I don't have a lot of time to post this morning, as we are headed out to the big city for a doctor appointment (for Marcus actually...the kid has life-threatening allergies).

I documented my day yesterday for "A Day in the Life of Me" posts that I will get up tomorrow. :)

But before we go out the door, I wanted to share with you the link to Deca Productions.

Early on in our adoption process for Belane last year, we agreed to participate in a documentary that was being filmed about adopting kids that are HIV+. We spoke to the crew quite a bit, and when they traveled to Ethiopia in the summer last year, they got film of Belane, AHOPE and the other children.

They were at our airport and documented Belane's arrival to the US and meeting the rest of our family, and they followed us home and got some film of Belane's first shell-shocked-early-days home (and my completely exhausted and jet-lagged early days home!)

The name of the documentary is "We Are Still Here", and although it isn't complete yet, you can see the trailer here. If you look under "Reel" you can also see some of the Chances by Choice fundraising video.

The project was "pitched" to Oprah back after the holidays, but since they haven't heard anything back yet, it is now being pitched to HBO next week.

It is really exciting to me that these kids are having someone pay attention to them and tell their story, and draw attention to them. It is one thing to hear about "millions of orphaned children in Africa" but it is different to look into their faces.

I also hope that by sharing our story, and the wonderful other families that share their stories in this documentary, will help dispell some myths about HIV, make people realize that adoption is possible for these kids, and possibly even help a few decide that maybe it is something right for their family.

So, enjoy the link. In case you don't know, I am the one with the chin-length straight hair. Belane is hard to miss.

Let me know what you think!