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6
Aug

Reese Hoffa, Transracially Adopted, Wins Bronze in London

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Every four years the world tunes in to watch their nation’s athletes compete for national and international glory at the Summer Olympic Games. And for that brief number of weeks the whole world is on the same page, united in our love of such an amazing event. We become glued to our screen cheering for ...
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3
Aug

Greg Louganis: Olympic Diver, Coach, and Adopted

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The summer Olympics are here! Watching the grace, strength and agility of the divers from various nations, leaves me envious and speechless and wondering what happened to past athletes. Greg Louganis is reportedly the greatest diver in history and the one diver of all time proving to be the closest to perfection in springboard and ...
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1
Aug

A Small Look Inside the Life of Aaron Eske

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Originally published at Crossroads of America Adoption Conference, re-published with permission. Growing up in Nebraska, Aaron watched Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego Monday-through-Friday on the carpet while eating a bag of Ruffles potato chips. As a result, to this day he has high cholesterol and can recite nearly every word to the theme ...
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31
Jul

Democratic Republic of Congo Represented at London Olympics in Boxing and Judo

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in Congo, MLJ Adoptions
The United Nations has indicated that the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has the highest prevalence of malnutrition in the world and yet fourteen amazing athletes in six different sports have beat the odds and are competing in the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics. I wonder if Meji Mwanba feels the weight of his country on ...
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30
Jul

Calling All Perfect Parents

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Has anyone seen the public service announcement adoption commercials currently airing on Bravo TV? There are amusing 30 second spots with well meaning parents clearly making egregious faux pas in the eyes of their kids. What is so amusing is that even if you are not someone’s parent, you are certainly someone’s child and everyone ...
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25
Jul

What Does Your Flag Stand For

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Friday night’s upcoming opening ceremonies mark the official start of the 2012 London Olympic Games. As each participating country is presented during the Parade of Nations, led by a representative with their nation’s flag, we here at MLJ Adoptions thought we’d take a look at the meaning behind some of our program countries’ flags. John ...
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24
Jul

Attachment with Children Who Have Experienced Trauma

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I attended a conference recently where guest speaker, Juli Alvarado, discussed a trauma informed paradigm she created, called Emotional Regulatory Healing (ERH). Alvarado described ERH, as “an integrative, theory based, trauma informed, and whole culture approach to healing of trauma.” She stated that the objective of ERH is to maximize a person’s ability to build ...
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23
Jul

Attunement for Attachment

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Attunement (noun): being or bringing into harmony; a feeling of being "at one" with another being. Think about the strongest relationships in your life. The person you call when you really need someone who gets it. How do you know they “get it?” What is special about those relationships? How does that relationship make you ...
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19
Jul

Photo of the Week

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For more information on each country please click on the country name: Bulgaria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Honduras, Nicaragua, Samoa, Ukraine.
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16
Jul

Ukrainian Team Wins Microsoft Imagine Cup

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The Microsoft Imagine Cup is the world’s premier student technology competition. The Imagine Cup 2012 theme: Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems, inspired many student teams to address the problems faced by differently-abled individuals. Twenty-three percent of Imagine Cup projects this year were created to improve the lives of individuals with ...
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3
Jul

Independence: Never Easy, But Worth It

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in Congo, MLJ Adoptions
We wish you a very happy Independence Day this July 4th. On this day we are thankful for the men and women and their families that have served and continue to serve our nation fighting to preserve our independence. The fight for independence is almost never an easy battle, but it is always an important ...
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2
Jul

Getting to Know Heidi Weimer

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Heidi Weimer is one of the Keynote Speakers and Breakout Session Leaders at this year’s Crossroads Of America Adoption Conference. Heidi leads a very busy life being a wife, a mother, a children’s book author, an adoption advocate, a blogger and believe it or not, a song writer. It’s an honor to have her, and ...
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29
Jun

Adoptive Family Detained in Africa

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This past weekend, US adoptive parents adopting from Ghana were detained at the airport after police received an anonymous tip accusing them of child trafficking. During the detainment, their two biological children were placed in a nearby orphanage until their parents were released. They have now been cleared to bring their biological children home, but ...
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25
Jun

Seeing the World Through Their Eyes

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While digging through old family records in search of details to help me write my book on international adoption, I found a letter my parents wrote to my brother and sister in 1991. This was before my siblings moved from their orphanage in India to our home in Nebraska. “Dear Ganga and Bhola,” it started. ...
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20
Jun

Combating Corruption in Congo

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in Congo, MLJ Adoptions
It has been reported that someone working in DR Congo was arrested for kidnapping children for the purpose of adoption. This is a sad reminder of the corruption that can happen in the adoption world. I am dismayed that this happened in a country where there are so many children in need of forever homes. ...
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19
Jun

Serge Ibaka Overcomes Strife in Homeland to Reach NBA Finals

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in Congo, MLJ Adoptions
Many neutral basketball fans have become temporary Oklahoma City Thunder fans this month to cheer against the “evil empire” of the Miami Heat and their lineup of all-star players. Oklahoma City has the support of casual fans because of their team atmosphere, incredible athleticism and likeable star players, one of which is Republic of Congo ...
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15
Jun

And What of the Fathers?

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My children rarely ask about their birth fathers. Their questions and comments focus on their birth mothers. When attempting to steer them in the direction of birth fathers, I’ve had little luck. I can’t walk in my kids’ shoes. But I try as hard as I can to understand their perspectives, some way to relate ...
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13
Jun

Balancing Child Protection Issues In International Adoption

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Although some may not agree, I personally consider myself a child’s rights advocate. I studied and taught human rights law at a prominent university law school and I am personally committed to child advocacy through adoption and orphan care. However, I have differing views on the solutions to our orphan crisis and the processing of ...
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6
Jun

The Boom and Bust of International Adoption

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The Boom and Bust of International adoption programs has been observed by adoption professionals and adoptive parents throughout the past ten years. Countries open to international adoption, have hundreds of adoptions and then close just years later. This can leave intended adoptive parents in turmoil if they have not completed their adoption and even worse ...
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4
Jun

Momma's Wanted

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Originally posted at Passionate Pursuit Yup. He can be a momma’s boy. He can rough and tumble in the yard, pretend to race motorcycles, climb a tree, spit in the grass, plow his tractors through the dirt, but when it’s all said and done…he wants to know where his momma’s at. There’s comfort in a ...
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31
May

From Adoption To Olympic Dreams

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The Indianapolis Star shared the story of 13 year old Jordan Pisey Windle, considered a diving phenom and the youngest ever to qualify for the U.S. Olympic diving trials. Born in Cambodia, he was adopted by a single father, Jerry Windle in 2001. Neither Jordan nor Jerry were thinking about diving or the Olympics at ...
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