I spent some time with Lily and XiXi (Erica) and oh how I loved it. Lily was walking around kissing XiXi from time to time. Lily looked at me for a few minutes as if to say: "Where have you been" and then she went on as if nothing happened. She climbed on my lap, ate my food and drank my root beer. I loved meeting Donna and Rose, Lily's, mom and sister and we had a great time. On July 3rd Patrick and Cindy celebrated XiXi's birthday with their friends and here are some pictures.
Life, Love and Laughter,
Amanda
Sunday, July 05, 2009
Friday, June 26, 2009
Another America Trip
In my life BC (before children) I travelled a lot. I probably spend more money on seeing the world than on anything else. I need to fly from China to South Africa to complete my third trip around the world. Maybe one of these years my family will get to see me, I have not been at home since 2001. I loved seeing the many different places and the people, the food and the culture. When people ask me I often would say that the next place was my favorite because I loved the adventure. When I started the foster home, I knew that would be one of the things I would have to give up. For 4 and a half years I did not leave China. For some odd reason this is the year of seeing the US. I am leaving in less than 48 hours for America, my second trip this year. This trip was planned for a while and now at the last minute I am writing about this, which is just my style. One of my mode of operations: If it was not for the last minute nothing would get done. Not the best way to deal with things but with the amount of work I have to do in a day it is the only way that works. I am going to be speaking about Starfish and generally thanking people for all the wonderful support that I have received. There are some generous help from people in Nashville which is fast getting to be one of my favorite places to hear from and from Vegas where we just teamed up with a great foundation. I am also waiting on news about going to Oklahoma and giving a presentation about what we do. I am trying to make some arrangements now since I just heard about this a few days ago. I welcome the chance to tell people about Starfish and the miracles that happen here and how passionate I am about helping the most vulnerable and medically fragile orphans. The other pleasure is going to be: Seeing some of the Starfish Alum. I am so excited about that. There are 16 babies living in the US and I know some of the parents are going to make an effort to see me. I am going to be in Boise to see Flower's sister River, become a part of her family forever. I feel so honored to have been asked to attend and for the family finding a day that worked for me too. I am also going to be at Norma's second birthday party and baby Amanda's family are possibly coming too and so are Charlie's family.
Here is what I have planned. Please know, that it could change at any time because I will be flying standby on ALL of the flights, so nothing is written in stone.
June 29 arrive in Newark Julia
July 1st Neptune NJ Patrick, Cindy and Baby Norma
July 5th Nashville, TN Jeannie
July 12 or 13 Tulsa OK (This I am not sure about)
July14 Las Vegas Weina
July17 Boise ID KG, Angee, Flower and River
July 22 back to Newark and back to China on the 23rd
Here is my telephone number and if there is anyway that you can get to the places I am going to be, please let me know.
1.561.706.7105
I am also happy to tell you and this is not even at the last minute, but months in advance, that I will be back in the US in October for some more speaking engagements. This time I will be on the West coast. So maybe I will take some requests if you want me to come and talk about all things Starfish. So my desire to travel is coming back and I am getting to couple this with something I care so deeply about, these babies whom I consider as my own and for whom I will give everything I am capable of.
The only really sad thing for me: I am going to miss our little man Sean's adoption. He is being adopted on July 12th and I will not be here to help him through this very important day in his life. Words cannot explain what he looked like when he first came and to see our Wiggle loving boy bouncing around now is one of my best stories. I loved the miracle of him and I will hold that experience dear to my heart forever. By the way, we have added more babies after APM offered more help to sponsor of five babies. Thank you so much to all those French ladies. I love that they are so involved with us and that Sean is going to pay back to France by being adopted there. I cannot imagine that little mouth speaking French!!! How lucky his family is going to have him. The cutest story: He loves Lily to pieces and has been talking about getting on a plane to go and find her. I know Donna and Mark would take him in a Chinese second, somehow a New York minute sounds too long.
There have been a lot of rumour of matchings and we are waiting to get some official word, so hopefully there will some children who will soon have families to call their own.
Life, Love and Laughter,
Amanda
Starfish Children's Services
US Tax Number: 20-4682916
Xian China
At Starfish, we have taken care of 92 children to date, arranged more than 50 surgeries and had 20 international adoptions, so our little starfishes live all over the globe: the US (latest adoption to North Carolina), Netherlands, Norway and Spain. We currently have 51 babies under the age of 3 at two foster homes.
www.thestarfishfosterhome.org
http://chinesestarfish.blogspot.com
http://chinesestarfishcleft.blogspot.com
chinese.starfishthrower@gmail.com
Here is what I have planned. Please know, that it could change at any time because I will be flying standby on ALL of the flights, so nothing is written in stone.
