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children in need here

I think it is a shame the way some movie stars ect. have a big deal made out of their adopting children from overseas. What happened to those children here that need homes? How about those foster children who want a family so bad? Why in the world can't they seem to see that? I know these questions will never really have answers. But gosh darn it, it really makes me mad. There are so many kids out there that need homes and so few homes. I'm not trying to be mean but don't you have to take of you… Continue

Added by shannon clark on March 14, 2010 at 10:52am — No Comments

Podcasts

I'm currently learning how to do podcasts so I can add them to my web site. The first pc will be on the topic of adopting a child after s/he has already been through one or two adoption breakdowns. My guest will be a mom of many who has adopted 6 children from previously failed adoptions. My second guest will be speaking on sensory integration, a topic that is relevant to many of us who have adopted children with fasd. I hope to have the first one done by the end of April, and then get my speed… Continue

Added by Brenda McCreight on March 12, 2010 at 2:58pm — No Comments

What I learned from Orange Juice

I had an interesting experience with orange juice the other day. If you need a good laugh today, you can read about it on Dillon’s blog at www.dillonadopt.blogspot.com

Cherri W.

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Added by Cherri Walrod on March 12, 2010 at 11:21am — No Comments

Parenting Class Beginning Soon!

Parenting the Adopted Child: Tweens, Teens and Beyond:

A six week course involving self-reflection and response writing and focuses on teaching you how to identify and address the issues that your adopted child struggles with.

Primary issues of loss, grief, and identity will be examined and explored in depth so that you can better support your adopted child in the transition from child to tween and teen.

More information on class, dates, a

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Added by Judy on March 11, 2010 at 8:37am — No Comments

How do you define family?

When I tell people that I was reconnected with my birth father sometimes they say "Oh so you found your real family?"

This makes me think, what is your REAL family? Is it the people you grow up with or the people who are related to you, or maybe both?

One of my favorites quotes that I use a lot when telling my adoption story is this:

"Losing ones family obligous us t

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Added by Nelson Ward de Witt on March 10, 2010 at 9:55pm — No Comments

Ever thought about starting your own adoption agency?

My Cousin and I are thinking about starting our own adoption agency. We would love any input you may have .We are doing some research to see what we need to do. Continue

Added by Regina Buckmiller on March 9, 2010 at 10:44pm — 1 Comment

EXCLUSIVE FUNDRAISER FROM EVERLASTING ADOPTIONS ~ EVERLASTING REASONS ~

We’ve come up with a simple adoption fundraiser that will allow friends and family to donate to your adoption funding while also sharing with your potential birthmom all the reasons your supporters
feel you are the right family to adopt!

While we’d love the opportunity to have you in our waiting families at Everlasting Adoptions, you do not have to be contracted with Everlasting Adoptions to use our adoption fund

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Added by Everlasting Adoptions on March 9, 2010 at 7:42pm — No Comments

No Longer An Orphan

It was an ordinary day. My youngest daughter and I had gone to the local store for our weekly shopping. We both enjoyed these occasions to not only be together but also to experience the fun of buying food.

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Added by Sharon Beth Brani on March 9, 2010 at 1:15pm — No Comments

Who Wears the Black Hat in Haiti?

I wasn’t going to blog about Haitian orphans again. Really, I wasn’t. I figured I had worn my audience thin on the subject; it was time to move on. My resolve wavered, but held firm even when last Friday’s mail brought Time Magazine and the Wall Street Journal both running stories on the “Haitian orphan crisis”. But after read… Continue

Added by Dawn Davenport on March 9, 2010 at 12:53pm — 1 Comment

Openness Is a State of Mind

I think something's missing from the collective "openness in adoption" discussion, and I think it's something we can't afford to miss. It's this: before it's anything else, openness is a state of mind.

True openness is acknowledging and respecting the whole of the adoption experience. It's inviting in the entirety of adoption and really meaning it.

For adoptive parents it means so much more than pictures and letters and annual visits with birth family.

It means not j… Continue

Added by Sally Bacchetta on March 8, 2010 at 11:22am — No Comments

Fundraising for Your Adoption

We've officially launched One Hundred Good Wishes! www.onehundredgoodwishes.com/ is now available to adoptive families who are in process of adopting and are home-study approved!

