And So It Begins . . .

I was introduced to adoption – especially international adoption, and Reece’s Rainbow, when my daughter decided to adopt a little girl with Down syndrome from Eastern Europe. My daughter and granddaughter returned home in December 2015. While following her adoption and the year since, I have helped as many families as I could, financially and prayerfully. I have also advocated for many children in need of families. Reading story after story about the life altering effects of adoption – for the child and parents – has been an inspiration to me.

After reading about the conditions children who have aged out face, and knowing those children would never know the love of a family, I knew I needed to do more. For the last few months I have been contemplating and praying on what more I could do to help these children. So I am excited to announce that I am going to bring ‘Lana’ home before she ages out and loses the chance to live happily ever after knowing the love and joy of having a family! 💙

I raised my daughter as a single parent and know the struggles it involves and the additional work it requires, but decided that now is a good time to adopt an older child who is also from the same country where my granddaughter is from. Like my granddaughter, Lana rocks that awesome extra chromosome!

Any prayers and support, financially or emotionally, are greatly appreciated during this adoption process!