Vietnam…

Recently there have been major changes in how some of the paper work is handled in Vietnam, and this has been the talk of the Vietnam adoption community for some time. I am not usually one to get involved but for once I think it is necessary. I don’t know how many of you read Laurie’s blog or Kelly’s blog, but their last two posts lay it out better than I have seen or can even do myself. (That is a suggestion to go and read them and read ALL of the comments as well.) I agree COMPLETELY with everything they both say, so say what you must in the comments, or even stop reading if necessary. I am ok with that, and I will continue to support those who speak up and try to speak up myself. I have a friend from Vietnam (she was 9 when she came to the US, with her mother and 5 brothers and sisters, leaving other family in Vietnam) and I would hate to see the children of her home country bought or worse yet stolen so that someone else can have a child, even if that someone else is Aaron and I. That is probably the hardest thing for me to say, I want a child, and to be VERY honest I want a child like yesterday, BUT I am not willing to have a child come to me in an unethical way or if that is not what the child’s family thought was in the best interest of the child. I hope that the situations currently causing all the heartbreak in the Vietnam adoption world are resolved one way or another soon, and ALL the families are allowed to grieve or rejoice in peace. I keep them all in my prayers and you should too.