My moms in Ukraine!

My mom left early yesterday morning for Ukraine and arrived at 3am our time in Kiev. We talked briefly on skype and she seemed to be in good spirits even after all of that traveling.

In 2008, before we decided to host Alona, we were going to host another little girl named Alona who immediately stole our hearts. We decided that it wasn't a good idea to host her because we found out that she was going to be adopted within the next few months- it would be too many transitions for her. My mom just learned that the adoption fell through and she's still in the orphanage and constantly tells the social worker how bad she wants a family. I feel awful for her because not only did she lose out on the opportunity to be hosted, but her short-lived hope of a forever family quickly faded. Apparently she doesn't have a single person that visits her in the orphanage. My heart aches for her... and all the other children who want a family and have no outside support.

There are so many stories.