International Adoption Quotes

“But I'm here. I will love him. I will be his mother.”
― Kim De Blecourt, Until We All Come Home: A Harrowing Journey, a Mother's Courage, a Race to Freedom

“We, who have so much, need to reach out to the orphans of this world and show them the care, hope, and love they deserve.”
― Kim De Blecourt, Until We All Come Home: A Harrowing Journey, a Mother's Courage, a Race to Freedom

“Adoption is the most intentional process on Earth.”
― Jody Cantrell Dyer, The Eye of Adoption: The True Story of My Turbulent Wait for a Baby

“He was taking a leap here, negotiating with a crackhead, under the table, in a dark cantina. The courage etched on his face came from loving Aidia so much he’d close his eyes and walk through fire to see her safe.”
― Laura Anderson Kurk, Perfect Glass

“No one 'just adopts'.”
― Jody Cantrell Dyer, The Eye of Adoption: The True Story of My Turbulent Wait for a Baby

“And now the fight continues for all orphans and children who need families who will love and care for them—until they too can all go home.”
― Kim De Blecourt, Until We All Come Home: A Harrowing Journey, a Mother's Courage, a Race to Freedom

“Dear Diary,
My pen is finally touching your pages. It is time to tell our story. Our story began in China and now it continues in America. I want to write about our old life and I want to write about our life now. I will write it all down with hopes that somehow I can connect the two worlds I have lived in. Right now those worlds seem so far apart.”
― Diane René Christian, An-Ya and Her Diary

“Dear Diary,
All that she left inside the box was a blank book and a name. You are the book, and I am the name...An-Ya. As you know, my name is printed on your first page. Did She write it? What did She look like as She stood over you with Her pen? Were there tears in Her eyes? Why were you left empty inside?”
― Diane René Christian, An-Ya and Her Diary

“Dear Diary,
We flew to the other side of the world, and I never stopped holding you close to my chest. You were empty and so was I. My only friend in the world. The only one who understood where I began and where I was going. We flew together and everything we knew before was gone.”
― Diane René Christian, An-Ya and Her Diary

“…there is no other logical explanation for how things ultimately worked out except by God’s hand.”
― Kim De Blecourt, Until We All Come Home: A Harrowing Journey, a Mother's Courage, a Race to Freedom

“Fear gripped me as my children and I arrived at the Ukraine-Moldova border crossing.”
― Kim De Blecourt, Until We All Come Home: A Harrowing Journey, a Mother's Courage, a Race to Freedom

“Imagine you’re visiting a place where there’s little to no English spoken and you wake up one day to find that the group you went with has all gone home and you are left there alone.”
― Kim De Blecourt, Until We All Come Home: A Harrowing Journey, a Mother's Courage, a Race to Freedom

“You are stranded in a culture where you can’t trust many, you don’t fully understand the language, and you can’t read the signs—and at the same time you try not to let on that you can’t do those things.”
― Kim De Blecourt, Until We All Come Home: A Harrowing Journey, a Mother's Courage, a Race to Freedom

“I have never left you. And I never told you you couldn't go outside. Take your children and go outside and play and shop. Resume your life. What are you afraid of?”
― Kim de Blecourt, Until We All Come Home: A Harrowing Journey, a Mother's Courage, a Race to Freedom

“I tried to pull him into my world, instead I was pulled into the darkness of his.”
― Diane N. Black, Dead Dog Road