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Adoption Poems

Joanne — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:33:00 +0000

These would be a great addition to an adoption lifebook. You can also print one out in a nice font, frame it and hang it near your front door.

~ Our Family Tree ~
We’ve added to our family tree
A stronger one to make
A child from another plant
Has become our new namesake.
Just as a limb is grafted
From one tree to another,
It alters and improves the plant
Making it, uniquely, like no other.
Our family tree has been improved
Adoption made this so.
For love, much more than bloodlines,
Makes us thrive and grow.
We chose to share our life and love
And all the joys to come
Our “family tree” has blossomed
With the arrival of our cherished one.
-unknown

~ My Harvest ~
(Carol Lynn Pearson)
I did not plant you, true.
But when the season is done,
When the alternative prayers for sun
and for rain are counted,
When the pain of weeding
And the pride of watching are through,
Then I will hold you high,
A shining sheaf above the thousand seeds grown wild.
Not my planting,
But, by heaven,
My harvest–
My child.

~ Roots & Wings ~
(Suzanne Gulbin)
Who are you that you should come to us?
Your name is Wonder;
Your name is Joy.
You have come gently
into our lives
bringing purity
and the freshness
of new beginnings.
And what shall we give you in return?
We offer you all that we canour best intentions
-our promise of love.
We offer your roots.
We offer you your wings.
We offer you tomorrow.
We offer you ourselves. ~

~ Our Child! ~
With anxious hearts and open arms,
we sought you everywhere.
You, dear child, are a gift from God,
The answer to our prayer.
No matter whether birth or choice,
A home is blessed from above.
When caring parents claim their child,
A family is formed by love

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Adoption Life Book Ideas

Joanne — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 15:41:00 +0000

Your childs lifebook is their story. It’s their past, present and future. It’s a record of their life though words, photographs, memorabilia, artwork and more. There is no wrong way to do a lifebook. It’s really more of a concept. If your child is old enough to participate in helping to put together their lifebook, encourage them to do so. It is great way for open up lines of communication about how they feel about having been adopted, feelings they may have about their birthfamily, etc. Plus, it is a fun thing to do as a family. For those of you who are starting the process, start early and plan it out. Invest in a journal or notebook where you can make notes of things you want to include in the lifebook. Be sure to include your feelings. When you actually sit down to do your lifebook pages, then your journaling information will be already put together and you can use it as a reference. Save mementos & pictures that you may want to use.

Here are some adoption life book ideas to get you started. Some may apply to your adoption and family, while others may not. How did you create your child’s life book? Tell us in a comment.

~ Why you decided to adopt
~ Why you chose a specific country
~ The process you went thru
~ Those who helped you with the process
~ Copies of paperwork that you might want to include
~ Agency letterhead
~ The referral call & what you did when you got it
~ Referral photos & other photos you receive (be sure to write down all those emotions you felt when you saw the photos)
~ Medical exam info
~ What you did during the wait to keep busy
~ Your child’s name – who named them, significance, how decided upon, etc
~ Their room you fixed up for them
~ Preparing your home
~ Family trees (both your family tree and birthfamily info & pictures, if any is known). If you want to wait before sharing more detailed birthfamily info with your child you could put these pages in a separate private album and let your child decide if they want to add them to their album, etc or you add them once you have discussed these issues with your child. Whatever you and your child are most comfortable with.
~ Pictures of your child that you received during the process.
~ Information about their birth place during this timeframe – significant events, stats on what life was like at the time of their adoption, relevant articles, etc
~ A newspaper from the date they were born
~Picture of you ready to embark on your journey to meet or bring your child home.
~ Travel itinerary
~ Ticket stubs
~ Brochures of places you visited
~ Something from the hotels you stayed at, etc.
~ Notable events & people from your trip
~ Pictures from your trip
~ Pictures of the orphanage, caretakers, foster family, foster family home, birth location
~ adoption quotes
~ adoption poems
~ Your first family picture.
~ Your feelings on finally meeting your child.
~ Information your child’s foster family or caretakers share about your child.
~ Your court appearances or visa appointments.
~ First day in their new home.
~ Adoption timeline.
~ Copies of any adoption announcements you placed.
copyright 2007 Joanne Greco