June 29 arrive in Newark Julia
July 1st Neptune NJ Patrick, Cindy and Baby Norma
July 5th Nashville, TN Jeannie
July 12 or 13 Tulsa OK (This I am not sure about)
July14 Las Vegas Weina
July17 Boise ID KG, Angee, Flower and River
July 22 back to Newark and back to China on the 23rd
Here is my telephone number and if there is anyway that you can get to the places I am going to be, please let me know.
1.561.706.7105
I am also happy to tell you and this is not even at the last minute, but months in advance, that I will be back in the US in October for some more speaking engagements. This time I will be on the West coast. So maybe I will take some requests if you want me to come and talk about all things Starfish. So my desire to travel is coming back and I am getting to couple this with something I care so deeply about, these babies whom I consider as my own and for whom I will give everything I am capable of.
The only really sad thing for me: I am going to miss our little man Sean's adoption. He is being adopted on July 12th and I will not be here to help him through this very important day in his life. Words cannot explain what he looked like when he first came and to see our Wiggle loving boy bouncing around now is one of my best stories. I loved the miracle of him and I will hold that experience dear to my heart forever. By the way, we have added more babies after APM offered more help to sponsor of five babies. Thank you so much to all those French ladies. I love that they are so involved with us and that Sean is going to pay back to France by being adopted there. I cannot imagine that little mouth speaking French!!! How lucky his family is going to have him. The cutest story: He loves Lily to pieces and has been talking about getting on a plane to go and find her. I know Donna and Mark would take him in a Chinese second, somehow a New York minute sounds too long.
There have been a lot of rumour of matchings and we are waiting to get some official word, so hopefully there will some children who will soon have families to call their own.
Life, Love and Laughter,
Amanda
Starfish Children's Services
US Tax Number: 20-4682916
Xian China
At Starfish, we have taken care of 92 children to date, arranged more than 50 surgeries and had 20 international adoptions, so our little starfishes live all over the globe: the US (latest adoption to North Carolina), Netherlands, Norway and Spain. We currently have 51 babies under the age of 3 at two foster homes.
www.thestarfishfosterhome.org
http://chinesestarfish.blogspot.com
http://chinesestarfishcleft.blogspot.com
chinese.starfishthrower@gmail.com
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Norma Xi'an (Erica) Living the Good Life in New Jersey
Erica was adopted in January of this year. Cindy takes a lot of photos so I get to see how she is doing. It has been great watching the effect the three of them have had on one another. I know where many of the babies start out and I know just how vulnerable they are and how medically fragile they can be. To see just where they land up and what happens to them is such a testament to me what can happen when we all stand together and bless a child. As the Talmud says: HE WHO SAVES A LIFE, SAVES THE WORLD ENTIRE. I feel so honored to have watched the miracle of Norma and all the other babies we have here at Starfish. I will be in the US to help celebrate her birthday and then a few days later, the birth of the US. How fun is that!!!
One half year has already passed since we brought Norma Xi'an back to the U.S. I haven't been in touch with some of you but since you all have been so supportive of Pat and me, I thought you'd appreciate some recent pictures of her and a quick update.
Norma is very outgoing and loves to kiss strangers in the grocery store -- it could be a problem in about 12 years. She knows how to play an audience and has expressed a desire to become a Borscht Belt entertainer. She loves to laugh and is rarely in a bad mood. She doesn't like to sleep and goes to bed at around 11pm -- often times outlasting Pat and me. She has punted naps. As you will see from the picture of her on the potty brushing her teeth, she is a major multi-tasker which will serve her well in her adult life. She loves the water and is currently taking swim lessons. She carries around her own camel back bottle complete with ice water (where'd she get that weird habit?, I don't know). She shares her father's passion for ice cream and it has been the driver in her learning how to use a spoon...and, not surprising -- She has absolutely everyone over the age of 18 wrapped around her finger.
One very cool thing... Amanda de Lange, the tour de force behind Starfish and the woman who literally saved Norma's life is coming to stay with us in July while she is in the U.S. This will be the first time that Amanda has seen Norma post adoption... we are very very excited to have her visit.
thanks and love,
Cindy
Life, Love and Laughter,
Amanda
One half year has already passed since we brought Norma Xi'an back to the U.S. I haven't been in touch with some of you but since you all have been so supportive of Pat and me, I thought you'd appreciate some recent pictures of her and a quick update.
