The story of Wide Awake International began in the summer of 2010 when Kim Johnson, one of our co-founders, stumbled upon a blog about the adoption of children with disabilities from Ukraine. Shortly after that she started her own blog and has been sharing our story with the Wide Awake Community ever since.
On this page, you will find all the latest news about what we are up to here in Ukraine from the different outlets where we share: the blog, the podcast, and YouTube- all of it is here, in one place! If you want to dig into our history (and have several hours to spare…) you can find our archives here and go all the way back to the beginning of our story.
You won’t find us on social media, so we have created “The Latest” as a way to engage with each of you who has opened your heart to this work. Feel free to comment, ask questions, and dig around to your heart’s content. You are welcome here!
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Folks, we’re gettin’ close. Only 5 more weeks and we’ll have another little Johnson in the house! OMG. At 34+ weeks I’m at the stage in pregnancy when you are...
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January 5, 2018
On Christmas Day we had much to celebrate. Not only is Christmas always the best holiday EVER, but this Christmas we celebrated one week of having our sweet Boris home. Yes! On December...
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December 27, 2017
On December 15th a committee will meet to decide if we are allowed to take guardianship of our precious friend, Boris. The committee has never visited a case like ours before...
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December 4, 2017
Happy Fall! The trees are so so beautiful here right now and the weather is unseasonably mild. The day before yesterday I roasted a pumpkin and made a pumpkin cheesecake treat and then...
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October 19, 2017
September first came and went and Ukrainian schools are back in session! Let me just tell you, the feeling that came with not being the new people was such sweet relief. We’ve been...
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September 6, 2017
We’ve been living in the village for almost 2 months now, so I thought I should give a bit of an update on life here. We FINALLY got our gas turned on last week, so that makes...
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August 1, 2017
Today our Vladik is 17 years old. SEVENTEEN! What in the world? He has grown so much in every way over this past year. Soon we’ll celebrate 2 years home for our boy and I’m...
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July 25, 2017
