Monthly Archives: February 2015

Giving Every Child a Fair Chance in Life Is a Defining Challenge For Our Generation

The following blog first appeared on The Huffington Post In a rural village in northern Nigeria, a new mother named Laila is doing everything she can to care for her baby daughter, Rabia. But despite Laila’s efforts, Rabia’s future is not solely in her mother’s hands. If Rabia was instead born to a wealthy family in […]

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In Helping Baby’s First Teacher, ‘A Path Appears’

The following blog first appeared on The Huffington Post   When I first met my daughter, she was 2 and a half months old. She looked perfect in her little crib in a crowded Vietnamese orphanage, but adoption is a process, and seven more months passed before I could take her home.   In the meantime, […]

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