She was 5-years-old with dirt stained, knobby knees protruding from shorts that were a few sizes too big. Her thick, black hair was caught in a pink, plastic barrette. The grime on her legs and arms was layers deep from being homeless and camping in the woods. I knelt down to greet her, but she spun past me and whirled… Read More
“Bio kid”, that’s what I am called at times. I am a bio kid and so is my brother, Silas, because we are surrounded by adopted siblings. I never really think about it like that, but that’s what we are often called. Anyway my name is Bailey Gagnon, I am fifteen years old and I have four adopted siblings. But… Read More
Main Diagnosis; male child, spina bifida, hydrocephalus, atrophy of the brain, missing corpus collosum (nervous tissue that connects and allows communication between the right and left sides of the brain), atrophy of the optic nerve (irreversible damage to vision), congenital heart murmur….”Right after birth the child was abandoned by his parents for raising in an institution. It was born premature with hydrocephaly and spina… Read More
“It’s not safe”. I think that is what I would tell you if you were looking to foster or adopt. I’m not sure that this would be a good slogan for an adoption agency, but after walking this path, I’d think a warning is in order. I would want to tell you that if you choose this path, you will… Read More