Ok, deep breath. (updated!)

We raised over $2000 for Nicholas this summer!

To those who donated:  From the bottom of my heart, thank you for giving Nicholas a chance at a new life.  I believe his family is out there somewhere.

Here's the deep breath part.  I just found out that all the children who were on the 5/5/5 program, like Nicholas, will be able to keep their grants until January.  After that, children who have turned 6 already, like Nicholas will this month, will be put into an "older child" category on the Reece's Rainbow website.  If I am understanding correctly, the funds from those children will then get put into a general grant for the next older child who is being adopted.  Because older children (6+) do not get adopted as easily as younger ones, by gathering the older child funds into one larger one, this is a way to make it easier for a family to adopt an older child.  Unfortunately, this means that after that grant fund has been used for one child in that category, it takes a while to build up the funds again for another child in that category. 

I'll speak plainly:  If you have seen Nicholas and have been thinking and praying about adopting him, the time has come to seriously consider moving ahead.  Contact Reece's Rainbow.  See what you need to do to get your paperwork in order.  Like, NOW.

I was told recently that he is just one out of many children.  I can't save them all.  That is true, unfortunately.  But he is an individual, not a mass of children.  He is one little child, who cries in his sleep at night.  Who likes to dance to music. Who loves to play with adults.  Who cries in his sleep at night. 

He is just one little boy.

***UPDATE!***

I have learned that Reece's Rainbow has changed the policy regarding older children grants.  They are now able to keep individual accounts until they are 10!  This means that Nicholas will keep his grant, not until only January, as was the case until recently, but for another several years!  That is wonderful news!  But let's not let him be parentless all that time.  Let's find a home for Nicholas before he lives another year alone.  The danger of transfer is still very real.