Did you forget about this guy?

I didn't forget about him!

"Aiden" age 5

Aiden is still waiting for a family to come and claim him. Every day he sits in his crib and passes the time. He gets fed and changed but that's about it. His family gave him up because he is blind; either they could not care for him or they did not want to.

It breaks my heart to know a child with so much potential is just existing - not living- not learning- just existing because that's all there is for him. There is no therapy and the caretakers at the orphanage have too many children to give him the attention he needs to blossom. He needs a family!

I am not asking you to adopt him, though that would be wonderful. Please consider donating to help finance his adoption. Through Reece's Rainbow, an advocacy and adoption grant/fundraising organization, you can donate to a grant that will be used to help a family adopt him. It is expensive and can take several trips abroad to adopt a child who is not from the United States. This organization helps children with Down Syndrome and other special needs find families. Reece's Rainbow was recently featured on ABC News.

I know. We have orphans here in the United States, but our system, while not perfect, is much better than what is available in Aiden's country. His country simply does not have the resources to care for children with special needs and children suffer because of it. At a certain age, young orphans with special needs are placed into adult mental institutions to live out their days. I cannot think of anything more sad than this.

The last time I posted about Aiden his grant grew by over $600! I am hoping that we can give him an even bigger jump this time. I want a family to take a look at his picture and fall in love with him. Then I want them to see his grant and say, maybe we could bring this boy home?

Just this week I donated $40.00 to Aiden. Every little bit helps. I hope you will help him too. You can click here to read his bio and donate to his adoption grant fund.

“I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do."

-Edward Everett Hale

You may wonder how I found out about Aiden. As the writer of this blog, I can see certain demographics like which websites are linking to my blog. I saw that a blog called "Just ONE more 4 us!!? had linked to my blog and I wondered why. Usually it's because a family has a blind child or someone teaches blind children but this blog was about a family that was trying to adopt a young blind child from an orphanage in Eastern Europe.

I started reading more and more about this family and about the children available for adoption. That's how I found "Aiden." The writer of "Just ONE more 4 us!?" recently posted about him again here. I swear, once you read the stories of the families that are bringing these children home you will never be the same.