tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338568744176253243.post4192447280853926879..comments2023-06-01T09:58:02.383-05:00Comments on There's always room for one more: Where do we go from here?Denise Grover Swankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08089120954470675439noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338568744176253243.post-20195754156795833442008-09-03T14:44:00.000-05:002008-09-03T14:44:00.000-05:00Denise, this is Rah (Sarah) Bickley again. The fol...Denise, this is Rah (Sarah) Bickley again. The folks at BringOurChildrenHome.org (who I communicate with regularly on Vietnam adoption issues) want me to ask if we can link your blog to the BOCH website. Would that be possible? Also, we are encouraging people to read your posts on the Vietnam adoption problems and to pass them on to others, including Members of Congress. So please let me know if we can link to your blog - I'm at rahbickley@mac.com. <BR/>Thanks, RahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338568744176253243.post-11550145755931465902008-08-31T21:27:00.000-05:002008-08-31T21:27:00.000-05:00Dear Denise, A member of BringOurChildrenHome.org ...Dear Denise, <BR/>A member of BringOurChildrenHome.org sent me your blog. I am deeply impressed that you are mothering six bio and adopted children. I'm so sorry about Darryl and Ella Joy but I'm so glad about Emma and your other children. <BR/>You have encapsulated what's despicable and unexplained about the US government's actions in creating the debacle that was the Vietnam adoptions program. I am so glad to see this. This is a great wrong that must be brought to justice. And the people responsible must be removed and punished, so that Vietnam adoptions can continue uniting U.S. famiies with Vietnamese orphans. <BR/>I urge you, now that your friends have overturned their NOIDs, to name the government officials who screamed at them and intimidated them, and conducted a bogus "investigation." If you don't want to do it on your blog, please consider doing it in a letter to the new CIS ombudsman, to your Senators, and to the co-chairs of CCAI. <BR/>God bless you. I admire your courage and your honesty and your telling this story based on your sense of outrage at the US Government's abuse of many citizens, and of innocent, helpless orphans in Vietnam. - Rah Bickley, Durham, NC, AP to Sam, 18 months, from VietnamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338568744176253243.post-75366524325757451262008-08-30T22:01:00.000-05:002008-08-30T22:01:00.000-05:00Denise -Thanks for opening your heart and sharing ...Denise -<BR/><BR/>Thanks for opening your heart and sharing your story of faith with all of us! You are a strong woman and your children are very lucky to have you as their Mom!! <BR/><BR/>People tell me I'm a hero for adopting...you make us ALL look like amateurs!! You inspire me to be a better Mom and a better person!<BR/><BR/>Teresa =)<BR/>CCAI WCPTeresa =)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16569644850185853404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338568744176253243.post-40388965477167606862008-08-29T17:50:00.000-05:002008-08-29T17:50:00.000-05:00Excellent post! By the way, I found your blog thro...Excellent post! By the way, I found your blog through the family blog carnival. Thanks so much for sharing such difficult things with such grace.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00139990886922103618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338568744176253243.post-43979882837656737622008-08-29T12:38:00.000-05:002008-08-29T12:38:00.000-05:00Denise, i hope that you will continue to blog. Yo...Denise, i hope that you will continue to blog. You are a wonderful writer and i think will be able to reach many with your words and heart.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes answers for understanding things that happen to us don't come easy and sometimes those answers, well, don't come at all. Being faithful to God's word is what gets us through things....<BR/><BR/>Many, many soft hugs....~Isabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12437976653688457847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338568744176253243.post-6613797976596128072008-08-28T22:15:00.000-05:002008-08-28T22:15:00.000-05:00Your blog is a testimony to His faithfulness. Than...Your blog is a testimony to His faithfulness. Thanks for sharing your heart. We also continued with His call on our heart to adopt after dealing with 2 tragic deaths. We have been home a month now. God remains faithful.<BR/>Blessings<BR/>Christine<BR/>Mom to 6<BR/>www.preparedforatimesuchasthis.blogspot.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338568744176253243.post-79301744404942742102008-08-28T19:07:00.000-05:002008-08-28T19:07:00.000-05:00Denise,Again, thank you for the reminders of what ...Denise,<BR/>Again, thank you for the reminders of what is important in life. I have put some things aside lately while trying to deal with others. It's time to fix that and start listening to what I am told to do. My faith has wavered lately. I need to get back on track. <BR/><BR/>We have a friend facing a very serious illness. We just found out yesterday. His son is our son's age. Facing an unknown future, loss of job, and who knows what else, it makes our problems very minor. I need to get my act together again and turn to God. I haven't in a while. But the past few months have shown me the errors of my ways. <BR/>KristinKristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18256121948939552024noreply@blogger.com