Tag: adoption
Newest Iowa State Fan is an Adopted Child From China
During a farewell dinner at a Zhengzhou hotel with my teaching colleagues, I noticed several American couples walking by with Chinese children. It turned out that the kids had just been picked up by their new adoptive parents. I met couples from Georgia, Kentucky, Colorado and Iowa. The ones who adopted healthy children had waited… Read More ›
Mohawk Man, Spider-Man Play at Zhengzhou Foster Home
I just returned from my second visit to Swallow’s Nest, the foster home for special-needs orphans that I wrote about last week. I met more children, including an adorable 6-month-old boy who was born with a condition that blocks the passage of food from the stomach to the small intestine. Known as pyloric stenosis, the… Read More ›
Special-Needs Orphans Get Loving Care at Zhengzhou Foster Home
One has no arms. Another has no ears. Others have spina bifida, Down syndrome and cerebral palsy. None have parents. These are some of the children I saw during my visit to Swallow’s Nest, a group of four foster homes for special-needs children in Zhengzhou. It’s the kind of place that gives even a… Read More ›
Stranger in a Strange Land 