Archive for the 'Foster Care and Adoption' Category

Brittany Black and Analiz Schremmer
Buckner International
DALLAS — Every orphan longs for a mom and dad. So when 17 Russian orphans said goodbye to their Texas host families on Aug. 16, there were a lot of tears.
“It’s a very difficult day for everyone, but there is a lot of hope, too,” said Beth Brinkmeyer, coordinator for [...]

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By Brittany Black
Buckner International
HALLSVILLE, Texas — At five weeks old, Abraham Vallery had two broken femurs, 27 broken ribs, a fractured skull and bleeding in his brain. Doctors thought he was going to die. He was put into an induced coma and was fed through a feeding tube.�
Now at 27 months, Abraham, known as Abe, [...]

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By Claire McGough
“How did you know that I liked cats?” That was one of the first questions Anastasia asked my husband, Chris, and I when we first met her last week. It was such a delight to realize that we already shared a connection, even though we had been living in vastly different worlds — [...]

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By Jenny Pope
Buckner International
DALLAS, Texas – Buckner Adoption and Maternity Services places dozens of children into loving families each year through domestic open adoption. But this year, there is one child who needs a family more than ever.
Seven-month-old Alan* was born with Spina bifida, a developmental birth defect where a child’s spinal cord protrudes through [...]

Buckner foster family adopts, stays connected with birth family

By Amy Stone
DALLAS – When 2-year-old Jeremiah first arrived at the Williams’ home as a foster child, he couldn’t walk or crawl.
“He just scooted around on his bottom all around the house if you weren’t holding him,” said his mother Vanessa Williams. “For the first four months [...]