- 7/27/2008 11:34:43 PMPost Placment Progress Report #1On Saturday, we received our first post placement report from Adoption Choice. They are from the Milwaukee area and last week, we drove down to their offices to meet them and have them meet Michael. The report they wrote consisted of 3 pages and outlined Michaels accomplishments since he arrived in America and became part of our family. We are paying a little more for their services than for Catholic Charities but I think it is worth it.
The report zeroed in on Michael and how he is doing - which I have to say is remarkable. In 5 months time, he has fully embraced a new language, new culture, new food, and has healed from most of the major physical ailments he suffered from while in the Russian Children's Home. He runs, he walks, he bends his knees. Of course there are still struggles - but he has come a very long way. I told him just the other day, "you are not the same boy we picked up in Russia".
While it has been 5 months of very hard work, I believe that by this time next year, he will be unstoppable in what ever he tries to do. This is our next battle ground - getting him to want to try and to stop saying, "I can't".
