Freedom of Choice Act:

Abortion.

My stance?

Yes - it is the woman's body, but it is not her life.

I have a friend, a very dear friend, whom has miscarried five babies. Each one to her a life, a baby boy, a baby girl, another baby girl... and the last to they didn't know. But each child has a name. Each one a life. Each one a baby book and a sonogram photo if they were able to get one.

So, the Freedom of Choice Act - also known as FOCA, gives women privacy and this right to chose. It allows a 13 year old girl to get an abortion without her parents knowing.

Okay, so - the school nurse has to call to get permission to give your 13 year old an aspirin? But we don't need permission to get an abortion?

Whom exactly is this catering to in this case? A Child, a 13 year old child who is scared to death of her parents finding out. That's who. And that is why.

Is something wrong with this picture? Aspirin must be so much more scary and dangerous than a abortion, I guess.

With FOCA Partial Birth Abortions would also be legal. If you don't know what this is I strongly suggest that you click here. But be warned, it isn't nice.

Taxpayers -even those who do not believe in abortion - will have to pay for them. Religous hospials would be forced to perform them or close their doors.

Along with this, there are other things FOCA will cause, so please look into it. There is a button to it in the right side of my scroll bar, you will have to scroll down and down. And President Obama already reversed Bushes ban on giving federal money to international groups that perform abortions. Does he want to pass this act too?

Please help fight this. Yes, women have a choice, but I feel this is secretive and not safe and while there are those who are pro-choice, this does, in my opinion infringe on the rights of pro-life citizens, when pro-choice can already make their choice without this. That is my opinion. You are welcome to express yours even if you do not agree with me. But please don't be nasty. I've tried not to be.

Fight FOCA. Oh yes, and I wanted to add this button to the blog I read this on:

Great News Everyone:

Sweet little Alexsey's family has found him. I saw the notice about it just today on www.reecesrainbow.com. So much as we pray more and more of these little ones home. I am certian dozens and dozens of prayers were going up for this little boy. Thank you, God. Thank you.

Two more little girls need your prayers now, I will be calling them Angel and Olivia. They are both around four years old and again, special needs and facing the institution. Or maybe you are their family? As it is I cannot do pictures of them yet as someone thought it appropriate to hack my computer. But they are forth-coming. Thank you for Alexsey, Becky and sweet little Miss Mary! Talk to you soon.

Becky Has a Home..

Thank you, thank you, God for bringing this little girl's family to find her in time! Though I never met her she just shines through so much. This family is blessed, no, I don't know whom or where they are. But you do. Thank you God.

Update 02.04.09:
Hi all. She might seem familiar to some of you. On Reece's Rainbow Becky was other angel - little Vicki, whom is now Katrina. And now - presenting Katrina's New Family.

Baby Boy in the Nashville Area...

Hey all. I just got finished reading an entry on someone else's blog about a 2 and a half month old baby boy needing his forever home. From the blog:

"There is a baby boy in Nashville who is 2 1/2 months old. He has Down Syndrome and he needs a family. He is currently with his birth mother but is being put up for adoption and needs to be placed as soon as possible.

He is a very healthy baby and they said he has very good tone. He is bi-racial and his birth mother wants to do a semi-open adoption. They were looking for a family in the Nashville area but found none, and so now they are open to a family from anywhere."

If you are looking for or know someone looking for a domestic adoption of a baby, please follow this link and consider this little guy. :D

Happy 2009 and DeLurker Week

At this moment, a pause to wish you all a good New Year. I haven't forgotten to update the blog about Little Mary, formerly known as Hope on this blog, who is home at last with her beautiful family.

There is just so much to say about it. So much, and I have to change the side bar as well.

Along those lines, it is Delurker Week - any takers. I know there is not alot of you that come here, but there are a few. And honestly I am glad to have you just the way you are but please feel free to leave a comment and say hello if you wish to.

A recap for 2009 and my purpose for this blog.

Orphaned kids need homes. Foster kids need homes. Homes need kids. Everyone needs love. This blog was inspired by and started for a little girl whom once lived in a Ukrainian Orphanage but who is now at home and loved - Mary. Clicking on the label 'thekids' will bring you to the few faces here, and to a website that leads to a few hundred faces more. Please, please, consider one of these kids if you are adopting and haven't yet found your angel. Please consider Aleksey or Becky, or any kid like them. They have so little time and much to give. If not please pray for them that thier families will find them very soon.

