Days of The Dragon

Parker An can sleep in just about any position!  

It’s interesting how word of a single guy who adopted a son from Viet Nam makes the rounds. Now, the only people who know I adopted Parker are employees of his daycare center. It’s certainly no secret on my end, it’s simply that I have not struck up any friendships with other parents. Yet, in [...]

This week’s Doing Good is the Sharing Foundation is an organization that works in Cambodia, helping to improve the lives of Cambodian children. They run several programs, including water and immunization programs, school sponsorships for children, an orphanage, clean water projects, and more! They consistently release newsletters (as far back as 2001) to let the [...]

Lead in toys has been a big issue in the last year, and rightfully so. Lead is extremely toxic to humans, especially children. We’ve seen recalls and some small steps taken by companies to help reduce lead in their toys. But, not nearly enough has been done. The Bush administration has been complicit and has [...]

I wanted to post a small update on NOIDs in Viet Nam. All of the NOIDs that were issued to families that were using PLAN have been cleared. This is great news! Congratulations to those families. Some of the other NOIDs have also been cleared, but there are many still pending.