I almost missed Love Thursday again. But I made it..

Love Thursday is viral... and has spread among the adoptionblogs.com bloggers.

This is my darling Natasha yelling loud for me... and then giving me a happy smile.

Love is playing pretend with my daughter.

My daughter, Natasha, and I went to see The Nativity Story a few weeks ago. We talked a little bit about it after the movie.

But I didn't realize the true impact of the film until the Sunday after the film.

I am a volunteer in the Sunday children's program at church. I am the cat header for the 3rd grade class (also know as guide.. I guide the children around during the church year :)) ).

The workshop leader does the teaching.

Anyway, the workshop... more

For anyone looking for Ukrainian Christmas items... This blog is for you.

There is a new charity called Orphan's Bright Star. They are working with 5 Ukrainian orphanages;

Chinadievo children's home Dnepropetrovsk baby orphanage Kremenchuk baby orphanage Svalyava baby orphanage Zhitomir baby orphanage Zhitomir internat

Right now they are... more

Picture Credit: This is a self portrait. I aimed the camera at my face. Then I took pictures until I had one properly framed (AKA my face was in the pictures all the way. It was very entertaining.) :))

I started blogging for adoption.com back in Feb 2006. This is my 275 blog. There isn't anything magical about the number 275, but I thought it was time to introduce myself again.

My name is Angela. I am blogging on ... more

Here is the background on the Ukrainian Delegation in US. Continuing on to what was said...

Let's start with the post adoption reports. Several hundred reports... more

I read a blog earlier today called To Trick or Treat or Not?. And I found myself angry, furious, ready to spit nails, so angry that I wanted to cry. And unfortunately I posted comment.

I try not to post when I am mad. I tend to look like a jerk. Sorry Naomi.

Anyway I posted a comment... more

Thanks Jenna for introducing Love Thursday to adoptionblogs.com. It was an awesome idea.

Recently Natasha and I finished carving our pumpkin. We put it on the front porch with a candle to take a look. And then we played outside in the dark.

I had forgotten how much fun... how free it feels...... more

The Jack-o-lantern above is from last weekend. Natasha enjoyed the "slimy" feel of pulling out the seeds and scrapping the inside of the pumpkin. Then she drew the face. It is a happy face in case you are wondering... It is yelling with joy.

This weekend, Natasha had her BFF (Best Friends Forever) for a sleepover. They are... more

I mentioned yesterday that another single women is posting questions about adopting from Ukraine.

I adopted my darling Natasha from Ukraine in 2000 at 3.5 years of age. I was 32 years old and single. I am 38 years old now and still single. Natasha is 9 years old.

In my early 20s I decided.... no husband by 30... I would look into adoption. I could get pregnant. But I decided that I didn't need to get pregnant. I didn't have baby fever. And I had become concerned... more

When my darling daughter was young and couldn't or wouldn't communicate what was going on with her... Rather then asking her questions, we would draw pictures together.

Then we discussed the pictures. Sometimes the most amazing, thoughtful things would come out of her mouth. Here are the stories that she told me about life with crossed eyes and with fixed eyes.

Natasha has congenital... more