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Why I Love Open Adoption | Open Adoption Articles
At first I thought I wanted a closed adoption. Now I couldn't imagine our adoptions not being open. I love our open adoptions.
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Adoption | To Tell or Not to Tell: Is NEVER a Question
To tell of not to tell your child that they are adopted is never a question.
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An Adoption Story | Placement
The story of our placement experience when we adopted our oldest daughter.
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An Adoption Story | The Process
If you haven't been through the adoption process, you are likely unfamiliar with it. I believe that more people would choose an adoption plan if they understood the process. This post is my personal experience with our first adoption.
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What do I call my birth mother?
I am in an open adoption group on Facebook. The other day I was scrolling through the feed and came across a post from one of the members that was an open adoptee. He was concerned with what to call his birth mom.
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You’re more than a “birth mom”
I hate the term "birth mom". I feel that it does not truly represent who these women are. It sounds as if all they did was give birth. However, their impact on/in the child's life did not start nor does it stop at birth.
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Adoption Experience | Welcome Home
No two adoptions are the same. The process in itself is the same, but the emotions are different. And this adoption experience was definitely different than our first.
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Dear Fertile Myrtle, Kindly Shut the F*** Up
As you get older there seems to be a series of expectations for your life set by society. It’s as if there is a task list with deadlines to be ticked off as you go. Maybe you are familiar with this list. It reads: Get into a long-term relationship Get engaged Get married Have a kid Have another kid Have one more kid (but only if your first two are of the same sex. If you already have a boy and a girl stop after step 5) Once you have embarked on task #1 the deadlines start. Don’t worry, society will let you know when the deadline a getting close. …