Norma is very outgoing and loves to kiss strangers in the grocery store -- it could be a problem in about 12 years. She knows how to play an audience and has expressed a desire to become a Borscht Belt entertainer. She loves to laugh and is rarely in a bad mood. She doesn't like to sleep and goes to bed at around 11pm -- often times outlasting Pat and me. She has punted naps. As you will see from the picture of her on the potty brushing her teeth, she is a major multi-tasker which will serve her well in her adult life. She loves the water and is currently taking swim lessons. She carries around her own camel back bottle complete with ice water (where'd she get that weird habit?, I don't know). She shares her father's passion for ice cream and it has been the driver in her learning how to use a spoon...and, not surprising -- She has absolutely everyone over the age of 18 wrapped around her finger.
One very cool thing... Amanda de Lange, the tour de force behind Starfish and the woman who literally saved Norma's life is coming to stay with us in July while she is in the U.S. This will be the first time that Amanda has seen Norma post adoption... we are very very excited to have her visit.
thanks and love,
Cindy
Life, Love and Laughter,
Amanda
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Charlie (Gabriel), An Update from OHIO
I just loved this story sooo much: The other day Charlie crept up on Karen to surprise her and after he did, in a surprised voice Karen said "Oh my, where did you come from?!!" And he said, "From Amanda!". Out of the mouth of babes. Here is a letter from Charlie's dad about him. Charlie was Starfish's 14 adoption 10 months ago.
Things are going very well here and dear Charlie is flourishing. His mouth has healed wonderfully and we were so impressed with the folks at Akron's Children'sHospital. As you well know, what a difference a few kind hearted nurses and doctors can make. Charlie's speech is coming along and he's become fast friends with his speech therapist, shown in one of the pictures. New words are coming along slowly but we're making progress. And as you remember he's a boy with a lot to say. He and Esme are taking Ju-Jitsu class which is great fun to watch. The respectful instructor spends much of his time saying "Charlie Sir, please stand at your spot...Charlie Sir, please stand sill...Charlie Sir, please get off of your sister." You get the idea. Well into summer now and the big kids are heading off to Camp in Michigan and Charlie, Esme, Karen and I are heading up to a family place in Canada to see my cousins and Charlie's second cousin Madina who was adopted from Kazakhstan. Fishing, plunking about in the canoes and swimming in cold northern waters. We're looking forward to it.
We hope you're doing well. Remind us of the dates you'll be in the States.We'd love to try to catch up with you somewhere along your travels. We talk of you, the Nannies and all the babies quite often, and you're all in our thoughts.
All our Love,
Steve, Karen, Henry, Lucy, Esme and Charlie
Life, Love and Laughter,
Amanda
Things are going very well here and dear Charlie is flourishing. His mouth has healed wonderfully and we were so impressed with the folks at Akron's Children'sHospital. As you well know, what a difference a few kind hearted nurses and doctors can make. Charlie's speech is coming along and he's become fast friends with his speech therapist, shown in one of the pictures. New words are coming along slowly but we're making progress. And as you remember he's a boy with a lot to say. He and Esme are taking Ju-Jitsu class which is great fun to watch. The respectful instructor spends much of his time saying "Charlie Sir, please stand at your spot...Charlie Sir, please stand sill...Charlie Sir, please get off of your sister." You get the idea. Well into summer now and the big kids are heading off to Camp in Michigan and Charlie, Esme, Karen and I are heading up to a family place in Canada to see my cousins and Charlie's second cousin Madina who was adopted from Kazakhstan. Fishing, plunking about in the canoes and swimming in cold northern waters. We're looking forward to it.
We hope you're doing well. Remind us of the dates you'll be in the States.We'd love to try to catch up with you somewhere along your travels. We talk of you, the Nannies and all the babies quite often, and you're all in our thoughts.
All our Love,
Steve, Karen, Henry, Lucy, Esme and Charlie
Life, Love and Laughter,
Amanda
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Ben and Jack's Birthday Celebration...for SADIE!
