American Adoptions is a domestic adoption agency with offices in several areas of the U.S. With barely a hesitation, the agency’s Web site delves into the answers to questions many people are afraid to ask about adoption. “Will I be able to contact the adoptive parents if I give up my child?” “How should I tell my other children about the new addition to our family?” “Do we need an adoption counselor?”
Many of these questions plague parents on both sides of the adoption process- the giving end, as well as the receiving end. But American Adoptions gives the concept of adoption a positive connotation, on the premise that giving up your child for adoption, as well as adopting someone else’s child, are acts that are rooted in the most selfless kind of love.
I couldn't find another photo that would be "fitting" for this post. Still, it's an idyllic setting, isn't it?
Obviously, it is my deepest hope that such love exists in this world for little Masha. I received another E-mail today from Lisa. She’s currently in Siberia (yes, “Siberia”), and so she has not seen Masha in a while, but is kept up-to-date through many phone calls to the volunteers that work with Masha.
I will share a brief excerpt from the “journals” Lisa had a volunteer translate, which are about Masha’s progress late last year:
“Of course, Masha’s case is not very easy in terms of treatment, but she’s so chаrming …She is something different, a little princess!
I have repeatedly seen these frozen faces and how they flourished then.
By the way on the way to the examination where I took her She said another word – “Car:, gesturing actively and showing me cars through the window. By the way, she almost wasn’t afraid of the men doctors, even though they were loud, twisted her leg (looking hip), forced to crawl, etc. [....]”
“Mashenka [nickname for Masha], in a Vilenski brace, she does not like it, dissatisfied. This child has temper! She will grow and she will become a very persevering girl. But the most important! She was trying even in the brace gets on all fours, raising her back side and trying to crawl normal way, not only on her hands! [....]”
“So the girl gives us hope, she fights, we have to help her! It`s too early to make predictions. But the doctors are trying, the procedures are up to the maximum, as I understand now – no swimming though, otherwise massages and exercises therapy and more … Progress is enormous. Really! A couple of weeks ago, doctors themselves could not believe that she can stand on all fours – now she can! [....]”
“I can confirm – Masha is wonderful beauty. I saw her the first days in the hospital – a sad little creature. Now curly (chatty Cathy, chatterboxie ), “she’s our best in the ward” – 5-12 years old neighbors say. She smiles and shows us ‘cow moo’ in a funny way, ‘sheep baa,’ ‘dog bark’ and other animals. The child thawed out and is trying very hard to stand up.”
“Mashunka progresses very well in the development plan, speaks more and more words, a very emotional and artistic girl. Veeeeeeeery smaart!! Curious and inquisitive!”
As you can see, this is merely a sample, only a few excerpts from today’s E-mail from Lisa. I am still trying to figure out some of the translated words myself, so please bear with me. Keep Masha in your prayers, please, as she will be undergoing surgery. I believe it will be on her thigh. I am not sure exactly when the surgery will take place, but I hope to hear from Lisa again soon.
Please remember to keep supporting our friends in Haiti. Visit www.cnn.com/impact for more information, and visit www.beattherain.org to learn how actor Sean Penn is helping to relocate Haitians, to save them from the torrential rains that have already begun.
May God Bless you all, and TGIF! (Thank God, It’s Friday!)
Laura ♥
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