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From Riches to Rags because she has a heart. #China #Adoption

From Riches to Rags because she has a heart. #China #Adoption


Former millionaire in debt after taking in 75 abandoned children
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A 46-year-old former millionaire from Hebei who took in 75 abandoned

Goldman Sach's Lloyd Blankfein tells Chinese students to worry less about school...

Goldman Sach's Lloyd Blankfein tells Chinese students to worry less about school content, more about being human.


Goldman's Lloyd Blankfein tells Chinese students to worry less about school content, more about bein
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Lloyd Blankfein, CEO and Chairman of the multinational investment banking firm

If you don't read another article on the net today, you should at least read thi...

If you don't read another article on the net today, you should at least read this one. Heartbreaking, yet inspiring all at the same time. #China #Adoption


Hardest. And Best. | No Hands But Ours
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My life was almost returned to normal. I would have slept better, been freer, able to eat better, clean the house, and find my way back to the normal details of everyday life. But I chose to finish the adoption, to make this girl who was so far from the one portrayed to me, my ���

As of today, The Tales of the Scavenger's Daughters has over 2000 combined revie...

As of today, The Tales of the Scavenger's Daughters has over 2000 combined reviews on Amazon. If one of them is from you, thank you so VERY much! If you haven't yet read the series, I'll post the link in the comments below. #China #Adoption

Good Chinese Wife less than $2 on Kindle/Nook. #China

Good Chinese Wife less than $2 on Kindle/Nook. #China


Good Chinese Wife: A Love Affair with China Gone Wrong
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A stunning memoir of an intercultural marriage gone wrongWhen Susan, a shy Midwesterner in love with Chinese culture, started graduate school in Hong Kong, she quickly fell for Cai, the Chinese man of her dreams. As they exchanged vows, Susan thought she'd stumbled into an exotic fairy tale, unti...

There's that loaded word again. Lucky. Or not. #China #Adoption

There's that loaded word again. Lucky. Or not. #China #Adoption


Lucky | No Hands But Ours
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Things kind and well meaning people say to, about, or in front of our adopted daughter: ���What a lucky little girl to be in your family.��� ���She is very lucky that you adopted her.��� ���Aren���t you so lucky to live here?��� ���She is really lucky to have you.��� ���You are so lucky, Grace. Do you ���

Be still my heart... #China #Adoption

Be still my heart... #China #Adoption


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"When nature plays its role" : An Abandoned Fishing Village of Gouqi Shengsi, an archipelago of almost 400 islands at the mouth of China���s Yangtze river, holds a secret shrouded in time ��� an abandoned fishing village being reclaimed by nature. These photos by Tang Yuhong, a creative photographer based in Nanning, take us into this lost village on Goqui island.

This article made me remember Xiao Gou in a way that hurts my heart. One night I...

This article made me remember Xiao Gou in a way that hurts my heart. One night I lay with her, clasping her fingers as she drifted off to sleep, looking at her tiny face and wondering where she would eventually be. Hoping fate would change and be good to her. Now she's not in my life, but she is loved. And that, well, it has to be enough. #Adoption #FosterCare


Falling in Love With a Foster Child
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For the first time, I feel that whether we have BlueJay for a month or a year or a lifetime, it doesn���t matter. At least we have this.

If you are a parent of a special needs child, this might make you sad. Or it mig...

If you are a parent of a special needs child, this might make you sad. Or it might make you smile. Maybe even feel a kinship. Either way, it's a good read for all parents. We all have to come to terms with perhaps not special, but definitely 'different' needs of our children. #SpecialNeeds


A Special-Needs Parent Against My Will, Learning My Own Adaptive Lesson
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People warned me that I would cry at my daughter���s first adaptive ballet recital, but they didn���t say why.