I really hate this story. I have been sitting on it since it came out on April 4, 2007.

I haven't blogged about it because it makes me sad. I knew John Krueger via email. I thought he was one of the good guys.

The reality... John is a convicted child molester. He hurt at least 4 children.

John is a 53 year old single man who lives in California. His first Ukrainian adoption was in 2001. I think his second Ukrainian adoption was in 2003.

John... more

I was waiting for the flurry of emails from the US Embassy in Kyiv to stop. It all started with a March 22 2007 email.

The US Embassy announced that adoption laws were changing and would be implemented within a week or so. The Parliament of Ukraine passed bill #2562 which would... more

Here is official news from the US Embassy on the Ukrainian adoption law changes.

Everyone still is uncertain about how Ukraine is going to enforce the maximum age difference between parent and child. Does it apply to the youngest parent or oldest parent?

I am mainly hearing that the oldest parent cannot be more then 45 years older then the child.

Earlier I heard that this bill becomes law in May... but now I am hearing it may be next week.

All I know is that I won't be adopting... more

I posted back in December 2006 that the Ukrainian adoption had become much more difficult. And the SDA was limiting singles to adopting children 7 or older. And the SDA refused to take dossiers from single men.

Then in Jan 2007 the SDA refused to take dossiers from single women.

March 20 2007 it got worse. Ukraine has just passed a bill making single foreign adoption illegal. Single Ukrainian citizens will still be able to adopt.

I am single... more

My earlier blog this morning left me feeling sad/mad. So I went searching for a happy story..

And I found a sweet story about a single Dad. He adopted his son, Michael, from Ukraine in 2001 at 6 years of age.

When Michael was 9 years old he started ballet class. And it seems he is a natural dancer. He is 11 years old now.

In... more

I wrote about single men and women adopting from Ukraine a couple of weeks ago. Things aren't looking good for singles...

According to Ukrainian family law (as it exists now - Article 213 of the current Family Code), married families are given preference over single men and women. This isn't a new law. And the law actually states that if 2 families want to adopt the same child... the married couple... more

Here is a time line to give context to what the Ukrainian delegation said:

June 18-24, 2006: JCICS representative visited Ms Volynets, director of the SDA. She was concerned with the murder of internationally adopted children.

She was talking about Peggy... more

Owlhaven 's The Grocery Store Gauntlet reminded me of a situation that I ran into because I am single and didn't think before I spoke.

I lived on a street where the kids played on the street and everyone's yards during the summer. Neighborhood kids were constantly coming in and out of my house. It was really nice weather (cooling off) and there was a beautiful sunset. I went outside to relax and doing nothing other then watch my child play.

I put my brain in neural and... more

Anyone remember how former Vice President Dan Quayle

criticized unwed mothers as violating "family values." ......... As a specific example he singled out the fictitious Murphy, who had given birth to son Avery, out of wedlock, in the 1991-92 season finale.

from the MURPHY BROWN TV Show

I was 24 years old at the time this happened and Quayle greatly angered me. My mother was a single mother. I came out OK. I was a productive member of society who understood family values. I felt like this man was attacking my family. Then the TV show decided to respond to... more