Reality Of An Adult Adoptee

Delta Winds: A Magazine of Student Essays
A Publication of San Joaquin Delta College
2000
I Am Who I Am
Cheryl Evans
In the middle of the afternoon the phone rang interrupting Delores from her afternoon ritual of chamomile tea and the daily newspaper. The caller did not identify herself but quickly confirmed she was speaking to the right party. [...]

Study On Adoptive Parents: American Sociological Review

Study: Adoptive Parents Get High Marks
By DAVID CRARY
AP National WriterFebruary 12, 2007 NEW YORK
Read the study on adoptive parents
Adoptive parents invest more time and financial resources in their children than biological parents, according to a new national study challenging arguments that have been used to oppose same-sex marriage and gay adoption.
The study, published in the [...]

Complaints about Adoption Services Worldwide

Another couple has come forward, complaining about a San Antonio adoption agency. The husband and wife say they gave Adoption Services Worldwide about $20,000 and got nothing in return. The couple says their only option was to adopt. So, they handed over their life savings.
Then two years later and still no baby, the agency called [...]

Adoption Poems

These poems would make a great addition to your child’s adoption lifebook!

You first came to us in an envelope
With letters, forms and such
Just two tiny little pictures
With nothing warm to touch.
You grew in our imagination
In our hearts and in our minds.
You brought us greater joy
Than we ever thought we’d find.
A phone call started labor pains
Which [...]

Adopting An Infant And Choosing Their Name

I recently asked this question to our members at the Forever Parents adoption forums:For those who adopted an infant through domestic adoption, how much input did the biological mother have on your choosing a name for your child?
Out of the eight replies, the results were;
* The bio. mother chose the name and I had no [...]

Sheryl Crow’s Son Wyatt

45-year-old singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow and her new son Wyatt graced the cover of Ok! magazine.
Sheryl, who went through a closed, out-of-state adoption had this to say “He will know he’s adopted. He will know as much as he wants to know about his family. And if the time comes that he wants to meet his [...]

Adoption Poems

Here’s some more adoption poems that can be included in your child’s adoption lifebook
~~ WELCOME HOME ~~
Tonight as you lie sleeping
For the first time in your bed,
There must be something lasting
And profound that should be said.
But as your face is gazed upon
Framed by your soft, blond hair
No words can tell or quite express
The feelings that [...]

“You Couldn’t Have Your Own?”

When adoption comes up in conversations with new people, I often get asked the $10,000 question, “you couldn’t have your own?”.
My answer always is “Yes, I do have my own. I just told you I adopted three children, didn’t I? You meant to ask, do you have any biological children, and to that my answer [...]

Making the Decision to Adopt

What was it that brought you to adoption? What made you decide to adopt? We asked some of the members of the Forever Parents adoption forum and here’s what they had to say. Feel free to answer in a comment here. We’d love to know what our visitors think.
** Adoption was not something [...]

Katherine Heigl Should Think Before She Speaks

Katherine Heigl, from Grey’s Anatomy, told USA Today that she has ruled out having biological children, saying that she’s always planned to adopt.
That’s great…I love when people want to adopt. I wish more people would.
But this next remark pisses me off.
“I’m done with the whole idea of having my own children”.
Does Katherine think when when [...]