From the Forever Parents adoption forums:

** I combined my son’s lifebook with his scrapbook. It starts with a couple of pictures of hub and me waiting anxiously for him to arrive. The next pictures show the social worker walking into the house with him. There are lots of pictures of our first hour or so as a family. Then, we have the adoption celebration with the adoption agency. I included captions for each picture to explain who everyone was, what was said, etc. Then it moves on to the typical newborn kind of pictures until he reaches 18 days old, which is when we got ICPC approval to go home. My son was wearing a “Going Home” outfit before we got in the car. And then there are the “It’s a Boy” balloons and decorations that we saw when we drove home. (Our families waited to decorate the house until we arrived home so our son and I could actually see the decorations.) After that, it moves on to a typical scrapbook showing his life chronologically.

** My son LOVES to look at his scrapbook. He asks questions about the adoption ceremony. I included it because his adoption was a part of his history. I don’t ever want him to have a “moment” where he “learns” that he was adopted. Incorporating the adoption ceremony into his scrapbook makes his adoption a part of his history — no more and no less.

** I scrapbooked my own “Lifebook” and made it up myself. It reads more like a normal photo album in the way that at the beginning is his birth (bfamily incl.) and goes through his first year of life (so far). I used a separate baby book to record his milestones and it’s not terribly detailed apart from that. It does include an adoption section (by Hallmark). I don’t think that anything that you buy already made will satisfy everyone so that’s why I made my own “Lifebook”. I would have done the exact same thing if I had given birth so I don’t look at it as an adoption thing and give it the label of “Lifebook”, but something I would have done no matter what.

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Adoption Poems

Joanne — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 01:38:00 +0000

Any of these would look great in your child’s adoption lifebook or framed and on their wall.

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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 stranger’s faces
Our hearts were destined to meet.
Without you for me and me for you
Our lives would not have been complete.
-Crystal Dawn Perry
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Today I kissed an angel
I knew it from the start.
The first time my angel smiled at me;
I gave away my heart.
Today I kissed an angel;
This angel child of mine
Though not of my creation,
My child by God’s design.
Today I kissed an angel.
My heart is dancing wild;
Our family, by a miracle;
Blessed by our angel child.
*********************************
Longing for a child to love,
I’d wish upon the stars above.
In my heart I always knew,
A part of me was meant for you.
I think how happy we will be,
Once I adopt you, and you adopt me.
I dream of all the joy you’ll bring,
Imagining even the littlest things.
The way it will feel to hold you tight,
And tuck you in every night.
The drawings on the refrigerator door,
And childhood toys across the floor.
The favorite stories read again and again,
And hours of games with make-believe friends.
The day you took my outstretched hand,
A journey ended, but our lives began.
Still mesmerized by your sweet face,
Still warmed inside by our first embrace.
I promised to give you a happy home,
And a loving family all your own.
A house you’ve now made complete,
With laughter, smiles, and tiny feet.
A parent is one who guides the way,
Know I will be there everyday.
Rest easy as each night you sleep,
A lifetime of love is yours to keep.
Longing for a child to love,
I’d wish upon the stars above.
In my heart I always knew,
A part of me belonged to you.
*************************************

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Adoption Poems

Joanne — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 05:32:00 +0000

Here’s a few adoption poems that would be great framed and hung in your child’s room or in their adoption lifebook.

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My child,
I carried you in my heart
before you were even born
And dared to dream
that you were real.My child,
I carried your picture with me
since the day I received it,
And dared to love
a child I was yet to meet.

My child,
I carried you in my arms at last,
and gazed in helpless wonder
at your face,
And dared to lose
my heart to you.

And now, my child,
a dream fulfilled,
a prayer answered,
a family created,
I have dared to become
a mom.

And so now,
my precious child,
I shall carry you
home.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
One year ago today
we had an answer to a prayer
when we finally received a call
to say that *you* were there.

‘Though holding only a photo,
ours hearts were lost that day
to a tiny girl in China
half a world away.

