http://foreverparents.com Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:27:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Missouri Adoption Heart Gallery coming to St. Joseph by Sylvia Anderson Sunday, June 29, 2008 Donald J. is a 10-year-old boy who loves cats, dogs, semi-trucks, going to church and watching Sponge Bob Square Pants on TV. He’s much like other boys his age, except for one thing: Donald dreams of having a ... http://foreverparents.com/2008/06/missouri-adoption-heart-gallery.html I've been subscribing to The Daily Groove, a mindful parenting newsletter from Scott Noelle, for quite a while now. This reminder came at such a great time for me (Thanks Scott!) because it came a few hours before Shawna & I did some paint by numbers and it helped me ... http://foreverparents.com/2008/06/go-with-the-floweven-if-its-wrong.html I just read yesterday that The McCains adopted one of their children (a daughter) from Bangladesh and that was the first I had heard of it. Of course as a parent through adoption I found it interesting (not that it would sway my vote-just cool as a fellow adoptive parent). ... http://foreverparents.com/2008/06/john-mccain-adopted-one-of-his-children-from-bangladesh.html My daughters (who we adopted through foster care) took my husband to Wendy's for a Fathers Day frosty last year and they intend to take him again this year. :) The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is such a great organization and is one that everyone in the adoption community ... http://foreverparents.com/2008/06/treat-dad-to-frosty-and-help-children-in-foster-care.html A couple of times a week, I like to make a cup of tea and catch up on some of my favorite adoption blogs. Here's a few of the posts that caught my eye. :) Lori, a valued member of our adoption forums, blogged about what Adoption Utopia would look like ... http://foreverparents.com/2008/06/interesting-posts-in-the-adoption-blogospere.html (Dublin, OH – May 1, 2008) It’s the list that prompted policy change. After the first Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces in America list debuted in 2007, more than 50 organizations nationwide established or enhanced their adoption benefits for 2008. As a result, employers who made the top 100 list released today ... http://foreverparents.com/2008/06/dave-thomas-foundation-for-adoption-announces-top-100-adoption-friendly-workplaces-in-america.html Author of Logan's Journey, Kathy Heath reads her endearing book on open adoption. A valuable tool for parents and educators, Logan’s Journey can help children understand that families are created in many different ways. http://foreverparents.com/2008/06/childrens-adoption-book-logans-journey.html This has circulated among adoption groups for a while and I just found it as I was cleaning up our old adoption forums on ezboard (we moved to our own server in January). Transracially Adopted Children's Bill of Rights Every child is entitled to love and full membership in his or ... http://foreverparents.com/2008/06/transracially-adopted-childrens-bill-of-rights.html By Michele Marchetti 1. "Want to adopt? You're on your own." Adoption may seem an altruistic endeavor, but it's also a big business and a loosely regulated one. "Nobody's watching for cheaters," says Adam Pertman, executive director of the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute and author of Adoption Nation. Adoption has ... http://foreverparents.com/2008/06/10-things-your-adoption-agency-wont-tell-you.html I've been reading Post Secret for a long time. Every Sunday morning I have my tea while reading other people's deep, dark (and some not so dark) secrets. Sometimes they have to do with adoption. Like this one: (posted at their facebook group which you may have to join to ... http://foreverparents.com/2008/06/adoption-secret-at-postsecret.html