I received this letter from a Mom in Tennessee whose children are BIG FANS of Starfish. They have donated their last birthdays to sponsor one of the Starfish babies. Here is what their Mom had to say:
Amanda,
Ben (just turned 6) and Jack (just turned 4) followed their big brother Alex’s (almost 9) footsteps and chose to raise donations for Starfish instead of receiving birthday presents for themselves. They perused ALL of the Starfish babies for hours before jointly selecting SADIE. Her bright eyes and hair standing up straight drew them to her! We held a fun May birthday party at the Nashville Zoo with lots of pizza, cake, friends, and sharing about Starfish. I just want you to know how PROUD and HONORED my boys are to know that they are making a difference in this world, one child at a time, by helping support Starfish. They raised a total of $ 828….and were so excited! Our “goody bags” included a Starfish, a sea shell, a few pieces of candy, and the story behind Starfish Children’s Services. Ben and Jack LOVED telling everyone about precious Sadie and her cleft lip and palate, and her special needs, and we have even had one sweet family who has also raised money for Starfish after learning about your work from my boys, and about the wonderful babies you love so well. I will send you information on them soon too!
THANK YOU for all that you do---for working the front lines to care for and protect these amazing babies, and thank you for giving us an opportunity to make a difference even from way over here in Tennessee!
“To the world you may be just one person, but to one person, you just may be the world.”
We love you!
Eve
Life, Love and Laughter,
Amanda
Amanda,
Ben (just turned 6) and Jack (just turned 4) followed their big brother Alex’s (almost 9) footsteps and chose to raise donations for Starfish instead of receiving birthday presents for themselves. They perused ALL of the Starfish babies for hours before jointly selecting SADIE. Her bright eyes and hair standing up straight drew them to her! We held a fun May birthday party at the Nashville Zoo with lots of pizza, cake, friends, and sharing about Starfish. I just want you to know how PROUD and HONORED my boys are to know that they are making a difference in this world, one child at a time, by helping support Starfish. They raised a total of $ 828….and were so excited! Our “goody bags” included a Starfish, a sea shell, a few pieces of candy, and the story behind Starfish Children’s Services. Ben and Jack LOVED telling everyone about precious Sadie and her cleft lip and palate, and her special needs, and we have even had one sweet family who has also raised money for Starfish after learning about your work from my boys, and about the wonderful babies you love so well. I will send you information on them soon too!
THANK YOU for all that you do---for working the front lines to care for and protect these amazing babies, and thank you for giving us an opportunity to make a difference even from way over here in Tennessee!
“To the world you may be just one person, but to one person, you just may be the world.”
We love you!
Eve
Life, Love and Laughter,
Amanda
Monday, June 15, 2009
Will (Nathaniel) Update, One Year Later
William (Nathaniel) was Starfish's adoption number 13 in July 2007. Here is a letter from mom Mary Carol. It is great to see our little man doing so well. He had a really rough start and we battled for a long time to get him to pick up weight. As soon as he hit that magical 4 kg mark he started doing so much better and by the time he had his cleft lip surgery he grew so much. I just love seeing how much love the kids receive and how well they are doing. I watch from afar and watch as their potential blossoms into skills we had no idea he had. I also appreciate the time families put into allowing children to explore their talents. Thanks for sharing Mary Carol, Will has a lot of fans who still follow Starfish. We are so glad that he came to stay for us and that we had a chance to take care of him while he waited for his very own family.
I’ve been reading about all the great things happening at Starfish! You are such an amazing person, taking care of so many babies! I especially love reading about the cleft babies. Besides feeding, the temporary palates will help so much with speech!
I know an update on Will is long overdue, but you will be happy to hear how great he is doing! He had his palate surgery in March and has recovered very well. He is talking so much. We are still surprised everyday over his intelligence. I know I’m bragging, but WOW is this kid smart. And when it comes to his physical abilities, I’ve been told he is going to do something very, very special. People are always asking me if they can record him playing basketball or take his picture. I wanted to put him on a 3 yr old basketball team and was told he already knows more than the kids on the 4 and 5 yr old teams. Will is already swimming underwater, playing basketball and soccer, and is the star of his gymnastics class. He also goes to school now once a weak. In the Fall he will start Preschool four days a week, which will include working with a speech pathologist. He had to take a test to get in and although he was behind in his speech, he scored in the 4 ½ yr. old range on the remainder of the test.
I also wanted to tell you that Will is finally on the growth charts. He is in the 3 rd percentile for height and weight. Can you believe he grew 4 inches in only 10 months. His feet also grew 2 ½ shoe sizes.
Will is always the center of everyone’s attention and we still thank God and Star Fish everyday for blessing us with our sweet, loving, beautiful son! I hope you enjoy the photos below.
