On our living room wall is a plaque that says "Family: A Journey to Forever". I do believe that my family will be together forever. It gives me great comfort in knowing that. Our biggest struggle right know is the soul that we are loosing and the suffering that our family has gone through. That is why I am titling our blog "Journey to Healing". This is the beginning of our healing.
Many of you know that we had adopted two children in 2008 from Ethiopia, Jaxton and Macy. Jaxton is thriving in our family. He and Tray are the best of friends. He adores his mom and dad, and thinks his big brother (Skyler) and big sister (Taylor) are the coolest. He is one of the happiest kids we know and is always willing to help.
Macy is a beautiful little girl, but she is becoming our lost soul. Macy suffers from Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD). Children with RAD have suffered with neglect, abuse or some other kind of trauma. We believe that she lived in a orphanage for most of her 4 years prior to coming to our family. In therapy, we have learned that she suffered greatly while in Ethiopia. Since coming to our family she has struggled with attaching to us. She feels our love and it scares her. Her fear of love makes her react in a negative way. She doesn't know how to feel. Her only emotion is anger and rages nearly everyday. In the past eight months Macy has had no progress. She is slipping quickly and we fear that we are loosing her.
Through lots of prayer we have found a safe place where Macy can go to learn how to love, attach and to heal. After years of suffering, we feel comfort. We believe that this is our next step to healing. Macy is scheduled to leave August 1st and as hard as it will be to say goodbye, we know that this is what is best for her. The monthly expense for Macy's care and therapy will be approximately $2700 (7 to 12 months). To make this possible we come to you for help. Any donations are greatly needed and appreciated. We have set up a Paypal account through our non-profit organization (Purpose2Life) where you can make a one-time donation or set monthly donations. All donations will go to Macy 's care. You all have been so wonderful. We have felt your love, support and prayers. We truly are grateful to each of you. You can follow her progress on our blog that I will update frequently until she comes home. If you have questions about anything please email me at corrie.sorensen@gmail.com . Thank you!
To learn more about Reactive Attachment Disorder please check out these links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTx8Ct43wPQ
http://www.attachment.org/pages_what_is_rad.php
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/reactive-attachment-disorder/DS00988
