In 2008, we started our family through the gift of international adoption. During this process we learned our beautiful new daughter was very ill with a heart defect caused by Agent Orange. She required emergency open heart surgery at eight months of age which mended her heart yet left her very fragile. A few months later, when we were finally united with her in Vietnam, we began her journey of healing. As a new mom, I was determined to do things as naturally as possible ...