Our Adoption Journey

It was hot and humid in the van careening through the mass of motor scooters, which make up the bulk of Saigon’s traffic.   We were headed for the orphanage where we would be meeting our son for the first time. A variety of feelings competed for space in my mind. Excitement—we had waited 18 […]

Project Vietnam: Five Days to Create Smiles

The families of 41 children with cleft lips and palates lined up outside the hospital in the northern mountains of Vietnam and waited. If I had been one of the children arriving at the hospital on that first day, I would have run away as fast as I could. The kids were braver. It was […]