trippingdifferently

Do you have heart issues? i have heart issues, both physical and psychological. If you have been following my blog for a couple of months, you would have read about my medical heart issues – i have a VSD (Ventricular Septal Defect), a hole-in-my-heart.

But i also suffer from the other type of heart issues – heartaches, emotionally confusions, frustrations, sadness, sense of lost and much more, just like any other person who lives on this earth. Some of us have more emotional baggage to handle than others, but all of us do have some.

Again, if you have been following my blog, you will realise that my heart aches for orphans, in particular, special needs orphans and every Tuesday i join a small group of advocates who write about specific children, hoping to give them more exposure, praying that this small effort would bring them closer to be found by their forever family.

Does this effort have any effect at all? i’m not sure, but i hope and pray that it does. What i do know is that i can not sit and do nothing when i know there are precious children languishing without a family to love them, just as they are. So i do what little i can, if not, my heart would truly break.

So let me introduce you to a pair of siblings who have heart issues. Meet Mason and Madison.

Such a sweet face, waiting to be loved upon.

Oh my, do you see that cute little spirit within him?

They both have cardiac issues, mitral valve prolapse of 1 stage. Mason (the younger of the pair) also has supplemental oblique cord of the left ventricle and scoliosis. Madison has a humpback.

We don’t know much more about them, except that they are both in the same orphanage (at least they have each other) and they have to be adopted together.

What we do know is that they have spent way too many years in an orphanage, so long in fact, Madison will be aging of the system in a few months (Sept 2013). i also see the kindness in Madison‘s eyes and that cheeky side of Mason still shining through despite years of institution living.

Are you their family? Do you see this pair a part of your household? If you think so, please contact Reece’s Rainbow for more details.

Even if you don’t feel led to adopt, you can still help them. You can share their story so that through your sharing, somehow, their forever family would see them and come for them.

You can also help to grow their adoption grant so that when their family does come for them, it will be a quicker process and funding would be less of an obstacle. Please click on their name or picture to donate.

You can pray for them, pray for their daily needs and for their forever family to come for them.

Thank you.

syc

… that’s this month’s focus for Teamwork Tuesday.

My brother and i are a whole twelve years apart and as you can imagine, we are as different as two people can be and YET – we are also very alike in so many ways. We like the same films, love animation and other media-related stuff, we share a similar sense of humour but he loves the cold weather while i prefer the warmth of the sunshine, he eats spicy foods while i stay away from the chillies, i love to read and he prefers to watch a story unfold on a screen.

Cute little Ginger needs a mummy and daddy to help her through life.

i suspect Ginger and Jamie are also very much like us in their sibling relationship. Ginger is described as a spitfire and Jamie is described as the helper. They both love to have the attention of loving adults. BUT that is where their similarities with us end.

You see, Ginger and Jamie are orphans with special needs who live in a country which can not, and whose society finds it hard, to accept and support them. So they are put into remote orphanages, hidden away and they are moved to adult mental institutions at the age of 5 (some are fortunate and get to stay a little longer in their orphanages).

Ginger and Jamie are twins and share a few medical conditions such as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), myopia, organic affection of the central nervous, vision issues and mental retardation. Ginger also has nanism of somatic genesis. Jamie has congenital hypotheriosis.

Sweet Jamie needs a family to support him through life.

All these medical terms may sound daunting but they are all treatable and manageable. They just need more care and attention than a child without these conditions. But that doesn’t mean they can’t fit into a family, in fact, i submit that they would fit perfectly into because they are said to be very social and friendly and would thrive with lots of love, structure, and attention.

They deserve, just like any child, to have a family love and support them, help them to navigate life and make the most of it. Are you that family? If you think so, if you feel that tug on your heart, then please contact Reece’s Rainbow for more information.

However, you don’t have to adopt them to help them. You can pray for them. Pray that their daily needs are met and most importantly, pray that their forever family steps forward for them.

You can also share their story so that forever family would find them.

And by giving towards their adoption grant, you can further help that forever family reach them faster as everyone knows adoption, international adoption is a ridiculously expensive affair. The faster a family can get them home, the less permanent damage from institutional life they will suffer. Please click on their names or pictures to go to their profile page to donate.

Thank you.

syc