Angelina

Meet Angelina. Angelina is Elizabeth's best friend.

Remember Elizabeth, below?

Elizabeth is being adopted by a precious family. They are so sad to think that Elizabeth's best friend does not have a family coming for her. They are trying to start a very important fundraiser for Angelina. You can read about it here. If you'd like to participate, let me know.

Not only is Elizabeth's soon-to-be family concerned about Angelina, so is a 14 year old girl who is trying to raise funds and awareness of Angelina's plight. Angelina has just a few months before she will be transferred to a mental institution. This is the same type of fate our Vera would have been subjected to had she remained in the orphanage when she turned 7.

Angelina is just a few weeks older than Ella. A few weeks. Ella will be 7 on August 19th. Ella happens to be standing right beside me. I'm looking at her tiny self and wondering how in the world I could drive her to an adult mental institution and leave her there. How could I leave her in such hard surroundings. Yet here I am, standing by as Angelina staggers toward that very same journey.

I want to help her. How about you?

These are older pictures of Angelina in the awful glasses. See the little girl in the background, below? Her new mommy took a couple of new pictures of Angelina during their first adoption trip a few months ago. You can see one picture at the bottom of this post. She looks great without the outdated, too-big glasses they stuck on her.

Look at Elizabeth and Angelina playing mommy with their dolls together! I think Angelina would LOVE to be mothered, too!!

This button is another link to the blog of the 14 year old girl who is advocating for Angelina.

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You can read all about Angelina here. She has a long list of medical issues, but mostly they sound like minor issues or eye-related issues. Honestly, she seems very healthy and fairly typical for a little girl with Down syndrome. That's not a medical opinion so please don't take it as such!

I know that many people were very moved to find out that Elizabeth had been transferred to a mental institution and they were spurred to action to find a family and get her out of there. I would so love for God to find a family for Angelina BEFORE she has to be moved from the orphanage. It's really not a bad orphanage at all and it seems she is doing well there. Let's don't make her take a trip to a scary new place.

Please share the blogs that I've shared. Share the pictures. Share her story. Let's get this sweet girl home while we still can. Thanks!