KEA's Mom
04-06-2008, 10:22 AM
On my way to asking for prayers for a little girl, I need to indulge in a brief pity party. I feel like my family and I are being hit time and time again with sadness. After losing Amanda, about 2 months later my cousin Eric, 28, was killed in a car accident. After that my friend, whom I've wrote about several times, was found at high risk for Trisomy 13 and 18, and while those results aren't back yet, they've found a problem with the baby's heart. After Amanda passed away, my parents contacted an agency working in Kazahkstan to sponsor a child in an orphanage. I've mentioned that my daughters Kara and Emily are adopted from Russia and China respectively. My sister's sons are also adopted--from Kazakstan. They are 8 and 1. My parents are sponsoring a beautiful girl who is 7 (Kara's age). She has 2 sisters who don't live in the same home she does but she does see them. My parents are sending her letters that are translated and sending things she needs as well as fun things. Nina makes pictures for my parents and my parents have really been enjoying this and sharing Nina with all of us. My parents just received word that's Nina may be transferred to another home 350 miles away. She was sick and is behind in school because of it and now may be moved to a home for children that are mentally deficient. She doesn't have a mental problem--it's just how things work in Kaz. Should this happen, Nina won't see her sisters, won't be able to be in contact with my parents and her life will contain no joy in a place like that. We're all just sick about this. Having children that come from situations like this makes us very connected to Nina. My parents are sponsoring Nina in Amanda's name. How could this be happening. My parents chose Nina--they were drawn to her from info available to them. It's only April and this has been such an awful year and it's not getting any better. That poor little girl is not going to understand where she's going or why she doesn't hear from my parents-or why she can't see her sisters. My parents receive pics of Nina (that they share with us)--visiting her sisters and on outings with a few children that my parents paid for. It's brought my parents so much joy to do this. If they were 10 years younger I know they would bring those 3 girls here but that's just not possible in their 60's. Please pray for Nina and that she's not transferred away from the joys she has in her life. Please pray for my Mom as well. She's having a very hard time with all of this.
Thank you for listening, as always.
Thank you for listening, as always.