
Kay Bratt "Reporting from Los Angeles and Beijing - My name is Haley. I was adopted in 1995. I now live in America. I enjoy singing and playing the violin and hanging out with my friends. I have a good life, but I would like to find my biological family."
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Jeannie Butler, with daughters Haley, right, and Helina, both adopted from China, packs donations for Chinese orphanages. (Christopher Berkey / For The Times / November 20, 2009)

Kay Bratt Is there Christmas in China?
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If you walked around a major Chinese city 20 years ago, you probably wouldn't have seen many signs of Christmas. This is because Christmas is a Christian holiday and not many Chinese people are Christian. ...

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Practically from the day her parents brought her home from the orphanage in Yiangmen, China, Meredith Grace Rittenhouse was obsessed with the idea of sisters. She told her preschool teacher about her sister in China.

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Just before Christmas in 1999, I got off a flight from Hong Kong to San Francisco with a frail, 13-month-old baby girl in my arms. The future for her, I felt sure, would be far different now that she was in America.

Kay Bratt The winner of this week's drawing for an autographed copy of Silent Tears is Tim Stowell. Please email me with your mailing address!

Here is another idea for you to take care of some small gifts this year. We did this one year and it was a huge hit. It would be especially good for your child to give to teachers or you to give to the mailperson, hairstylist, or just friends! Give a Christmas Potpourri...

Kay Bratt Quote: "The study recommends several changes in adoption practices that the institute said are important, including better support for adoptive parents and recognition that adoption grows in significance for their children from young adulthood on, and throughout adulthood."
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A study says that more than half of the first generation of children adopted from South Korea struggled with their ethnic identity, and it recommends changes in adoption policy.

Kay Bratt looks like an amazing family to me...
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With November being National Adoption Month, the Lamberts want everyone to know how adoption has enriched their lives.

Kay Bratt Thanksgiving trip back to China...
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Kay Bratt ...and the winners of an autographed copy of Silent Tears are....Cathy Worrell and Allison Ude. Please message me your mailing address and who you want the book signed to. Deadline to respond is Thanksgiving Day. Thanks!

Kay Bratt I am a week behind on the book give-a-way so by Sunday I will randomly choose 2 winners from my Fan base! Look to see if it is you---[you must be a Fan...just click the Become A Fan link to participate in prizes]

Kay Bratt Thank you, Valerie.-- what a beautiful way to spend time with your children.
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Kay Bratt Read about Nathan in LWB's November highlight....
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LWB helps orphans in China. Love Without Boundaries is a charity who helps the lives of orphaned children in China through medical, foster care, healing homes, education, and orphanage assistance.
















