Resource Library
Resource Library: WHFC in the News
April
An age to begin anew
Ask how old the Katz children are, and you may need some time to get the answer. The four siblings have all been adopted from Ethiopia, and figuring out their Ethiopian age, US age, and school age require some calculations.
Gobez lee jay: How we adopted from Ethiopia and found a family
It was a birth announcement of sorts, the email I was writing a few days after our return from Ethiopia. But instead of a cooing, sleeping bundle swaddled in a napkin-sized blanket, there was a four-year-old boy named Dawit flopped across my lap, a stranger wearing his sister's pink rain boots.
As Ethiopian Adoptions Increase, A Network Forms
After months of applying to adopt babies in China and the United States with no results, Dawn Manogue and her husband, John Toomey, went back to their files to start over. Manogue found a pamphlet advertising an Ethiopian adoption program and saw a picture of a 3-year-old boy who had been waiting in the Ethiopian orphanage for almost a year.
International Adoptions Face Long Delays
Dorothy and Douglas Hennessey decided to adopt a second child from China in 2004, when their first daughter, Maya, was 2 years old. Based on their experience with Maya — whose adoption took 14 months — they expected she would be 3 or 4 when her sister arrived.
ADOPTION NEWS -- Today is Hague Deadline. What Does that Mean For You?
U.S. adoption agencies must receive Hague Accreditation on or before April 1,2008 (today), if they wish to continue providing inter-country adoption services through countries that have signed and enacted the Hague Convention.
Finding a "Forever Family"
The Noyce family started their surprising journey to Ethiopia from the seats of their Rochester church, where Kenyan missionaries talked about working in orphanages for children with AIDS. Alison Noyce was deeply moved by the striking video images of the children, and in that moment, she felt she was destined to adopt from Africa.
Love at First Sight
"We were let in, and everyone was still asleep or just starting to wake up. We were ushered to a room while one of the nannies went to get Tessa up and dress her. I had hoped that we could just look in and see her sleeping, but they wanted to get her dressed to meet us."
March
Heritage Travel Overview
A homeland tour is a gift of love and understanding to your child. Different types of group tours are available, so think about what you want your child and your family to take away from this experience — a general "feel" for the country's culture and people, or a more personal experience that may answer some of your child's questions about his adoption?
Kingston woman realizes lifelong dream of adopting
Diapers, sleepless nights and daycare are all a part of Charlene Bonner’s new life, but she couldn’t be happier.
"We Didn't Even Know What We Didn't Know."
Jayne Schooler and her husband David didn't plan to become foster parents. It could have been chance that brought that first foster child into their lives. Maybe, as Schooler believes, it was part of God's plan for them.
February
An Unexpected Surprise
Even before we were married, we discussed adoption as a part of our future family. What we didn’t dream of was that our first child would be adopted, nor that our first “child” would be twins.
The Laughing Boy in My Backseat
Even as a little girl, I knew that one day I would adopt. My older brother and I were both adopted and my younger sister is my parents’ biological child.
Inspired by Mother's Day, Childless Couple Chart a New Direction
Cynthia McKinzie emigrated from the Philippines to the United States when she was 15. She never looked back and had no desire to live there again.
Wayland family opens up home to new member
For such a very little person, Eden Brooke Yuhanse Jones, now just a little over 2 years old, has had a very large life. She was born in southern Ethiopia, and both her mother and father died of malaria when she was an infant.
From Ethiopia, with love
Tracy Neff still gets teary-eyed when she thinks about the first time she saw her daughter. "I met her in a tiny orphanage," Neff said. "I met her birth mother and siblings; there was a lot of sobbing between the two of us (mothers).
On the Job: Debra L. Shrier
"I am an advocate for families. My role is to help prospective adoptive couples, who are thinking about building their family through adoption, to determine if this is the right move for them."
January
New Year Ushers in New Law
For the first time, certain adult adopted people in Massachusetts can access their original birth certificates, allowing them to identify their birth parents.
Traveling Back to a Child's Birth Country
As a little girl from Korea growing up in a white family, Cassie Norton is familiar with hurtful comments like "Why does your face look flat?" and "How can you breathe through your nose?" And her mother believes these experiences affected her daughter's self-image from the start.
© 2008 Wide Horizons For Children, Inc.
38 Edge Hill Road, Waltham, MA 02451
T 800.729.5330 | F 781.899.2769
contact@whfc.org
