Comments on: Appreciate Your Smile

By: Riley

Riley — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:28:11 +0000

Debutante photos as requested. See how nice I am?

By: All Rileyed Up » The Debut of All Rileyed Up

All Rileyed Up » The Debut of All Rileyed Up — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:25:37 +0000

[...] is a real testament to my ability to laugh at myself that I am giving in to your requests on yesterday’s post for a couple of my debutante ball [...]

By: E.B

E.B — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:59:39 +0000

Great write up. We are so blessed to be in this country of ours and to be able to help those people who are less fortunate.

I want to see your Debutante’s picture.

By: Steph at the Red Clay Diaries

Steph at the Red Clay Diaries — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:39:03 +0000

Thanks for a great post on an important issue.

And I agree: We need a pic of you now.

By: edj

edj — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:35:57 +0000

Ok, you do realize you have to post a picture of you as a debutante, right? SMILING!
This is a great cause. In Mauritania we would see so many kids and adults with major issues (cleft palette, club feet, etc) that would have been fixed at birth in the US. Thanks for letting us know about it.

By: Tonggu Momma

Tonggu Momma — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:16:51 +0000

Incredible post, Riley! Several of the Tongginator’s “China cousins” are CL/CP affected. And one of her friends born locally in Maryland as well. I feel so blessed that we in the US have the ability to provide surgeries for children born with this condition. In China, many children are abandoned by their families, not because they are unwanted children, but because the families cannot afford the surgeries necessary. Many CL/CP affected infants in China are found abandoned at several months old, malnourished, because the families didn’t have the special bottles necessary to appropriately feed them. The families abandoned these infants simply so that the children would survive. It is so very sad. (Can you tell I am passionate about this issue? And thanks again.)