One Hundred Good Wishes is a FREE fundraising web-based tool for adoptive families wishing to raise partial or full support for their adoptions. We understand the significant financial challenges of… Continue

Added by Courtney Johnson on March 6, 2010 at 8:26pm — No Comments

Adoption Book Giveaway

I'm giving away a signed copy of my book, What I Want My Adopted Child to Know: An Adoptive Parent's Perspective. Enter the drawing at my blog www.theadoptiveparent.blogspot.com.
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Added by Sally Bacchetta on March 6, 2010 at 12:44pm — 1 Comment

Another Life Lesson

I’m a book person, always have been, and I imagine that when my sight fails I will request the companionship of someone who wouldn’t mind reading to me; books on tape just don’t smell the same.

Anyhow, I turned to a book I found shortly after I had begun working with hospice. I knew Kubler-Ross worked extensively with death/dying/grief and I liked the fact that this books title had ‘life’ in it. Life Lessons (Kubler-Ross & Kessler). I finished it a few months ago, but I a

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Added by D. Batchelor on March 5, 2010 at 5:35am — No Comments

hoping to adopt

we live in alabama and we are hoping to adopt Continue

Added by joy anderton on March 3, 2010 at 2:31pm — No Comments

Older Child Adoption from China

I’ve been asked a lot recently how I feel about the growing number of adoption pleas we see for kids who are almost turning 14 and aging out of the international adoption process. Some people have written me that they feel it is wrong to make a child start over at age 13 or 14, having to learn a new language and not really understanding what it means to live in a family. Many have expressed concern that the kids will be leaving the friends they have had their whole lives, wh

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Added by Amy Eldridge on March 2, 2010 at 10:25am — 2 Comments

Get this book!

Giving away a copy of Sally Bacchetta's new book… Continue

Added by Anna Mitchell on March 1, 2010 at 11:00am — No Comments

Wedding Obsessions!

Obsess much.... Yes I may be obsessing over the wedding. I mean, what girl wouldn't? Right? I seriously did not get any sleep last night, but 1 hour. Oh, my! I kept going on over my head what I want to do with the wedding. I have a lot of it written down. I just keep coming up with more and more. Maybe I should be a wedding plann… Continue

Added by Carol Marie on February 28, 2010 at 9:46pm — No Comments

"A better Mother"

A friend of mine posted this on another forum. I love the message it has, and how accurately in conveys the feelings of an adoptive mother...

There are women that become mothers without effort, without thought, without patience or loss and though they are good mothers and love their children, I know that I will be better.

I will be better not b… Continue

Added by Mary Boyle on February 28, 2010 at 5:37pm — No Comments

When Rain Hurts (A "Not So Happily Ever After" Russian Adoption Love Story)

Posted below are the Introduction and Chapter 1 of my book project, When Rain Hurts. Please visit http://whenrainhurts.wordpress.com to read/review the entire project, which includes photos. Each chapter of the book is preceded by a journal entry, which provides a current verbal snapshot for comparison against the backstory of our adoption journey. Thanks for reading!

PS: I apologize for the crazy formatting - I do

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Added by Mary Greene on February 26, 2010 at 8:30pm — No Comments

One year--Home study Renewal Time

It has been a year, and we are in the process of renewing our home study. I can't believe it's been a whole year since we started this journey already. I'd love to hear from you about advice to keep the anticipation in this journey. We were on fire last year! But it seems like it just isn't what it used to be. We've had two disappointments during this last year. Anticipation, but then frustration. It wasn't meant to be. I wish each of the situations had worked out, and unfortunately, one ended i… Continue

Added by Karla Lohaus-Fast on February 23, 2010 at 11:10pm — 2 Comments

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children in need here

Podcasts

What I learned from Orange Juice

Parenting Class Beginning Soon!

How do you define family?

Ever thought about starting your own adoption agency?

EXCLUSIVE FUNDRAISER FROM EVERLASTING ADOPTIONS ~ EVERLASTING REASONS ~

No Longer An Orphan

Who Wears the Black Hat in Haiti?

Openness Is a State of Mind

Fundraising for Your Adoption

Adoption Book Giveaway

Another Life Lesson

hoping to adopt

Older Child Adoption from China

Get this book!

Wedding Obsessions!

"A better Mother"

When Rain Hurts (A "Not So Happily Ever After" Russian Adoption Love Story)

One year--Home study Renewal Time

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