A Child Chosen - Perspectives of an Adoptive Parent

July 25th, 2008

Happy Adoption Day AJ!

July 25, 2005
Though not on the date we anticipated, as of 10:20 am. July 25, 2005
AJP is now officially our son.

The judge was very happy with the documents we provided (thanks to
K, our social worker, and our doctors back at home) and he
happily waived the 10 day appeal period. So…we pick up Sasha (AJ)
this […]

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July 24th, 2008

Court, Again

July 24, 2005
We have court tomorrow at 9:30. All of our papers seem in order and T and H are hopeful that things will go well.
We got passport pictures yesterday and are our plane tickets so it seems like we are on schedule to fly out Tuesday evening.
Thank you to everyone for your support […]

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July 23rd, 2008

The Curse

July 23, 2005
Things are looking slightly better now that we have underwear…or should I say smelling???
For those of you who have not caught the Curse Part 1, 2, and 3…we just got our luggage today, were denied our adoption yesterday, and have pretty much had a miserable trip…except that we have had a wonderful […]

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July 22nd, 2008

Adoption Denied…is This Real?

Remember that this series of posts is from 2005…(July 22, 2005)
Well, it looks like we are officially the first family to EVER be
DENIED in the region of Arkhangelsk, if only temporarily. We did
not get our adoption granted today as we had hoped.
The judge was very specific about our medical records and wanted verification on our […]

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July 21st, 2008

Better Luck?

July 21, 2005
Hello! We’ve had better luck the past two days. It seems as if the luggage
is en route to Moscow, or has already made it there. We are still
checking, but no one will answer the phone there today. If all goes
well, we should have luggage tomorrow morning. I managed to wash the
underwear with […]

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July 21st, 2008

Judgment Not Be Cast

“I’m not judging people, I’m judging their actions. It’s the same type of distinction that I try to apply to myself, to judge, but not be judgmental.”
In the last few weeks the news has been inundated with information and opinions about Miles Harrison, 49, from Virginia. His adopted son, Chase, died after Harrison left him […]

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