Lena Wright, a fellow blogger who's waiting to adopt two brothers from Haiti, whom she met on a mission trip this summer, reviewed The Adoption Decision
Here are excerpts from her review:
those already in the process of adopting and even those who have
already adopted.
Laura does a great job of using humor and real life stories to
convey serious issues that need to be considered by prospective
adoptive parents. I appreciated the author’s use of scripture and her
decidedly Christian world view.
Laura shares the stories of many different
adoptive families and this… provides a
realistic picture of adoption so that readers can go into the process
with their eyes opened to some of the challenges. She managed to strike a healthy balance between the reality
of adoption and the fantasy or naiveté that prospective adoptive
parents may have at the beginning of the adoption process.
This book
helped stimulate discussion between my husband and I… she got us thinking about situations
we may encounter with our adopted children. This will allow us to
devise our own strategies for dealing with the challenges that we
encounter as an adoptive family.
The Adoption Decision also
included discussion/reflection questions and a good list of resources.
I found this book to be highly useful, user friendly and thoughtfully
written. I believe it will be a valued resource as we continue on this
Adoption Adventure! I highly recommend The Adoption Decision
Here's a cool YouTube video of kids at the orphanage in Haiti:
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I read this book too and I think it is wonderful for adopting families to give to their relatives and friends. It truly explains how it feels to adopt a child and the things that others can say or do to make things easier and also more difficult.
With each chapter, I kept thinking how I could relate to what was happening. There were parts that made me laugh and parts that made me teary eyed. I really enjoyed it.