A letter to my Korean Omma

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Annyeonghaseyo! 안녕하세요! Omma, 엄마! My name is Meejin Richart.  제 이름은 미진 리샤에요. This name given to me by my adoptive parents but the name I use when I’m in Korea is Choi Mee Jin. 미진 리샤라는 이름은 제 양부모님이 저에게 지어주신 이름이에요. 하지만, 한국에서 지낼때의 제이름은 최미진이에요. I know I come from you. 제가 엄마에게서 태어난걸 저는 알고 있어요. I …

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Adam Crapser’s Story

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For Adam’s narrative on the adoption experience, see here: Amazon “If I could say anything to politicians, I would beg them–implore them–to please amend the Child Citizenship Act of 2000 so that those of us who were adopted as children before then but were not granted US citizenship–would finally be covered.  Please do this for my children, so they don’t …

Living with Dead Hearts: Chinese Missing Kids

CHINA: Illustrates Tragedy of Child Abductions

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In a country where many families are allowed only one child, the notion that one’s son or daughter could be abducted and sold feels almost impossibly horrible. And yet, as a new documentary makes clear, it happens in China with stunning frequency. “Most foreigners don’t know this is happening at all,” says Charlie Custer, a blogger who co-produced and directed …

We are approaching the one year anniversary of Hyunsu’s brutal death.

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As we welcome the New Year and continue seeking justice for our baby brother Hyunsu, we also are approaching the one year anniversary of his brutal death. I have created this fundraiser page to purchase either a headstone for Hyunsu’s gravesite here in the US, or a memorial plaque to be placed in his memory in Korea, depending on what is the best possible …

Chinese Adoptions and Rehoming

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Internet ‘Rehoming’: The Dark Side of International Adoptions They call it “adopting from disruption,” and you can find forums and mailing lists devoted to the topic across the Internet—everywhere from Facebook to until recently, Yahoo Groups. “My husband and I have never actually visited another country to adopt a child. Yet, our family includes Russian, Ethiopian, and Mexican born children,” …