What’s Your Open Adoption Truth?
You might have seen my somewhat rambling posts on the AdoptiveFamiliesCircle group boards: A call for participants to be part of a genuine, frank, and heartfelt web series about open…
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Birthparent Connections
More from AFC's adoption bloggers about forging and maintaining connections with international and domestic birthparents.-
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Unrelated? Oh, I Can Relate.
It amazed me that the tiny slip of a town where my daughter was born could offer as much culture shock as any far-off destination. It wasn't the Midwest accent,…
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Debacle
That's the first word that comes to mind as I think about our recent long-weekend visit to Indiana, to see Beth's birth family. First of all there was far too…
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Making the Leap from Birth Family to Family
Here's the main reason I wanted to adopt a baby rather than adopt donor eggs -- the young woman donating her eggs would remain anonymous. We would have known her…
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UPDATE! My Daughter’s Biological Mom Called
It was right before Halloween. Kim and I exchanged one quick phone call and planned on speaking again in the next day or two, so her kids could talk to…
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“Who Needs Her?”
I thought for sure I'd hear from Kim, my daughter's biological mother, on Beth's third birthday, which was back in February. Nothing. Then I thought we'd connect on Mother's Day.…
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“She’s So Lucky”
A recent post posing the question, "how do you respond when people praise you for adopting?" has resonated deeply with me. When we first brought our newborn daughter home from…
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Third Birthday Thoughts
I think of my daughter’s biological mother, Kim, practically every day. Sometimes I think of Kim when I hear the weather forecast. With all the mild temperatures we’ve been having…
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“My Mom Tells Them How I’m Doing”
Recently, I brought my children to a friend's house for a playdate. Our kids were sitting at the dining table, waiting for their lunch, while my friend and I assembled…
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How I Handled Calls with Prospective Birthmothers
Our adoption advertising was placed, our adoption profile book was ready to go, and it was only a matter of time before our 800-line started ringing with calls from prospective…
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