The baby face and tiny ears,
the lovely almond eyes,
the chubby oh-so-kissable cheeks
held power to mesmerize.

The distance seemed to melt away
‘though still a world a apart.
Gazing at your picture,
we met you heart-to-heart.

At long last knowing you were real
a child to call our own,
the daughter we were soon to meet
to finally bring you home.

And now I hold you in my arms
and count my blessings from above
because just one year ago today
we were given *you* to love.
~Jill Work
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This is our daughter.
We adopted her,
but we will NOT be referring to her as “our adopted daughter.”
She is simply “our daughter”.

This is our daughter

and the niece of her aunts and uncles,
the grandaughter of her grandparents,
the cousin of her cousins,
and the sister of any future children
we add to the family by biology or adoption.This is our daughter

There is no “return policy” on an adopted child.
The whole idea of adopting is a lot like marriage.
You make a lifetime commitment to a person
with no biological relationship to you.
You promise to “love and cherish”
for “richer, for poorer,
for better, for worse,
in sickness and in health-
as long as we both shall live.”This is our daughter

and we ARE her real parents.
She has birth parents (sometimes called biological parents),
but we are her Mom and Dad,
and always will be.This is our daughter

and we love her.
We hope that you will too!
~Jill Work

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Adoption Poems

Joanne — Tue, 29 May 2007 19:31:00 +0000

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 lasted ’til we met
Strangers brought together
A day we won’t forget.
You bloomed as you were planned
In our hearts, our lives, our home.
Our child of chance, of plan, of will
You’re now our very own.
-unknown

************

We said
We’re starting on a second adoption
They said
So soon? Is that wise?
- but they didn’t know
you were waiting for us…

We said
This time we want a boy
They said
Girls are easier to raise
- but they didn’t know
you were waiting for us…

We said
We want a toddler
They said
It’s better to adopt an infant
- but they didn’t know
you were waiting for us…

They said
But how can you afford to?
We said
But how can we afford *not* to,
- since we know
you are waiting for us…

Now we need only find out who-
and where-
you are

***************

A half a world away
Sometimes it seems we’re so far apart
But a half a world away
Is not too far for a journey of ther heart

My little one, my bundle of joy
I’m waiting for you
My precious son, my baby boy
I know you’re waiting too

A half a world away
A child waits for a family of his own
While a half a world away
A family waits to come bring him home

My little one, my bundle of joy
I’m whispering a prayer
My precious son, my baby boy
I hope to soon be there

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Adoption Poems For Children

Joanne — Sun, 27 May 2007 00:34:00 +0000

Here’s some more adoption poems for children that can be included in your child’s adoption lifebook. Scroll down for more adoption quotes and poems.

~~ 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 we share.
The wait is finally over
You’re home, at last, to stay.
And there will always be the memories
Of the joy that filled this day.
With a love that’s running over
By the sight of you alone
Welcome home, dear cherished one,
At long last … welcome home!

>~~ PATCHWORK QUILT ~~
Our family’s like a patchwork quilt,
With kindness gently sewn.
Each piece is an original,
With beauty of its own.
With threads of warmth and happiness,
It’s tightly stitched together.
To last in love throughout the years,
Our family is forever.

~~ LABOR OF MY HEART ~~
I would have given anything
to be the one to know
the pain of bringing you into this world
but it couldn’t be.
Though I did not bring you here
still I labored in my tears
through the long nights I prayed
you would come to me.
You are the labor of my heart Child,
you are the labor of my heart
with all my strength I prayed
till they laid you in my arms Child,
you are the labor of my heart.
Blessed be the maker
of bone of other bone.
He made flesh of my desire
and today I take you home.
You are the labor of my heart Child,
you are the labor of my heart
with all my strength I prayed
till they laid you in my arms Child,
you are the labor of my heart Child,
you are the labor of my heart.

~~ MY SONG ~~

You are the poem I dreamed of writing
The masterpiece
I longed to paint…
You are the shining star I reached for
In my ever hopeful quest
for life fulfilled…
You are my child
Now with all things
I am blessed
~Author Unknown

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