Kay Bratt's Blog, page 33

Just in the last two weeks I have had half a dozen emails asking me for tips on...

Just in the last two weeks I have had half a dozen emails asking me for tips on how to search for birthparents in China. --kay


Adopted Dutch Girl to Look for Biological Parents in China - All China Women's Federation
www.womenofchina.cn
A 15-year-old Chinese-born girl, adopted by Dutch parents more than a decade ago, will soon be traveling to China to search for her biological parents.

Just terrifying. #China

Just terrifying. #China


Photographer captures big picture from centre of Shanghai tragedy
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Photographer Guo Xianzhong barely escaped the crush on New Year's Eve to capture vital images from the eye of the Shanghai disaster

Surpassing Greatness: Am I Really Yours Forever?www.surpa...

Surpassing Greatness: Am I Really Yours Forever?
www.surpassinggreatness.com

I thank God for all the dedicated ayis (nannies) who care for these children whe...

I thank God for all the dedicated ayis (nannies) who care for these children when fate has pulled their path away from their birthparents.


Timeline Photos
CELEBRATING ‘FIRSTS’!
Aixin just recently turned two and has been at the institution since she was approximately 10 days old. Like a new mom, I have enjoyed watching her grow and blossom, and have especially taken pride in all her ‘firsts’. Read about Aixin's 'firsts' here: http://bit.ly/cfirsts

A week ago we went to a Chinese restaurant and Amanda ordered black tea. The ser...

A week ago we went to a Chinese restaurant and Amanda ordered black tea. The server (who was not Chinese, btw) looked confused and told her they didn't have black tea. Amanda asked what all tea they had, and one of them the girl listed was Lipton. She brought it out and with one look, Amanda told her, "that's black tea."

The server said "no, it's actually brown."

Amanda, being the polite girl I raised her to be, didn't go into the fact that the rest of the world calls it Black tea.

/facepalm

(But ironically, in mandarin it is called Hóngchá, and Hong means red!)

Great article: 'Every once in a while someone will ask us whether we’re planning...

Great article: 'Every once in a while someone will ask us whether we’re planning to have “kids of our own." I know they aren’t meaning to be hurtful, but Joshua and Jonathan are our sons in every way.'


My rookie year as a parent of adopted twins
www.theglobeandmail.com
Whitney McGregor and her husband, Brock, realized they didn’t need the ‘dream of a baby’ when they learned about Joshua and Jonathan, six-year-old twins living in a Guyanese orphanage

Happy New Year! I've already wrote out my 2015 professional goals and it's going...

Happy New Year! I've already wrote out my 2015 professional goals and it's going to be a great year! Today Ben and I will discuss our family financial goals and exchange at least one personal goal to hold each other accountable for. What about you? Have you decided some goals for the new year? Remember, goals are dreams with deadlines!

A great story to start the new year!

A great story to start the new year!


Timeline Photos
Shanghai resident Zhang Zhiyong once lived the life of affluence. He owned a company, a car and a hefty bank account. But no more.

Zhang, 56, donated everything he had to help impoverished ethnic minority children in a remote area in the southwestern province of Yunnan.

“I have nothing left now except happiness,” Zhang said.

To read more, click the link below:
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/metro/so...

Imagine 220 million people on the move using the roads, rails and sky—all at the...

Imagine 220 million people on the move using the roads, rails and sky—all at the same time.


China’s Annual Lunar New Year Migration
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At times, It was so crowded it felt as if we were swimming upriver through an ocean of people.

How very tragic. Now a beloved mom is gone and one day, when he is old enough to...

How very tragic. Now a beloved mom is gone and one day, when he is old enough to understand, the child who accidentally shot her in the head will bear the guilt.


The inside story of how an Idaho toddler shot his mom at Wal-Mart
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The purse she brought into the Wal-Mart was a Christmas gift — with a special pocket for a concealed weapon.