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  Finding Our Future in the Past

  My wife kept a journal as we waited to adopt our first child, and we can go back and read the entry from the day he was born. Little did we know we'd one day have an entry for the day our second child was born...

  - Posted by Jeff to Man Up! 6 years, 11 months ago | 4 Comments | Post a reply
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  Can I Love Another?

  Six months into our second adoption I feel disconnected from, even offended by, the process. I need to keep reminding myself that, when I'm holding my little girl in my arms, the uncertainty will be gone, and all of this intrusiveness will have been worth.

  - Posted by Jeff to Man Up! 7 years, 1 month ago | 5 Comments | Post a reply
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  Thinking Back and Looking Ahead

  I've changed from wanting a child who looks like me to insisting on one who doesn't.

  - Posted by Jeff to Man Up! 7 years, 5 months ago | 6 Comments | Post a reply
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  Starting Over

  We've recently jumped back into the fray of home visits, background checks, and endless piles of paperwork to complete a second adoption.

  - Posted by Jeff to Man Up! 7 years, 6 months ago | 5 Comments | Post a reply
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  Worried About the Whys

  Is there a right way to explain to a child how unknown adult circumstances forever altered his life? I think about this often, and while yes, there might be a right way to go about it, it won't be easy. What will I say when my son asks why?

  - Posted by Jeff to Man Up! 8 years, 3 months ago | 7 Comments | Post a reply
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  A Small World

  Reaching out to other families who adopted from our son's children's home in India has brought affirming benefits for our son and ourselves -- and a serendipitous connection.

  - Posted by Jeff to Man Up! 8 years, 8 months ago | 3 Comments | Post a reply
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  A Manu by Any Other Name, Is Not the Same

  We hoped that not giving our son a new name would help him take something from the culture he had to leave behind.

  - Posted by Jeff to Man Up! 8 years, 10 months ago | 6 Comments | Post a reply
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