He walked into the room supported by the caretaker. His walk was stiff and unsteady. He clearly was a child more at ease sitting than walking. The music room with its lights and size overwhelmed him and his eyes darted casting worried glances when they caught the eyes of another. When […]
3 comments March 26th, 2007
No words today, just pictures. Click to see.
1 comment March 25th, 2007
The predominant smell of Baby House number 5 is that of boiled potato and cabbage. Underneath that is the laundered clothes being cleaned of exactly what you would imagine 110 children would need to have cleaned from all their clothes. And finally, there is the hint of the heated water in the pipes […]
Add comment March 24th, 2007
Dashca was crying when Yana walked into the room. She had just woken from her nap and was unhappy to find out that the little stuffed dog doll she went to sleep with was taken away. So focused on her misfortune, the words Yana spoke did not immediately register. “Why are you crying […]
2 comments March 23rd, 2007
I sit at a desk crammed with three computes madly typing away as if engaged in some manic symphony. I prepare, with hope, for that day we have been marching towards since the beginning. Our tickets are in hand and we are to fly tomorrow. Even at this late date, there are […]
1 comment March 20th, 2007
Two weeks. Two weeks since we first saw their faces and knew, finally, that these were our children. Two weeks since that day when Tanya and I sat before the directors at the MOE and discovered it was her, our “gift”, the very girl we had seen a year earlier in a chance […]
Add comment December 14th, 2006
Local time, it’s not your birthday for another four hours, but I believe it is already your birthday where you are at. And what better way to celebrate then a video with the children
3 comments December 12th, 2006
I posted the photo’s on flickr here. Enjoy!.
Add comment December 7th, 2006
The day began as all others have this week, with us meeting Yana in the lobby. We let her know that we had decided to adopt both Dascha and Yascha (her biological brother), but we were not yet sure about Anton. Now Yascha was not our referral. Normally, it would not be […]
3 comments December 2nd, 2006
The day was everything we had hoped it would be and more. When I have the energy, I will provide a bit more of a writeup. For now the pictures of Darya — or Dasha (the name means ‘gift’) which is her nickname will have to suffice. As to the boy, we […]
1 comment November 30th, 2006
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