Also, prayers for Kimmie of 'Over the Moon with Joy' and her family as she goes to pick up their precious baby, "Little Beauty" this week.

Thanks all, for the visits and the continued visits. Take care and once again, happy '09.

Becky and Alexsey...

Still looking for these little kids parents. Little Alexsey is running very short on time and Miss Becky is not far behind him. Please, if you are adopting or know someone who is, think about these kids. I feel urged to present them again one more time in 2008. They are both just under five I think and are little sweethearts that deserve so much more than a mental institution.

For more info on them please click on thier labels, 'Becky' and 'Alexsey', even the label 'thekids' will bring you to them. Thanks.

Mattea Olena

Hi everyone.

There is a family adopting a little girl from Ukraine who has some pretty serious heart problems. They have gone to visit her, and as a result of things out of thier control have had to come back using the money they were saving to pick her up on thier secondary trip over. [required in Ukraine adoptions]

That said, they are a bit short on funding to go and get this precious little girl. For her picture please visit here One Interesting Journey and maybe donate if you can. If not, please keep little Mattea in your prayers. Thanx.

" No Unwanted Children..."

Make an on-line slideshow at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Merry Christmas Little Angels, Wherever you are.

Please visit Reece's Rainbow to inquire about any of these children.

A Christmas Miracle for Alexsey:

There is no time to make up names or cut corners in this post. Meet Alexsey, who is waiting in a Ukrainian Orphanage for his forever home. Other bloggers have posted about him as well, some whom have met him in person and some whom have not. They say he is very sweet, active and happy, talkative, cognitively able and loves having his picture taken, I mean - look the eyes we have going on in this shot. Isn't he adorable.

However, Alexsey does have spina bifida, which qualifies him as having a special need. In just two months Alexsey will turn four. And while most children will be having parties and cake and opening presents, little Alexsey will be facing institutionalization. Stories are heard and videos can be seen of people languishing in some of these places, hungry and cold, with little to eat, some with rags for clothing and people are often tied to beds - children, adults and elderly alike.

Some of these people, now senior citizens, have probably been there since around age four.

For Alexsey's Christmas Miracle lets find him a home. What he needs is a mom and dad. Singles cannot adopt. Please, visit www.reecesrainbow.com and ask Andrea -the woman in charge there- about little Alexsey today.

If you cannot adopt him yourself, as I can't, per their rules and restrictions. Please save his picture and post about him on your blog.

Together we can all make a difference and find this little boy's family this year.

You will have to scroll down, down, down but for stories of special needs kids visit the buttons in the right side of my bar: "Emma's Hope" is a good place to start to see how much promise these children have. Also in My Bloglist: "Ukrainian Adoption Journey" and of Course - "Bring Mary Home;" Mary Darina McConnell -previously known as 'Hope' on this blog. I have had the honor of following her adoption story. Thank you to her beautiful family for that privilege.

Do not believe the horror stories.

Lets bring all these kids home.

Take care everyone.

Guess Who this is??

This, everyone, is Mary, and her Mom and Dad. She is the little girl formerly known as 'Hope' on this blog, whom it is dedicated to and whom it is inspired by. Follow the label 'hope' to learn a bit about her story. Mary is now home with her family here in the United States! Isn't God Amazing? I was privileged to watch her adoption journey and plan on adding a post about it later.

*Little Beauty* and her family need your prayers

Hi all.

Kimmie of Over the Moon with Joy and her Family of Kings, Pirates, Knights and Princesses are in process of adopting a baby girl from Ethiopia they have called *Little Beauty*

Their court date is Dec 12 in Ethiopia and they need all their paperwork complete and ready to prevent more months of waiting to bring their little girl home.

From her blog, as she says it much better than I can:

"Would you pray with us? Friday the 12th of December is our court date in Ethiopia, we need all of *Little Beauty's* paperwork to be complete and totally ready. If not we will be forced to wait for another court date and months of more waiting to be tacked on. Would you seek our Father on the behalf of Little Beauty today and tomorrow...I know that He is able, though we have been told by our agency that our chances are slim, due to the policy changes that have been occurring over the past few months."

Thank you everyone.
Goodnight.

Becky again...

