Comments on: A Small Seed Planted http://kaybratt.com/2010/01/a-small-seed-planted/ {Uncensored} Wed, 16 May 2012 23:20:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ann noviello http://kaybratt.com/2010/01/a-small-seed-planted/comment-page-1/#comment-583 ann noviello Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:58:29 +0000 http://kaybratt.com/?p=258#comment-583 i also read "they came to stay" as a teenager! i loved it:) it was a readers digest condensed book~my cousins (the honorable linda ludgate and robert ludgate and their 3 sons) adopted my cousin laurie kathryn from Korea in 1974~because america was still active in vietnam at the time, many ppl thought she was vietnamese and they recommended Holt to everyone who asked about her and how they could get "a baby sister" my cousin was a stayathome mom at the time, she didnt graduate law school (temple) till 1980, she had 3 difficult pg with her sons (gestational diabetic) and was told not to have another pg yet wanted a baby girl so badly~i am also the baby of my family and the only girl, so laurie kathryn and i had a special bond from the start~i think the red thread runs thru all asian adoptions~i marvel at all the ways ppl are called from america/europe/scandinavia to open their hearts & homes to asian babies (boys & girls) i do notice the babies from vietnam can be newborns, whereas in korea or china its rare to get a baby under 9months~different adoption laws i guess~ i also read “they came to stay” as a teenager! i loved it:) it was a readers digest condensed book~my cousins (the honorable linda ludgate and robert ludgate and their 3 sons) adopted my cousin laurie kathryn from Korea in 1974~because america was still active in vietnam at the time, many ppl thought she was vietnamese and they recommended Holt to everyone who asked about her and how they could get “a baby sister” my cousin was a stayathome mom at the time, she didnt graduate law school (temple) till 1980, she had 3 difficult pg with her sons (gestational diabetic) and was told not to have another pg yet wanted a baby girl so badly~i am also the baby of my family and the only girl, so laurie kathryn and i had a special bond from the start~i think the red thread runs thru all asian adoptions~i marvel at all the ways ppl are called from america/europe/scandinavia to open their hearts & homes to asian babies (boys & girls) i do notice the babies from vietnam can be newborns, whereas in korea or china its rare to get a baby under 9months~different adoption laws i guess~

]]> By: JK http://kaybratt.com/2010/01/a-small-seed-planted/comment-page-1/#comment-408 JK Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:30:27 +0000 http://kaybratt.com/?p=258#comment-408 How well I understand the innate knowledge that my daughter was in Asia (for me in particular; China) waiting for me - in HER time. It's wondeful reading about others that have had/have that same realization. As a middle schooler/high schooler I read and reread a book 'The Family Nobody Wanted', about a minister and his wife who longed for a child/family which they could not have biologically. She applied to different orphanages as they were transferred around the country, regularly being dismissed because of their lack of income. But as God ALWAYS has a plan; they were soon ASKED to take different children nationwide and soon had a family of 12!!! Their adoptions were free!! I have since been so blessed w/ 3 biological children and 1 heart & soul daughter. Our joy is that she was made in China, but made 'Ours'. Always and forever. How well I understand the innate knowledge that my daughter was in Asia (for me in particular; China) waiting for me – in HER time. It’s wondeful reading about others that have had/have that same realization.

As a middle schooler/high schooler I read and reread a book ‘The Family Nobody Wanted’, about a minister and his wife who longed for a child/family which they could not have biologically. She applied to different orphanages as they were transferred around the country, regularly being dismissed because of their lack of income. But as God ALWAYS has a plan; they were soon ASKED to take different children nationwide and soon had a family of 12!!! Their adoptions were free!!

I have since been so blessed w/ 3 biological children and 1 heart & soul daughter. Our joy is that she was made in China, but made ‘Ours’. Always and forever.

]]> By: Marie Carmenati http://kaybratt.com/2010/01/a-small-seed-planted/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Marie Carmenati Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:07:39 +0000 http://kaybratt.com/?p=258#comment-131 This story gave me the chills, and it made me remember my own "seed planting" regarding the adoption of an Asian child. I was in college in New York City, riding home on the subway one day, and reading an amazing book called "They Came To Stay." The book was about an American newscaster who was the first single woman to adopt from Korea. She subsequently went on to adopt a second child from Vietnam. I thought to myself, "I hope that someday I can adopt an Asian daughter, whether married or single." Seventeen years later, I became the first single woman to adopt from China through FCA's China program. This story gave me the chills, and it made me remember my own “seed planting” regarding the adoption of an Asian child. I was in college in New York City, riding home on the subway one day, and reading an amazing book called “They Came To Stay.” The book was about an American newscaster who was the first single woman to adopt from Korea. She subsequently went on to adopt a second child from Vietnam. I thought to myself, “I hope that someday I can adopt an Asian daughter, whether married or single.” Seventeen years later, I became the first single woman to adopt from China through FCA’s China program.

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