Blog

Les Misérables made its theater debut on Christmas Day 2012 and brought in nearly $27 million through its opening weekend. Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, and Anne Hathaway are just a few of Hollywood’s A-List actors that star in this book turned musical. Before it was released for public viewing, the film had already been nominated ...

While it is great news that the adoption tax credit was made permanent yesterday, many are expressing frustration that the credit appears to be non-refundable. Many families are concerned that without a provision making the tax credit refundable, the credit will not benefit them or if they are benefited the benefit will not be as ...

Although, I cannot predict the future as we plan for our agency and protect our families, it is important to attempt to predict success, challenges, and changes in the international adoption process. It is important for an international adoption agency to analyze the past, educate themselves, know US government policies and watch the trends in ...

In the past many bills have been introduced to make the adoption tax credit permanent for adoptive parents, but none have been successful until now. As of today, the adoption tax credit is permanent, as a result of the bill to avoid the fiscal cliff. The credit will allow parents to receive up to $10,000 ...

New Years is a time where traditionally people look back at their year and make resolutions for the year to come. As you head back to work and your children back to school after the holidays, consider introducing some of these resolutions into your everyday life. You don’t have to tackle them all at once, ...

What a year! MLJ Adoptions has faced challenges and experienced triumphs. I often remind myself of the "big picture" during the challenging times and then remind myself of the challenges during the triumphs. I hope it keeps me grounded and at peace with an extremely complicated, complex, difficult and emotional international adoption process. As an ...

We drew a name this morning to win one of our "Adopt globabally Love locally" shirts! Thank you to all who participated in the holiday ornament contest! Our tree is full of some wonderful ornaments and we love seeing the little ones that brought some of the ornaments in! Check out some of the great ...

Today, Russian President, Vladimir Putin, signed a law banning Americans from adopting children from Russia in retaliation for an Act that President Obama signed regarding human rights violations. The law will become effective January 1, 2013. This law will have a devastating impact on the thousands of children without families in Russia, and will reportedly ...

New Years is a global event that rolls around the world as each time zone strikes midnight. And though we all share the holiday, it is celebrated in many different ways, some with traditions that are thousands of years old. New Years in Samoa is all about family, and it is one time of year ...

Russia unanimously passed legislation on December 26th in the upper chamber of the Russian parliament to ban international adoptions to United States citizens. It was reported that Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has plans to sign this bill into law in the coming days. This would have a devastating impact on Russian children in need of ...

Birthdays, Thanksgiving, New Years, Fourth of July, Christmas. Many of us have family traditions for every holiday throughout the year. Year after year, we bring back the traditions that have been in the family for generations. Traditions can be fun, crazy, special, meaningful, or anything you want them to be! For me, my favorite family ...