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December 4, 2009 Blogging Bistro

This post is reprinted from my business Web site, Blogging Bistro. I don’t normally post non-adoption-related articles, but Christmas is on its way and I know many of you are looking for great gift ideas.

My husband brought home the new Costco cookbook (Home Cooking THE COSTCO WAY) and I’ve been engrossed in it, slapping sticky [...]

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Have You Seen ‘Find My Family’?

November 24, 2009 Books, Music & Movies

ABC launched new reality show called “Find My Family” Monday. Did you catch it?
I didn’t; I was out. From the previews, it appears to be a tug-your-heartstrings show about people in closed adoptions who are searching for (and finding) their birth parents.
I remember a few years ago when one of the networks tried to launch [...]

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Want to do Some Adoption Reading? Try these 12 Books

November 10, 2009 Books, Music & Movies

If you’re itching to learn more about adoption, here’s an informative post that showcases 12 adoption-themed books.
You’ll find fiction, non-fiction, pre- and post-adoption, as well as books for birth parents and adopted people.
WinePress is a Christian publishing company, so I assume all 12 books are written from a Christian worldview.

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Fantastic Ways to Celebrate National Adoption Month

November 6, 2009 Adoption & Infertility Ministry

November is National Adoption Month, and Sunday, November 8 is Orphan Sunday.
Here are links to articles and videos that celebrate adoption:

Orphan Sunday, Live, From Nashville – With Steven Curtis Chapman, Jim Daly and Dennis Rainey. If you missed the live event, you can watch it at GospelMusicChannel.com starting Friday evening, Nov 13, 2009.

Adoption and [...]

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Post-Adoption Support Available

October 12, 2009 Parenting

I often share information for pre-adoptive parents on my Exploring Adoption blog. But post-adoptive families need support, too. It may not feel like it during the adoption process, but the post-adoption period lasts much longer than the pre-adoptive one.
Here are a couple of recommended resources for post-adoptive families.  If you have favorites, be sure to [...]

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Does Working the Night Shift Prevent You From Adopting?

September 24, 2009 Single Parent Adoption

I received this e-mail from a single woman who has started the adoption process:
I work four nights per week and I am off three days. My job is pretty flexible with the nights, and I have a good support system… my mom and a close friend have agreed to care for my child a few [...]

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‘Handbook on Thriving as an Adoptive Family’ Receives Excellent Review

July 15, 2009 Books, Music & Movies

David Sanford, general editor of the anthology, Handbook on Thriving as an Adoptive Family, e-mailed me a review of the book, published on Examiner.com. David knew I’d be interested, since I wrote the chapter on post-adoption support.
Reviewer Gail Welborn explains that the book’s 17 chapters cover topics such as attachment and bonding issues, sibling and [...]

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A Birthmom’s Perspective: Adoption Will Always Hurt, But it Doesn’t Have to be a Curse

July 8, 2009 Birth Parents

This guest column, “Remembering the Reason,” will help adoptive parents understand adoption from the perspective of a birth mom. Reprinted from the BirthMom Buds Bulletin, July 2009, with permission from BirthMom Buds and the author, Brie M.
There are many reasons why an expectant mother makes an adoption plan for her baby. At the top of [...]

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Resources for White Parents Adopting African American Children

July 6, 2009 Parenting

A reader named Ron – who’s a new adoptive grandpa – writes:
My daughter and her husband have adopted an African American baby. My wife and I are both elated to have a grand-daughter. We want to do the right things so she, as an African American will be fine being adopted by a Caucasian family.  [...]

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New Online Adoption Magazine Debuts

June 17, 2009 Adoption & Infertility Ministry

Weaving Families Adoption Ministry debuted its free online magazine this month.
RJ Caswell, Exective Director of the North Carolina-based ministry, writes:

Our mission is providing adoption counseling, education, and comfort throughout the lifelong journey of adoption. We felt the magazine “fit” with education and comfort, but we wanted it to be more than just an adoption magazine.
Many [...]

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