Jon and Shari's Ukrainian Adventure......... Our Life With Deiana: January 2014

Friday, January 31, 2014

January Highlights

I have been very sad and upset over the unrest in Ukraine. Having spent a lot of time in this country, and of course having a Ukrainian daughter, I do love this country and its people. Exactly six years ago we were in this city.

Our own winter has been cold, but beautiful. We even had a snow day with no school!

At the end of the day, its nice to be warm at home.

About Us

This is the story of our family beginning with the adoption of our adorable, sweet, and spunky daughter Deiana, whom we adopted from Ukraine in February, 2008, at the age of 4. We have 2 handsome sons, Jordan, and Jeremy , and Deiana, now completes our family. Deiana was born with a cleft lip and palate. Her palate was never repaired in Ukraine so that was the first thing we took care of after we brought her home. Due to this she had never been able to speak, so we had to work very hard at home and in speech therapy. Aside from this she is very healthy and really has no other issues. Deiana is an amazing, loving, resiliant girl and we are blessed to have her.