We have our referral! 9 Dec 2008 | 06:15 am

Beware, this one is long….:) The day started out gloomy with rain. There went my hair! LOL! Irene met us at the apartment and we made the 10 minute walk to the new SDA. It is that close to our apart...

Daily journal...Days eight and nine 9 Dec 2008 | 06:15 am

Days eight and nine – The sun is finally out! It is a balmy 50 degrees here in Sak. The sun is shining ands my spirits are higher! I hate the doom and gloom that comes with clouds and rain. My psyche...

One year later.... 30 Oct 2007 | 08:04 am

A year has passed…and it went by so fast! Carrington’s adoption was finalized a year ago. It all seems so surreal. On that raining day in October, as I left John and Carrington behind I couldn’t hel...

Finally, here are some new pictures and a update... 9 Aug 2007 | 03:13 pm

The Patterson family has been very busy! I can't believe it has been 7 months since my last post...how time flies! In a few days Carrington will have been home 9 months. Time has flown. He is enjoyin...

A Christmas we will never forget! 28 Dec 2006 | 09:00 am

Bryce, Aidan, Chris me, John, and Carrington Merry Christmas dear friends! This family photo is so near and dear to my heart! I cannot describe to you how wonderful it was to be together as a fami...

If a picture could talk... 16 Nov 2006 | 06:48 pm

It would say " Let me tell you the story of a little boy who found his true family waiting for him in America"... Carrington and Aidan leaving the airport... I don't think I need to say more than My ...

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The Arrival... 16 Nov 2006 | 06:00 pm

Kevin, Jacob, Teresa, Bryceton, John and I, Chris, and Mike Carrington, Aidan, Valera, and Marie Appropriately named by my friend Mike, 'The Arrival' took place in the early morning of Saturday Nove...

Notes from John 16 Nov 2006 | 05:53 pm

November 4, 2006 Good Morning Friends, All is well in Ukraine. I awoke this morning to a deafening quiet. After a night of the wind howling thru the cracks around the window and trees banging against...