Treasured Pearls: Over the River

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Over the River

We went for a bike ride today down to the river. We had a great time together as a family. I got some good pictures too, even though I was in the wrong position in relation to the sun.

Then this evening I made a cake for TJ's birthday. Actually, I had GW help me mix it up and bake it. I frosted it myself, though. TJ was very excited to have HIS cake - and eat it too! He made sure everyone knew it was HIS. He was happy to share though. We sang Happy Birthday in Chinese and he was very happy. Both he and GW ate two pieces of Devil's Food Cake iced with Chocalate frosting!

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Orphan Statistics

Inter-country adoption has decreased 59 percent from its high in 2004, due primarily to restrictions by sending countries.
81.5 million Americans have considered adoption. If just 1 in 500 of these adults adopted, every waiting child would have a permanent family.
Every year more than 23,000 children age out of foster care, leaving them without families of their own.
The average waiting child is 7.5 years old.
Last year, nearly 9,000 children were adopted internationally
Of the estimated 238,280 children who exited foster care during 2013, the median amount of time spent in care was 21.8 months.
In 2013, California and Texas were the two U.S. states with the most children in public foster care waiting for adoption.
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The births of nearly 230 million children under age 5 worldwide (about one in three) have never been recorded, depriving them of their right to a name and nationality
http://showhope.org/9-stats-about-the-orphan-crisis/