything, it changes nothing -- adoptive momma (China) Mama D at the life that is waiting... a mom ponders a new diagnosis for her son

Medical Journey Continues -- adoptive momma (China) Paulette at Love You Forever... on her daughter's urology appointments, medical progress and continued challenges

The trenches. The sacred place. -- adoptive momma (China) Rachelle at with one step... a mom writes a devotional several days after tonsil surgery

First day of school. -- adoptive momma (China) Julie at Journey to Malia Jo... a wrong-colored van brings disappointment on the first day of school