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Share Happy Lunar New Year! Today, February 3rd, China ushers in the Year of the Rabbit – a year of good fortune for those born in Rabbit years, and a very exciting year in China adoptions! Never before have Chinese boys and girls, toddler through school-age, had so many opportunities to have loving, adoptive families – particularly [...]  Share Please Help find Grace a Family By Ashli Keyser, managing editor I remember, 2 years ago, a group of six Holt employees sitting around a table when the name “Journey of Hope” entered the conversation. As we discussed this new and promising program — made up of older, mostly healthy children from a southern province [...] Share Through candid (and often funny!) observations and heartwarming personal stories, a Holt adoptive mother shares the challenges and joys of parenting adopted children. Read more of Jane’s post adoption blogs by clicking here. by Jane Ballback My friends were too polite to say that to me, but [...] Share by Robin Munro, Senior Writer Date of Birth: 8/1/01 From China Within the first few minutes of meeting Shen Ying*, I can tell: this is the funniest kid in school. A boy most adored by classmates and teachers. A class clown or class president. Maybe both. But definitely, well known by everyone. Last July, I traveled to China with [...] Share Our journey began three years ago when we decided to adopt from China. We had put off having children until were were in a position to provide a good home. Lisa’s sister , who had already started her China adoption process, shared her experience with us, and we felt like this was a good way [...] Share Happy holidays, Holt families! On Friday, December 17th, President Obama signed the 2010 Tax Relief Act, a package of income tax, estate tax and unemployment provisions – including one huge benefit for adoptive families. This act extends the adoption tax credit through 2012! The adoption credit would have sunset in 2011, but now families filing through [...] Share A letter from Holt adoptive mom Nancydee MacFarland about her son, Noah: December 14th, 2010. Dear Holt Family, Six years ago this weekend, Noah walked into our hotel room in China with an un-repaired cleft palate. At 7:45 this morning, The New England Cable News Channel interviewed Noah and the executive of Boy Scouting in Greater Boston about [...] Share Two foster mothers in Korea reunite with their foster children in Eugene, Oregon By Ashli Keyser, managing editor Hyun Soo entered the arms of Mrs. Cho, Suk-hee as an infant in 2001. The foster mother, her husband and their two children welcomed the young boy into their home, their hearts and unconditionally accepted him as part of [...] Share Genet was born on Christmas day. This Christmas, let’s make her birthday special. Let’s find her a family! Born in Africa, DOB: December 25th, 2007
by Ashli Keyser, managing editor From the moment our group enters the room full of children at the Durame intake center, *Genet has our attention. She has a delightful way about her, [...] Share As children grow into late adolescence and early adulthood, I think all parents are probably curious about how their children have felt about their own childhood. Often children don’t think about it or don’t have a way to express their experiences. To my complete surprise, our daughter Stacee wrote about herself and our family in her [...] |
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