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21 17 Aug 2013 | 08:48 am
21 will always be a special number for me. 21 was when I felt as though I had become fully grown. I felt liberated and free and ready to show the world how mature I was. But 21 has now taken on a new...
No Contact 16 Aug 2013 | 09:20 am
My son is four, almost five now. When he was younger we would talk to him about adoption. He did not ask much about his birthparents. We would show him a picture of his birth family and tell him hi...
Looks Do Matter 9 Aug 2013 | 07:52 am
When we adopted my son we had not met or seen either of his birth parents. We did not know any physical characteristics other than they were caucasian. My husband and I did not care if our children ...
Keep It Simple 27 Jul 2013 | 07:48 am
The other night while I was putting my four year old son to bed he asked, “Was Sandy, our dog, a baby?” Yes, she was. “Did she grow in her birth mommy’s tummy?” Yes she did. “Why does she not liv...
Adoption: Whose Story Is It to Tell? 25 Jun 2013 | 01:12 am
While there remains little doubt in most people’s minds when it comes to whether or not a child ought to be told that she or he was adopted (the consensus points to a resounding yes!), whether or not ...
Telling Others about the Adoption 18 May 2013 | 01:41 am
Who’s job is it to tell people our child’s adoption story? Is there even such a thing as a right to know when it comes to a person’s adoption status? Of course the child herself or himself has a rig...
“You ARE the Father!” 9 Apr 2013 | 09:39 pm
Maury Povich’s talk show focuses on what is apparently a TV staple nowadays – paternity testing. The usual story blatantly screams of loose morals, lax judgment, or both, and builds up to the patern...
Staying! 7 Mar 2013 | 12:25 am
My mom never really talked about the hard times she had with me as a kid, but there was one story I remembered hearing her tell another young lady who had adopted a child that always kind of stuck wit...
Adoption Experiences… Tastes Like Chicken? 19 Feb 2013 | 01:36 am
Craig is one of my better friends and stops by all the time. He stays well informed about everything happening with my family and we often talked freely about the goings-on in our life. So when my wi...
Not My Child’s Only Parents 29 Jan 2013 | 01:36 am
Most adoptive parents dread the thought of being seen as “not real parents” to their adoptive children. The pendulum seems to swing in the opposite directions out of adoptive parents’ fears, minimizi...
