Another new picture of Charity

I just LOVE HER!!!!  She's still waiting.....

www.reecesrainbow.org 

My little Dennis the Menace

See this naughty face......?

I happened to glance at my fishtank...which you can't even SEE my fish in...because ALEX fed them for me...last night. I was really mad at scolded him saying it was going to take me 20 minutes to clean that dang thing out. He stood there like a little statue with his mouth open and slowly said .....    "I didn't see that coming".....

                                   He has to help me clean it out.....Not so funny now.  ;)

Fatherless Friday

Precious Cathereine....still waiting.

                                                     
                                                            Little Grant......still waiting.

These children are both on the 'older' child page of Reeces Rainbow....they have been waiting so long.  They ARE living on borrowed time, and it's running out :(

Hmmm....

I *think* I should be offended, lol...
The 'True Green' guy just came to the door and the conversation went like this:
him- Hey, looks like you could use some help with your lawn
me-ah, no...I don't think so
him- do you like having a clover field in your front yard?
me-I like clover
him-yeah, sure you do
me-I'm raising kids, not green grass
him-do you LIKE being the talk of the neighborhood for your bad lawn?
 me-Well, we are whether it's about the lawn or not
him-alright, see ya. but here's my card if you change your mind.
NOT LIKELY.

I can't get this child off my mind....oh, how he wants a family!

Born May 18, 2005

 Cole has an impish smile and is very helpful and sweet. He was born HIV+ and turned 6 years old this past spring. He's fortunate to be in a good orphanage, although they'll transfer him this fall if he doesn't find a family.

From a family who met him this past summer: He is the oldest of the boys still there, so the most at risk for being transferred. He seems very smart. He was what I call the "orphanage helper". He was always helping the ladies push the strollers full of laundry back and forth from the laundry house and always helping the groundskeepers sweep and pick up sticks, etc.



From a family who visited with him in spring 2011:

Cole is bright, friendly, engaging, inquisitive, helpful, athletic, and charming! Being the oldest child there, Cole is everyone's "big brother". He helps the caregivers keep track of any of the little ones who wander too far, and coaxes them back to where they belong. He can often be seen carrying bags of sand toys that they bring out to play with. He's learned responsibility from a young age. There are also pictures of him on the walls in traditional clothes of his country, performing in a Children's Day program with the biggest smile on his face! So, he clearly enjoys music and dancing, as well as sports. Whenever he sees me, he smiles and waves and yells, "Mama!" As in "Look! Here I am!". The director said that Cole asked my son if we would take him, too. To which my son answered "Yes! You can come too! My mama and papa will bring all of you!" Ouch. How it hurts me to know that within a few days, my son will be the only little boy walking out through those gates, and "Cole" (and "Owen") will be left behind. People are overlooking an absolute gem of a child!



For more info and parent support on adopting and raising a child with HIV, please visit http://www.projecthopeful.org

This little boy needs a family before it's too late...

It just breaks my heart to see so much potential and love being lost.  Look at his smile!  Look in his eyes!  He's going to be 12 soon.  12 yrs without a family :(  12 years of a family missing out on what an awesome son he would have been ....If this boy isn't adopted soon, all his chances for a healthy life will be gone.  And not just because he has HIV, but because he'll be out on the streets, alone, with no future.  I can't stand to think of it.  It's not supposed to be this way!  Please pray for Vlad.
Vlad Boy, Born September 22, 1999

From our facilitator who has visited with him: HIV. Vlad is very healthy and has the most striking green eyes! His life story is very typical. The boy doesn't have brothers and sisters, the mother died. Super boy. Physically developed perfectly well. By the fact very healthy, practically never ill. He is very fond of English, reads children stories without a dictionary, speaks good English. The boy is very communicative, always optimistic. He is very supportive with friends and very polite and obedient with the teachers and caregivers. Dreams about obtaining a family.

***Vlad is also an OLDER CHILD, and will have no opportunities if he ages out. His "orphan and HIV status" will follow him the rest of her life. Please give Vlad a chance to grow up knowing the love of a family and having basic the opportunities that he deserves. ***

For more info and parent support on adopting and raising a child with HIV, please visit http://www.projecthopeful.org/

Happy Birthday Princess Diana

Diana Frances Spencer, born July 1, 1961

 

Yes, I grew up loving her.

I remember watching her wedding...

And seeing how much she loved her boys...

Two of my very favorite people dancing together.... Diana and Ronald Reagan.

And how she blossomed into such a beautiful woman even among such sadness in her life...

But she left way too soon.

Happy Birthday Diana.