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It's a RAD RAD world

We've noticed a behavioral pattern with Nandi. Her behaviors always get worse in the spring. I have no idea way. I mean, don't get me wrong. We have trying behaviors a lot , but something about the spring really flares them up. And they stay that way until the end of summer. On the postive side, I'm not getting bit anymore. Hallelujah! But her passive aggressive behaviors are driving me ku-razy! Crazy! Things had gotten really good and there where days when a real sense of pride - an immense feeling of joy - would overtake me and I would think back to how far we've come. And then, bam!, we wake up the next morning and it's RAD Central in our house. I get so mad at myself because I let my guard down again and again and think that things are finally better (and they are improving, they really are) and then it all goes to hell in a handbasket and Sim and I are left shaking our heads wondering what on earth just happened. Things were really bad this morning - so much s

It's Worth a Shot

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See that gorgeous little boy in the picture above? That's Jaron . Remember him? He's the little 23 lb, 8 year old boy who lived in a hospital in India until Sarah found him last December and took him home with her to Sarah's Covenant Homes in Ongole . Do you remember what he looked like back then? Pretty sad, huh? Makes you a bit mad, right? Because, come on, he was in a hospital under the care of doctors and nurses.... yet, he was wasted away and covered in sores and lice when Sarah found him. Look at that top picture again. See how happy he is? See the change in him? It's fantastic! But, unfortunately, he's really sick right now. Jaron is really sick. In fact, he's on the way to the hospital in Hyderabad because he's throwing up blood. Now, that alone is pretty scary. But what makes it even scarier is that two children have passed away at Sarah's in the last week: Sweet Elizabeth And beautiful Evelyn Both precious girls had ep