adoptive parenting

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• Open Adoption Roundtable #9

  
  this woman's work — Authority: 128
  Open Adoption Roundtable #9 This round we’re going to consider one critique of fully open adoptions. Have you ever heard–or perhaps even made–statements like these? “We have medical histories and can share the information we have about their birth parents with our children now. If they feel a need to ...
  4 days ago

• Q&A with Mei-Ling Hopgood - Lucky Girl

  
  Mother Talkers — Authority: 139
  Mei-Ling Hopgood wrote the new memoir Lucky Girl .  Now based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Hopgood is a journalist as well as mom. She took time during a trip from BA to New York to answer some questions. (Shell be at events Princeton, NJ, NY, Phoenix AZ, and Connecticut in early November ) Q First off, how ...
  5 days ago

• Real real mama

  
  this woman's work — Authority: 128
  That’s what Madison has taken to calling Pennie. She says, “You know, my real real mama.” When she talks about her adoption, she says, “It’s hard to miss your real real mama.” They were talking about adoption on Arthur today (you know, for National Adoption Month and all) and she told me, “Hey! ...
  1 week ago

• Honesty and the value of blogs

  
  this woman's work — Authority: 128
  Even though I am still sick sick sick (and sick) and so not thinking very straight (and can’t talk at all — my voice is gone) I wanted to chime in on this over at Letters to a Birthmother : Despite our firm belief that overall openness is a good thing–the right thing–, there are events that happen within ...
  1 week ago

• Adoption Carnival III: Fave Pics of Adoption

  
  this woman's work — Authority: 128
  I’ve shared my most favorite open adoption picture before but I’m sharing it again because it’s just that good. This is a picture of Madison asking Pennie about her birth three years ago. That’s 2-year old Madison there in her spooky Halloween shirt and there’s Pennie growing out her hair nappturality . ...
  1 week ago

• grand contact

  
  life from here: musings from the edge — Authority: 112
  We’ve had lots of activity this past week with Baby J’s birth family that has left us feeling really positive. Last weekend, M and I took a drive to K’s hometown, where Baby J was born, and had a wonderful lunch. We visited with K’s mom, Baby J’s first grandmother. She simply adores this baby, her first ...
  2 weeks ago

• Adoption Ethics and Birth Parents

  
  Creating a Family — Authority: 103
  Some blogs write themselves.  Words and thoughts flow in perfect harmony.  Writing other blogs is like walking uphill in ill fitting boots.  I have found that the uphill blogs are usually when I lack clarity or am struggling with what to think.  This is one of those blogs. I have posted three disturbing stories ...
  3 weeks ago

• Donor Eggs = Half Adoption??

  
  Creating a Family — Authority: 103
  We did a Creating a Family show this past Spring ( February 11, 2009 ) on how to know when you are ready to move to donor eggs or sperm.  One of the email questions we received called using donor eggs “half adoption”.  I haven’t gone back are re-listened to the show, but if memory serves (and it is doing so ...
  7 weeks ago

• Donor Eggs = Half Adoption??

  
  Creating a Family — Authority: 103
  We did a Creating a Family show this past Spring ( February 11, 2009 ) on how to know when you are ready to move to donor eggs or sperm.  One of the email questions we received called using donor eggs “half adoption”.  I haven’t gone back and re-listened to the show, but if memory serves (and it is doing so ...
  7 weeks ago

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