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The entire adoption process is fraught with fear. Both potential adoptive parents and birth mothers have very real and valid fears. A good agency and facilitator will try to address these fears and help all sides come to terms with them. For birth mothers, an ethical agency will provide outside counseling as well. The majority of these fears […]
Family to Family is the adoption agency we used for Charlie’s adoption. They have an educational fund for birth mothers set up and the fund is running low. If you wish to donate, the link is below. I know Charlie’s birth mother benefited from this fund to continue her education after placing Charlie. The following is directly from […]
At BlogHer ’11 I met many wonderful women. Some of the most special were during lunch at the Adoption Birds of a Feather table. I briefly met Aunt Becky from Mommy Wants Vodka. She runs a community blog. Band Back Together. It is unique in many ways, mostly because it talks about some tough subjects. Shedding […]
Charlie is adopted. His best friend at school, Martin, is also adopted along with his sister, Lila. They were adopted from foster care through Depelchin Children’s Center. Lori just posted on Facebook that 1 year ago this Saturday, Nov. 19th, she and her husband adopted Lila and Martin. Their social worker from Depelchin called to […]
The other day Charlie brought home an assignment for the Multi-Cultural Festival at school. The project was to decorate the figure to represent themselves and their culture. This is the first time we’ve had a school assignment that indirectly relates to Charlie’s adoption. Charlie is full Hispanic (domestic adoption). Hubby is first generation Irish. I’m an […]
