29 Adoptions in Seattle Finalized on National Adop...

Court finalizes 29 adoptions By PAUL NYHAN P-I REPORTER Most parents meet their children in the delivery room, a few even earlier in their dreams, but Kymberli Nelson met her daughter Maci in the emergency room. Three years ago, a foster care coordinator called Nelson to ask if she would take on the severely malnourished baby girl, though only if Maci survived the night. Nelson didn’t hesitate, driving her Cadillac to...

Angelina Jolie’s Adoption Was Legal

Angelina Jolie’s adoption of a baby from Ethiopia was “legal” according to the agency that approved it in 2005. Recent news reports said a woman who claimed to be the birth mother of Zahara, two, wanted the child back. But Dr Tsegaye Berhe, head of the Wide Horizons for Children agency, told the Reuters news agency it was “media hype by unethical journalists”. At the time of the adoption,...

Adoption Agency Accused of Negligence

Families who hoped to adopt babies from the Marshall Islands accuse the Utah firm of negligence By Kirsten Stewart: The Salt Lake Tribune Nine families who had hoped to adopt Marshallese babies through Legacy International Adoptions are now suing the Utah agency, arguing it lied to them and duped birth mothers into traveling to the United States to relinquish their infants. The adoptions were never finalized, but the...

Domestic Adoption Podcast

Part One Part Two Part Three From their website: Our friend Lindsey joins us in the studio to talk about her experiences with the domestic adoption process. Unlike our friend Sarah who adopted internationally, Lindsey and her husband Josh have had to endure (and are still enduring) many different and unexpected hurdles while trying to adopt a baby here in the US. It has been an exhilarating, exhausting and very emotional...

Adoptee Meets Biological Parents After Series Of C...

Couple’s Life Changes 25 Years After Placing Baby for Adoption By BOB BROWN Until the summer of 2006, Laurie and Chuck Thompson had shared a secret for a quarter of a century. The secret dated back to their school days in 1980, when Laurie was a sophomore at Fort LeBoeuf High School in Erie, Pa. She played saxophone in the school band, and she had a horse named Lady that she rode and relied on for company whenever she...

Presidential Proclamation for 2007 National Adopti...

2007 President’s Proclamation National Adoption Month, 2007 During National Adoption Month, we recognize the adoptive and foster families who have shared their homes and hearts with children in need, and we encourage more Americans to consider adopting young people of all ages. Families who adopt show the generous spirit of our Nation. Every child desires a permanent home, and when parents adopt a child to love as their...

Grateful

I’m grateful for my children because they have taught me so many things….even things I didn’t want to learn. My youngest (my nine year old daughter that we adopted at age five) teaches me to not take life, or myself to seriously. She also teaches me about unconditional love and what that really means. My middle one (daughter age twelve, adopted at seven) teaches me empathy and forgiveness. My oldest (fifteen...

Adoption Poems

Any of these would look great in your child’s adoption lifebook or framed and on their wall. ************************** My heart felt something missing. At the time, I didn’t know that “something” Would become my reason for living. I don’t know why our life together began so far apart. How could I have known A faraway land held the missing beat of my heart? From distant places with...

Nice Matters Award

As I posted before, I’m still updating the blog after being away and I wanted to thank Kathy at My Crazy Life for the “Nice Matters” award and also for the “nice” things she said about me. (no, I didn’t pay her-lol) You can see it in the sidebar. Take a look…it’s pretty. Thank you Kathy!! Share

Halloween 2007

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Questions To Ask An Adoption Agency

If you’re just starting out with your adoption journey and are considering using an agency, this printable might come in handy. Questions to Ask an Adoption Agency Share Tags: adoption agency Related posts The Cost Of Adoption In The United States (6) The Adoption Agency/Parent Relationship and its Effect on Attachment (4) Rosie’s

Our Parenting Choices

Our Parenting Choices: by Pam Leo “Everyday, every parent makes major and minor, conscious and unconscious decisions about how to interact with their children. We may be pushed by the traditions of culture, or the approval or disapproval of family members, but in the end, all parents decide for themselves how to treat their children.” - Dr. Meredith F. Small, Author of “Our Babies, Ourselves” From the...

I’m a Rockin’ Girl Blogger!

I’ll be spending a considerable amount of time answering comments, updating posts and working on this blog over the month of November. With everything that has gone on, things kind of got backed up but it’ll get all sorted out over time. One of the things I wanted to let you know is that Holly gave me the Rockin’ Girl Blogger award! How cool is that? I’ll have to wait until I get home (we’re on...

Four Year Adoption Anniversary

October 30 was our 4 year adoption anniversary. We do something each year to celebrate, remember and honor the day. We usually do something fun and there’s also lots of reflection and looking at photos throughout the day. We feel very lucky to be a family (except Cimion, who has trust issues to deal with). This year we decided to stay here. Unfortunately for him, Cimion won’t be there (he doesn’t come home...

NaBloPoMo

I decided to join NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month) this year. I wanted to do it last year but found out about it to late. It’s a challenge to post something to your blog everyday for the month of November and was inspired by NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) whose challenge is to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. Wish me luck! LOL Share

National Adoption Month

Hello…I’ll be back to regular posting and what better way to start than to blog about National Adoption Awareness Month and National Adoption Day on November 17. On National Adoption Day 2007 – Saturday, November 17 – an unprecedented number of courts and communities across the nation will come together to finalize thousands of adoptions of children from foster care and to celebrate all families who adopt....