Farewell to Raising a Rainbow
Given the demands of parenting and work, the Raising a Rainbow foster adoption blogger says goodbye to the AdoptiveFamiliesCircle community.
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Meet the winner, Kathryn, and her dog, Buddy, and the finalists.
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Meet the winners, Steven and his mom, and the finalists.
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Raising a Rainbow
A family's journey through domestic and foster adoption
Recent Blog Posts
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Seeing Adoption from the Other Side, Part Two
It's easy to boast of the "selfless" decision a birth mother makes, but the decision to place a child for adoption is so much more than a single word. It's complex and bittersweet. And it's forever.
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Seeing Adoption from the Other Side, Part One
During our wait to adopt our first child, I befriended a young woman named Jessica who was facing a crisis pregnancy. I realized that women in her situation won't just "get over" placing a child for adoption.
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Dashed Dreams or Reality Check?
A conversation with two foster parents opened my eyes to the realities of parenting children from the system. If we move ahead, it will be sans the rose-colored glasses.
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Are We Ready for a Third Child?
With two babies at home, perhaps this just isn't our season to adopt from foster care.
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Behind the Numbers on Children Waiting in Foster Care
One hundred thousand kids without permanent homes: What does that mean? Like many people in our society, I had grown increasingly immune to numerical data. What forced me to recognize what 100,000 children really mean was...
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Our Work-in-Progress Adoption Journey
I never imagined my children would be of another race (we are Caucasian and both of our children are African-American). I never thought I'd be sharing my children with another set of parents and siblings (both of our adoptions are fully open). But...
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