Gladney Blog

Topics: Superkids, Taiwan

Our first day of seeing children at ChungYi is in the books. It is always hard, at the end of the day, to decide what to write about in a blog post.

Topics: Superkids, Taiwan

I am the first of our team to arrive in Taiwan. Tired and feeling a bit bedraggled I landed around 5:30 AM. By the time I got to our Airbnb apartment it was close to 7. We all love staying in the apartment, but I quickly realized I was going to need to go out pretty quickly to get some water. So after a shower, some fresh clothes, and a call home I headed out!

Topics: Superkids, Taiwan Adoption

We do this. We fly to the other side of the world. And we are doing it again.

Topics: Superkids, Taiwan

So... our next trip to Taiwan is planned. The tickets are booked. Now it is time to ask you again for your generous donations!

Topics: Superkids, Taiwan Adoption

We love us some precious kiddos who are rocking an extra 21st chromosome! How could we not fall in love with these little faces?

Topics: Down Syndrome, Superkids

As of 9/26/19:

We are so happy to learn that Draydon has found his forever family! However, there are still many children like Draydon still waiting for their families. Please contact Mary.Chapman@Gladney.org to learn more about adopting from Taiwan.

Topics: Superkids, Taiwan Adoption

Last month we unveiled Part 1 of an intimate and exciting series that retells one family's recent adoption experiences. In this newsletter we share the next segment below. We would love to hear your thoughts and questions as you join along in this series. We look forward to next month's segment as well! Part 2 - Homeward Bound First night together. He is asleep. No tears whatsoever the entire day. Dinner was super easy. Bath time was a breeze. At bedtime he laid quietly on me for the half-hour it took him to fall asleep. I looked down at him and smiled, and he actually smiled back.

Topics: Superkids, China Adoption, Adoption Stories

One of the things that happens as a child advocate is that you fall in love with certain children. Remy is one of those. I met him several times back when superkids was visiting China frequently. He is cute and funny and quickly picks up on things even when you don't speak the same language. Act it out once or twice and Remy has got it!

Topics: Superkids, China

We have new files of children from Taiwan. And I sort of kind of fell in love as soon as  open Autumn's file. I'm going to have to get a little creative with the photos to be able to share them here, but that is why you need to join our private Facebook group where we can post pictures we cannot post publicly. We are planning to be able to meet Autumn when we go to Taiwan in April, but I didn't want to wait that long to introduce her here. This little one is cute, cute, cute!

Topics: Superkids, Taiwan