Why Dmitriy?

There are lists upon lists of waiting children, children in desperate need, in medical distress, in horrible horrible situations. So the question may be. Why Dmitriy? Why is he so close to my heart?

Honestly I think it was timing, I had been watching RR for just a few months. I followed several of the early journeys including two children from Dmitriy's orphanage.

It was right around the time I started working at the preschool for visually impaired children, and there is a child whose disaablitiy is so similar to Dmitriy's its a bit crazy. He is also the same age (to the month) has the same color hair, is missing the same eye, and his name starts with a D.

I remember the day that Dmitriy was first listed along with others, including two other little boys who are now home with one family.

I was struck with how similar he was to my "D" and I think that experience lets me see his potential. From that moment I just had a place in my heart from him and honestly that has only grown with time. Each new picture digs him just a bit deeper into my heart!

Now he just needs a family who sees that same potential and has that special place in their hearts for this little boy.