Two years after bringing their son home, a Gladney mom returned to his birth country with her family - intent on honoring his story, not rewriting it. What unfolded during a visit to the orphanage he once called home was an unfiltered, deeply human moment she felt compelled to share with Gladney. This experience, offered in her own words, reveals the quiet realities many children know before adoption and the profound weight parents carry when they finally see those realities through their child’s eyes.
