I’m aware of several instances where organizations are working to get orphans (who were orphans before the quake) who have adoption paperwork already in process, out of Haiti and into various countries. I don’t believe there is anything we, as a community can do for those specific situations, because my understanding at this point is [...]

I’m playing around with the idea to put up what would be a permanent survey, one that I would do the reporting on about a week after referrals come out. I’m thinking the questions would be: LID Age of child Gender of child Province child is from Possibly the orphanage, but some families may not [...]

I haven’t blogged about this yet because I didn’t have inside info like I did with the earthquake in China. That doesn’t mean I haven’t kept track, though. And, of course, I checked to see if there was anything we, as a community, could do. At one point it was suggested that we contact our [...]

I see reports that a list was released last night, and hopefully we’ll begin seeing people announcing soon that they’ve found their child, or that their agency has matched them with a child, or… something. Looking at the numbers: The shortest time frame is 23 days, the longest is 49 (the time just waited). The [...]

One of the dance teachers at TT and GG’s dance studio is 27, though she looks about 15. She and I were talking during some downtime at one of the practices for the Nutcracker, and she told me something that floored me. First, understand that she had two miscarriages before she finally managed to give [...]

The rumor is that the next list will be released on the 19th. I’m guessing that’s the 19th in China, which would be the night of the 18th here in the U.S., which would be Monday night.