1. To China, With Love.
- Author
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Whitcomb, Claire
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ADOPTION , *ADOPTIVE parents , *PARENTS with disabilities - Abstract
The article relates how legal assistant Rita Connelly adopted a Chinese child, and her plans for her adoption agency in Charlotte, North Carolina. Connelly is suffering from spina bifida, a disease that caused the paralysis of her legs. She collaborated with Wide Horizons for Children in the adoption of a Chinese child. She also narrated how she and her adopted child established their relationship. She belives that she has the calling to help homeless children that is why she founded her own agency. INSET: Rita's Tips..
- Published
- 2006