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January 20, 2015

Roots and Branches. On reaching adulthood, a generation of Chinese-born adoptees...

Roots and Branches. On reaching adulthood, a generation of Chinese-born adoptees raised in the US are choosing to return to their birthplaces.


ROOTS AND BRANCHES | NewsChina Magazine
www.newschinamag.com
On reaching adulthood, a generation of Chinese-born adoptees raised in the US are choosing to return to their birthplaces
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Published on January 20, 2015 06:16

The Lost Boys of China

The Lost Boys of China


The Lost Boys of China | No Hands But Ours
www.nohandsbutours.com
It started with Adam It was at McDonalds on a crisp December morning in 2002, and we had just completed an ultrasound appointment for our second child. During the appointment, we learned that our first child, Abby, was going to have a baby brother. Over her tray of hash browns and an Egg McMuffin, A…
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Published on January 20, 2015 06:13

January 19, 2015

I'm glad that a heated subject about racism and what I perceive as insults again...

I'm glad that a heated subject about racism and what I perceive as insults against those I love can make me stand strong and state my beliefs, then when I'm alone still make me cry with my heart breaking. Because if it didn't, I wouldn't like the person that I am.


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Published on January 19, 2015 10:00

Love this story. Chinese woman saves dog.

Love this story. Chinese woman saves dog.


kinny, hairless stray dog sees fluffy white coat grow back
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Lu found the malnourished pooch near her home in Nanning, Guangxi Province, China in 2012 - and started to bring him food after claiming he was so thin that no-one would go near him.
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Published on January 19, 2015 07:37

January 17, 2015

Shanghai donor helps British boy by donating stem cell.

Shanghai donor helps British boy by donating stem cell.


City donor helps British boy
www.shanghaidaily.com
Jiang Yongfeng, 35, from Shanghai, talks to the media after donating 219 milliliters of stem cell in Beijing yesterday in a bid to save the life of a 7-year-old British boy with acute leukemia. The stem cell donation was handed to representatives of the British hospital where the boy of Asian origin…
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Published on January 17, 2015 08:35

Timeline Photos"Call it a clan, call it a network, call i...


Timeline Photos
"Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one." - Jane Howard, Families
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Published on January 17, 2015 08:31

January 16, 2015

Trafficked Chinese Boy Reunited with Family 24 years later. #China

Trafficked Chinese Boy Reunited with Family 24 years later. #China


Trafficked Chinese boy reunited with family after 24 years apart - CNN.com
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Moving photographs capture the moment a Chinese man was reunited with his father
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Published on January 16, 2015 09:50

January 15, 2015

My heart is breaking for the situations described in this blog post. Not only fo...

My heart is breaking for the situations described in this blog post. Not only for the children who because of life's circumstances, seem broken, but for the parents who are simply trying to hold their families together and not fall apart. Over 300 comments and you should read each one. #RAD #Adoption #DisruptedAdoption


Dear Adoptive Parents walking the hard, hellish, lonely road of trauma...THIS POST IS FOR YOU....
outofshemind.com
Preface: This is not a how-to-parent-older-adopted-kids blog post. This is not a why-kids-of-trauma-inflict-trauma post. This is not even a this-is-what-life-is-like-with-trauma-kids post. This is not a feel-sorry-for-us or toot-our-own-horns post. It's most definitely not a rainbows and unicor
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Published on January 15, 2015 13:07

Adoption: How Not to Wait Well

Adoption: How Not to Wait Well


adoption: how to not wait well - little things + big stuff
littlethingsbigstuff.com
At different times, I’ve been the textbook case for not waiting well during this adoption process. The weeks and weeks and months and months that go by with little to no progress do weird things to you. Even those of …
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Published on January 15, 2015 07:54

WAKE UP WORLD. #Orphans #Humanrights #Whereishumanity?

WAKE UP WORLD. #Orphans #Humanrights #Whereishumanity?


Five-year-olds caged to clean up streets for Pope Francis
www.dailymail.co.uk
A MailOnline investigation has found children being kept in horrendous conditions - some even being chained to posts - in detention centres across Manila, despite many committing no crime.
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Published on January 15, 2015 07:43