[blindkid] New Family

[Heather Breems]

Thank you everyone for introducing yourselves and telling some of your
adoptive stories and experiences.  I am waiting for the email from the
Embassy saying we can come get our son any day now.  It makes me feel so
much better to have contact with those who have been through this already
and who we can turn to if needed. Then hopefully we can be there to support
other as well.

Sincerely,
Heather

On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 10:48 PM, Merry-Noel Chamberlain <owinm at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Heather,
> We also adopted our blind daughter from China.  She was 8 when get got her
> but she had a foster mother in China who taught English so she knew the
> "Queens English" when get got her.  However, she did not go to school so we
> put her in the 2nd grade.  She just finished the 5th grade and has caught up
> and surpassed some of her sighted classmates.
>
> This is a great place for you to go for answers to your questions.  Feel
> free to post your questions here.  We are all here to offer you support.
> Let us know when your son is home.  Best wishes!!!
>
> Merry-Noel Chamberlain
>
> --- On Mon, 6/27/11, Heather Breems <heatherbreems at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: Heather Breems <heatherbreems at gmail.com>
> Subject: [blindkid] New Family
> To: blindkid at nfbnet.org
> Date: Monday, June 27, 2011, 2:11 PM
>
>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I am new to this list and just wanted to briefly introduce myself and my
> family.  My husband and I are in the final stages of adopting a 2 and half
> year old from Haiti who is assumed to have been blind since birth.  As you
> can imagine the medical information from Haiti is scarce, but we have
> visited with him many times over the course of this year long adoption
> process and are so happy we will finally have him home soon.  I have tried
> to do as much research and reading as possible to prepare ourselves first
> for helping him with the transition.  I am very encouraged to have found
> this group along with all the other resources that I know will help our
> family and our son.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> --
> Heather Breems
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-- 
Heather Breems