Fatherless Friday

Writing this post today is hard.  The kids featured on this page break my heart each time I see them.  They are desperately in need of families.  All of them have physical handicaps.  All of them remind me over and over and over again of Aaron.  Kids locked away from society because their bodies are less than 'perfect'.

Many of these precious ones were on Reece's Rainbow two years ago when we first committed to Aaron.  To see their faces STILL HERE just makes me sick on my stomach.

How can I begin to convey in this post the desperate need these kids have?  They are trapped.  They are destined to spend the REST OF THEIR LIVES locked away as if they have committed a crime against society.  

Please.  

Look at these kids.

IGOR

Igor - sweet precious Igor is only two months younger than Aaron.  He has been on Reece's Rainbow for FOREVER!  He has arthrogryposis just like Aaron.  He makes me weep.  All the other Reece's Rainbow babes with arthrogryposis who are the same age as Igor have been adopted.  Igor was left behind.  Dear Lord.  When I go to Shriners and see Madeline and Ben and Sophia and Gerri and Victoria and Evan and all the other adopted treasures and I think about Igor sitting in a mental institute.  It is more than I can bear.  He is their age.  He should be in the waiting room with his Mama.  He should be cared for by the doctors there.  He has such amazing potential.  

Please  - someone out there go get him. 

LAUREL

Will you PLEASE read Laurel's description???

Laurel has arthrogryposis — and look at that beautiful smile!  

She's already 15 years old, and has less than 6 months (from January 2012) to be adopted, or she loses all hope for a future.

Laurel is blessed to be in a very good older child orphanage for those with mostly physical disabilities.  Her orphanage has been supported by many humanitarian aid groups, and offers child sponsorship programs and trips for these children.  Laurel does face transfer to an adult mental institution SOON, and at 16 she will no longer legally be able to be adopted at all. 

An adult mental institute?  Loses all hope for a family in just a few short months??? PEOPLE WE NEED TO BE SHOUTING OUT LOUD FOR THIS GIRL!!  She desperately needs a family NOW!!

SWEET ALEXIS

A family is over there RIGHT NOW and has been able to see and interact with Alexis.  Please click on her link and read what this family has to say about Alexis.  She is precious.  Sweet.  Gentle - spirited.  She is smart and engaging.  Though she is 10 she is small for her age.  Goodness me she is a pretty little girl.  She too has arthrogryposis but from everything I have read about her - she does NOT let it stop her.  She wants a family.  She desperately wants a family.  

BEAUTIFUL VICTORIA

About a month ago a dear RR friend sent me these pictures.  Rob and I looked at them and just broke down.  I have seen Victoria for years but had never really SEEN her until we received the pictures.  

Even without hair... She is beautiful...

Look at her eyes... Look at her smile!! 

 

Where is her Mama??  How much longer must she wait?

Victoria has arthrogryposis also.  She seems to only be affected in her legs. She is only two years older than Aaron.  She was transferred a long long time ago and is again facing a lifetime behind bars.  Can you imagine? 

TYLER

 

Tyler is another one who has been seen by a family adopting from his institute.  They were blown away by this sweet boy.  

This is from his description that they wrote JUST THIS WEEK:

 "We have really enjoyed getting to know Tyler.  He is such an incredible kid!  You just have no idea how impressed we are with him.  He is very neat and organized, and takes good care of his things.  I thought at first he was quite serious, because when I met him, he was posing for his photograph.  Now, we've been able to chat with him using an interpreter.  He LOVES to read- carries a book with him and uses the library here a lot.  His favorite thing are fiction stories.  Here, they have a lot of fairy tales, and he enjoys those, but I can so easily see him flying through any of the popular Christian fiction series for boys.  He's very smart, and everyone here really likes him.  We've seen him with the younger kids, they all treat him like a big brother and he is so kind and gentle with them.   Like the others we've met here, he seems very emotionally healthy- it's just his legs that aren't working, not his heart, mind and soul.  He would just thrive in a family!  The hardest part about today came at the end.  He asked how long it will be before his family comes to get him from America.  I don't know what to say- he's been listed for nearly a year, and no one has asked about him.  He's so hopeful and trusting that he has a family and he doesn't have much time left.  I don't know why he has gotten passed over- he'd be an amazing son!"

EMMITT

Emmitt is the same age as my son Elijah.  I just could not imagine Elijah being contained in a bed day after day after day.  Please.  This boy has been waiting for far too long for a family.

 " Emmitt has a severe deformity of his legs.  He cannot walk at all.  He is very friendly, funny, and talkative. He desperately seeks out attention.  He was talking to my husband, and holding Zack's hand, which he then put on top of his head for Zack to rub his hair.  He is extremely intelligent, and just precious!  I brought him paper and crayons, and he drew me a flower  "