He had an MRI in April to check his thyroid and everything looked great! He has been enjoying the kids being home from school. He loved the zoo and children’s museum so much that we bought memberships to both places and take him there often. We’re taking him to the South Carolina this next month where he’ll get to swim in the ocean for the first time.
Take care and keep up all the wonderful work you do!!!!
Love~
Mary Carol
Life, Love and Laughter,
Amanda
I’ve been reading about all the great things happening at Starfish! You are such an amazing person, taking care of so many babies! I especially love reading about the cleft babies. Besides feeding, the temporary palates will help so much with speech!
I know an update on Will is long overdue, but you will be happy to hear how great he is doing! He had his palate surgery in March and has recovered very well. He is talking so much. We are still surprised everyday over his intelligence. I know I’m bragging, but WOW is this kid smart. And when it comes to his physical abilities, I’ve been told he is going to do something very, very special. People are always asking me if they can record him playing basketball or take his picture. I wanted to put him on a 3 yr old basketball team and was told he already knows more than the kids on the 4 and 5 yr old teams. Will is already swimming underwater, playing basketball and soccer, and is the star of his gymnastics class. He also goes to school now once a weak. In the Fall he will start Preschool four days a week, which will include working with a speech pathologist. He had to take a test to get in and although he was behind in his speech, he scored in the 4 ½ yr. old range on the remainder of the test.
I also wanted to tell you that Will is finally on the growth charts. He is in the 3 rd percentile for height and weight. Can you believe he grew 4 inches in only 10 months. His feet also grew 2 ½ shoe sizes.
Will is always the center of everyone’s attention and we still thank God and Star Fish everyday for blessing us with our sweet, loving, beautiful son! I hope you enjoy the photos below.
He had an MRI in April to check his thyroid and everything looked great! He has been enjoying the kids being home from school. He loved the zoo and children’s museum so much that we bought memberships to both places and take him there often. We’re taking him to the South Carolina this next month where he’ll get to swim in the ocean for the first time.
Take care and keep up all the wonderful work you do!!!!
Love~
Mary Carol
Life, Love and Laughter,
Amanda
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
The Story of Heather
Here is the most beautiful story about Heather. Thanks for sharing Traci.
When God first made the world, He looked at the bare and barren hillsides and thought how nice it would be to cover them with some kind of beautiful tree or flower. So he turned to the Giant Oak, the biggest and strongest of all of the trees he had made, and asked him if he would be willing to go up to the bare hills to help make them look more attractive. But the oak explained that he needed a good depth of soil in order to grow and that the hillsides would be far too rocky for him to take root.
So God left the oak tree and turned to the honeysuckle with its lovely yellow flower and beautiful sweet fragrance. He asked the honeysuckle if she would care to grow on the hillsides and spread her beauty and fragrance amongst the barren slopes. But the honeysuckle explained that she needed a wall or a fence or even another plant to grow against, and for that reason, it would be quite impossible for her to grow in the hills.
So God then turned to one of the sweetest and most beautiful of all the flowers - the rose. God asked the rose if she would care to grace the rugged highlands with her splendour. But the rose explained that the wind and the rain and the cold on the hills would destroy her, and so she would not be able to grow on the hills.Disappointed with the oak, the honeysuckle and the rose, God turned away. At length, he came across a small, low lying, green shrub with a flower of tiny petals -some purple and some white. It was a heather.
God asked the heather the same question that he’d asked the others. "Will you go and grow upon the hillsides to make them more beautiful?"The heather thought about the poor soil, the wind and the rain - and was not very sure that she could do a good job. But turning to God she replied that if he wanted her to do it, she would certainly give it a try.
God was very pleased.
He was so pleased in fact that he decided to give the heather some gifts as a reward for her willingness to do as he had asked. First, he gave her the strength of the oak tree - the bark of the heather is the strongest of any tree or shrub in the whole world. Next he gave her the fragrance of the honeysuckle - a fragrance which is frequently used to gently perfume soaps and potpourris. Finally he gave her the sweetness of the rose - so much so that heather is one of the bees favourite flowers. And to this day, heather is renowned especially for these three God given gifts.
