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outside in20 comments

luna wrote 1 week ago: So I went to my first “new moms” group meeting last week. It took me nearly six months t … more →

Adoptive Parenting

theinternationalmom wrote 2 weeks ago: I spent a good portion of my day in adoption workshops yesterday. The last opportunity I had to atte … more →

Tags: adopted teens, Adoption Issues, Adoptive Mom's Perspective, Advocacy, The International Mom, Attachment, International Adoption, Jean MacLeod

grand contact21 comments

luna wrote 1 month ago: We’ve had lots of activity this past week with Baby J’s birth family that has left us fe … more →

Tags: Adoption, Family of Origin, Openness

walking on water2 comments

journey mom wrote 2 months ago: Almost a year and a half ago, about three weeks before we were due to leave Claremont and return hom … more →

Tags: Home, New Life

a year with noah

journey mom wrote 3 months ago: A year ago today, we met our third child at the airport for the first time. Noah was just over four … more →

Tags: expectancy, Offspring

claiming our own17 comments

luna wrote 3 months ago: I recently wrote about the concept of “possession” and “ownership” when it c … more →

Tags: Infertility sucks, Adoption

testing the limits11 comments

luna wrote 3 months ago: Earlier I wrote a post titled “yesterday and tomorrow.” This one could aptly be titled … more →

Tags: Adoption, Openness, Family of Origin

yesterday and tomorrow7 comments

luna wrote 3 months ago: I think this post also could be called “one step closer” or “what a difference a y … more →

Tags: Adoption, Home Study, Post-Placement

50 day update17 comments

luna wrote 4 months ago: Dear blogosphere, Sorry I have not been in touch more often. It’s been so hard to find the tim … more →

Tags: Adoption

Songs to Commemorate Three Years5 comments

Mary wrote 4 months ago: Three songs will always capture how I’ve felt about the journey to July 10, 2006.  Three years … more →

Tags: mama mia, Life, Milestones, Music, time, Motherhood, Parenting, Adoption

How has it been 10 years?

Mindy wrote 6 months ago: Ten years ago today, baby MingMing took one look at my scary Caucasian face and burst into tears.  S … more →

Tags: Adoptive/birth families, Connections, Daughters, Family, Parenting, Siblings, Gotcha Day

telling other kids about adoption7 comments

luna wrote 7 months ago: Last time I sought  recommendations on your favorite children’s books, I got some fantastic re … more →

Tags: Adoption, Read

empowering acts22 comments

luna wrote 7 months ago: Thank you, kind friends, for your generous words of support. They came at a most opportune time. Tod … more →

Tags: Adoption, Family of Origin

Three Strands Still Unbroken18 comments

Mary wrote 8 months ago: March 16, 2005 I remember the blue paint peeling off the siding of the frame house off Vine Street, … more →

Tags: mama mia, Milestones, time, Parenting, Adoption, foster parenting

Choosing the exact right topic -

Mindy wrote 10 months ago: Sis has to do a final presentation in her Civics class this year, and her teacher has asked them to … more →

Tags: Parenting, Daughters, Culture, Family, Adoptive/birth families, writing, Education, Connections, Middle School

Resilient Adoptive Parents

pkelner wrote 10 months ago: After attending a support group meeting last evening for parents with attachment disordered children … more →

Tags: Adoption, Adopted children, radical attachment disorder

Hell Just Keeps Getting Deeper

Mindy wrote 10 months ago: That’s what I get for embracing a new optimism – new year, new president, new hope.   He … more →

Tags: Culture, US current events, Religion, Adoptive/birth families, Current Affairs, Diversity, Bigotry, muslims, Guns

Adopted: The Movie, Is Finally Here

megcoldwells wrote 12 months ago: I highly recommend this movie for anyone considering adoption within their race or especially outsid … more →

Tags: Adoption, Family Building, a Barb Lee film, adopted the movie, adopting parents, Adoption Stories, adoption workers, adult adoptees, children of adoption

A black hole -2 comments

Mindy wrote 12 months ago: Sis feels like she’s fallen into one, and as I reach to pull her out, I realize my mommy-arm o … more →

Tags: Single Parenting, Daughters, Divorced family, Adoptive/birth families, Mental Health or the lack thereof


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