Hi all. This is Becky. Are you her mommy and daddy? Is this your sweet little girl? She is running quickly out of time, please pray for her and post about her on your blog if you have one. Please contact me for the page details of where she can be found at. She only has until March 2009 before she is transferred to an institution...

Somewhere out there a family is looking for her right now. Lets help them in any way we can. Please follow the tag/label 'Becky' or 'thekids' for a bit more about her or contact me as to where she can be found. The digital image of 'Becky' is similar but not exact. Thanks.

Valessa

Its my regret to inform you, in checking on her today it seems that Valessa is no longer available for adoption, nor is she reserved for a family, nor does it say where she is. Hopefully she's not been sent to an institution. Please remember and pray for this sweet little girl...

Meet Alan

Alan has such beautiful, dark, expressive eyes that they just seem to pull at you.

Alan is an 11 year old boy here in the USA, and is said to be very sweet but he does have moderate medical needs and has emotional needs marked as severe, which probably means he probably does not trust people will stick around and is afraid to love. Do you have the type of love to see this through for him, through thick and thin to show him that love and family can be forever?

A photo is available on another page. Please, this little boy still looks like he might dare to hope if given the chance. Are you the family he's waiting for?

I Do.

Hi All,

This is me, stepping out from behind the curtain for a moment. I am Debrah, single, early 30's - living in Arizona. For days, I've been trying to answer a question here I have been asked a few times. And that is not a bad thing at all, I am glad people have asked it.

And that question is if I plan on adopting a child myself.

I do. Funny isn't it, as that is what people say with their wedding vows. Those two binding words bring families together. My 'I do' in this case is followed by - I will. I will adopt however many and whomever God wants me to adopt. But at the moment things on this Earth are not ready for me to start that family. I am not by far living on the street but at the moment I am struggling to make ends meet for just myself.

I am already in the adoption process however with finding a place to raise kids, and I have found that place. I am sitting in what will one day be their bedroom even as I write this note. Next I have to find a way to not eat Ramen noodles and Spaghetti O's for dinner every night.

For me, the process began there - moving into a home with room for children. And I did it, that was my first step. That was a step I've worked on for the past year. I have kept quiet about it yes, it did not quite yet feel time to mention it openly or too many people yet. But the question has been asked and now at last, I can breath out, and say - yes, 'I do' want to adopt, and am already working my way forward with that goal in mind. My next is the ability to support them. I think I will have that accomplished by the end of spring or next summer - and then you might find the faces of my own red thread children on here.

I am feeling led to the US Foster System this first time, probably a six to eight year old is the feeling I am getting at this moment, minority group or with siblings. Its not really up to me as to who and when, you see. And though I don't know who or where they are God does know who and where they are. That said, I pray for my kids each day.

Thanks for asking this question. I do plan to, and I will, and am having to start at a few steps further back than some people do but, this is where my heart lies and I am working to make it happen.

In the meantime I try and advocate for kids like Valessa and Becky - Becky who is being sent into an institution this coming march. These places are horrible, they tie kids to beds, they leave them in cribs until their bones are so stiff they cannot even move and a rigor mortis like state sets in - for the rest of their lives. Once in they are in most cases no longer adoptable. And these are just a very very small handful of examples.

I am not making this up. I wish I was. You can find credible information on it all over the internet.

I don't want to leave this on that grim note. So, please join me when you read this in a prayer for all these children. About 7% of the Christian population alone can lead to no more orphans in the entire world. That's it. I read the site Over the Moon With Joy and encourage you to visit there. I have decided to join her prayers that adoption might be brought into people's hearts, that all these kids might come home.

And that is not to say only Christan's should adopt. Love is something that belongs to everyone everywhere. Its just to display a 'statistical measurement' of how few people it would really take. :)

Reece's Rainbow too, is a good place to start if you are looking for these kids. In the past two years alone they have found homes for over 120 kids with special needs and Down Syndrome.

Peace be with you this day.

Take care.

-Debrah.

[Stepping back behind the curtain now]

Little Miss Becky:

Becky will be four in a few months, and will be sent away to an institution at that time. She is quiet and shy, with what is said to be significant developmental delays, some of which may come from being in a group home? She is said to be happy and high functioning, does react well to her care givers however and the other kids in her group.

Becky is in an over-seas Orphanage. Married people only may apply. Pictures are available on another site. Name has been changed for privacy. Please, consider this sweet little blue-eyed girl today.