Waiting All My Life
Uploaded: November 20, 2008
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PG 101 - Rascal Flatts ST Theme
These are my neighbors, Madeline and Sheng. The family adopted Sheng from China in the spring of this year. Sheng was born with a cleft lip and pallet. He had surgery as an infant to correct the cleft lip and had surgery on Oct. 27, 08 to correct his cleft pallet. It was a tough surgery, but he is recovering nicely. I did a photo shoot for the family to take Sheng's first portraits. He is so happy in his new home and loves his family. As the song title goes, he waited all of his life to find a family that would love and care for him. He's precious and his sister adores him.
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Carolyn M. Fletcher November 20, 2008
What a cute shot! Great job! #1038519Dominick M. Dimacale November 20, 2008
What a great image and trials this tot had in line, Cheryl!Dominick #6778859
Deb Koskovich November 20, 2008
Beautiful portrait, and very touching story, Cheryl. #6778862Bill Knaps November 20, 2008
What a precious portrait Cheryl. Bill #6778928Bonnie Gearhart November 20, 2008
As I remember correctly you did a picture of him before the surgery? They did a wonderful job, he looks fantastic! God Bless his new family, may they share many years of precious memories. #6778973Datha Y. Thompson November 20, 2008
PRECIOUS and Priceless!!! He is so Adorable!! They both are!! Easy to see happiness here and sure made me SMILE!!Cheryl E. Davis November 20, 2008
Thank you, Carolyn, Dominick, Deb, Bill and Bonnie!Bonnie, I have a few shots of Sheng in my gallery, before the cleft pallet surgery, but you cannot tell any difference in his appearance before or after the cleft pallet was corrected. The surgery was done on the inside of his month. He has more surgeries to go through and lots of orthodontist work. The next surgery will be when he's around 7 yr. old, they will have to do a bone graft and work on his teeth. He is 2 1/2 yr. old and unable to talk due to his birth defect. He is learning sign language and goes to speech therapy. He is trying to adjust to the new feeling in his mouth with the pallet closed. With time, he should be able to form words. He has a long road ahead. #6779032
Paul Goodman November 20, 2008
Great portrait, definitely Priceless ! #6779132Dr Silly November 20, 2008
Wonderful B&W portrait. :O)Susie Peek-Swint November 20, 2008
This is lovely Cheryl.. Sheng does have a long road ahead but it sounds like he has a truly loving family supporting him so he'll do great .. thanks for sharing another capture of this sweet little boy! HTD! #6779345Joy Rector November 20, 2008
this shot touched my heart, such an adorable child #6779409Melissa G. Meiselman November 20, 2008
Cheryl this is a stunning portrait of this pair beautifully taken with fine detail and well presented in black and white. The story is very touching and I wish this adorable little one well. #6779455Jean E. Hildebrant November 20, 2008
Wonderful shot, Cheryl! Love the title with it! Great that they have adopted him and given him a new life! #6779678David Phalen November 20, 2008
An image to cherish!! HTD!! #6780326Kristy A. Keene November 20, 2008
Perfect Image! HTD!! #6780761Mitch Spence November 20, 2008
What a terrific portrait of these two kids, Cheryl. Absolutely delightful. You sure did finally get those smiles out of him, didn't you! #6780836William C. Raco November 20, 2008
Very sweet photo and stirring narrativeCorinne M. Thompson November 20, 2008
A perfect capture and theme entry Cheryl, they look very happy!Vicki L. Filippin November 21, 2008
OH, CHERYL! I remember seeing another image you had posted of this adorable little boy, but this image, along with the title and your description just totally tugs at the heartstrings. What a beautiful thing you did for such a loving and deserving family!!!! #6784072Sherry McClead November 21, 2008
Ok Cheryl...great capture.. wonderful story!Sherrybear :} #6784073
Cheryl E. Davis November 21, 2008
Thank you so much everyone! #6784208Phil Stith November 21, 2008
What a lovely portrait, Cheryl. One can easily see a beautiful smile in his eyes and loving compassion in his sister's eyes. Very nicely done. #6784763Joyce Baldassarre November 21, 2008
What a beautiful story!!! I am crying here just looking at his happy face!!! How blessed they are to have Cheng and for Cheng to have such a family. #6784858Elida Gutierrez November 21, 2008
Beautiful photo for a more beautiful story!!! #6786179Donna La Mattino Pagakis November 21, 2008
Great smiles, excellent work Cheryl. Thanks for sharing! #6786265Susan M. Campbell November 22, 2008
This is so touching Cheryl. What a heart warming story. I am looking forward to seeing future shots of Cheng with his family. This image is wonderful. #6788917Anita Bower December 11, 2008
This photo shows how much the sister loves the brother. #6878466Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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