I loved this story so very much, because in large part it describes our Heather. Heather is a strong girl with a willingness to work hard at what she wants. Right now she wants to walk so much. She is already three and her body is slowing becoming strong enough to do that. The sweetest thing happened this week. Rose was holding out her arms to Heather as she was walking and Heather fell on Rose and they both went down. We were all thinking there was going to be tears but Heather just screamed with laughter. I have yet to see a child who loves her body as much as Heather. She will wrestle with Cailean and Sean and all you can hear is her squeals of happiness. She was not planted in the best soil but she really is giving it her all, trying to grow in spite of her circumstances. With her challenges comes the such a fabulous fragrance and sweetness. She is such a spiritual child and I can see her being faithful to her Heavenly Father. She has a emotional radar that is so strong. She picks up on other people's emotions so fast and loves to comfort and hug the smaller babies then they cry. She is so happy and greets you with such a fabulous smile. I know she is going to make some family so happy because she loves us with such a fierce love and I know that she will love others the same way. She has been a such a great addition to our foster home. Looking at where she started and the fact that she could not even more her head when she was a year old and seeing how far she has come is evidence of just how tenacious Heather is. What a great example she has been!!! I wish for a family for her, nothing I know of yet, but I know it is going to be really hard for us to say good bye. She so deserves the love of a forever family. What an honor it has been for me to be her mom for a while and to love and cuddle her. She has give so much more back that what she ever received.
Life, Love and Laughter,
Amanda
When God first made the world, He looked at the bare and barren hillsides and thought how nice it would be to cover them with some kind of beautiful tree or flower. So he turned to the Giant Oak, the biggest and strongest of all of the trees he had made, and asked him if he would be willing to go up to the bare hills to help make them look more attractive. But the oak explained that he needed a good depth of soil in order to grow and that the hillsides would be far too rocky for him to take root.
So God left the oak tree and turned to the honeysuckle with its lovely yellow flower and beautiful sweet fragrance. He asked the honeysuckle if she would care to grow on the hillsides and spread her beauty and fragrance amongst the barren slopes. But the honeysuckle explained that she needed a wall or a fence or even another plant to grow against, and for that reason, it would be quite impossible for her to grow in the hills.
So God then turned to one of the sweetest and most beautiful of all the flowers - the rose. God asked the rose if she would care to grace the rugged highlands with her splendour. But the rose explained that the wind and the rain and the cold on the hills would destroy her, and so she would not be able to grow on the hills.Disappointed with the oak, the honeysuckle and the rose, God turned away. At length, he came across a small, low lying, green shrub with a flower of tiny petals -some purple and some white. It was a heather.
God asked the heather the same question that he’d asked the others. "Will you go and grow upon the hillsides to make them more beautiful?"The heather thought about the poor soil, the wind and the rain - and was not very sure that she could do a good job. But turning to God she replied that if he wanted her to do it, she would certainly give it a try.
God was very pleased.
He was so pleased in fact that he decided to give the heather some gifts as a reward for her willingness to do as he had asked. First, he gave her the strength of the oak tree - the bark of the heather is the strongest of any tree or shrub in the whole world. Next he gave her the fragrance of the honeysuckle - a fragrance which is frequently used to gently perfume soaps and potpourris. Finally he gave her the sweetness of the rose - so much so that heather is one of the bees favourite flowers. And to this day, heather is renowned especially for these three God given gifts.
I loved this story so very much, because in large part it describes our Heather. Heather is a strong girl with a willingness to work hard at what she wants. Right now she wants to walk so much. She is already three and her body is slowing becoming strong enough to do that. The sweetest thing happened this week. Rose was holding out her arms to Heather as she was walking and Heather fell on Rose and they both went down. We were all thinking there was going to be tears but Heather just screamed with laughter. I have yet to see a child who loves her body as much as Heather. She will wrestle with Cailean and Sean and all you can hear is her squeals of happiness. She was not planted in the best soil but she really is giving it her all, trying to grow in spite of her circumstances. With her challenges comes the such a fabulous fragrance and sweetness. She is such a spiritual child and I can see her being faithful to her Heavenly Father. She has a emotional radar that is so strong. She picks up on other people's emotions so fast and loves to comfort and hug the smaller babies then they cry. She is so happy and greets you with such a fabulous smile. I know she is going to make some family so happy because she loves us with such a fierce love and I know that she will love others the same way. She has been a such a great addition to our foster home. Looking at where she started and the fact that she could not even more her head when she was a year old and seeing how far she has come is evidence of just how tenacious Heather is. What a great example she has been!!! I wish for a family for her, nothing I know of yet, but I know it is going to be really hard for us to say good bye. She so deserves the love of a forever family. What an honor it has been for me to be her mom for a while and to love and cuddle her. She has give so much more back that what she ever received.
Life, Love and Laughter,
Amanda
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