You’re probably aware that November is National Adoption Month. While the media tends to focus this month on creating awareness of the 120,000+ children in foster care who are waiting to be adopted, I like to view it as a month for everyone touched by adoption to honor their ties to adoption.
I was reading the November issue of the BirthMom Buds Bulletin and came across an article by Melanie Mosberg that explains National Adoption month from a birth mom’s perspective. Melanie writes:
White ribbons worn during the month of November serve as reminders of the lifelong benefits adoption offers to young women in crisis pregnancies, children in need of permanent homes and families built through the miracle of adoption. Adoption directly impacts the lives of virtually millions of people.
Melanie suggests several ways birth moms can celebrate, including:
- Get thirty sheets of paper in multiple colors. Daily write something about your adoption journey. On Nov. 30th, assemble into a collage.
- Work on a life book for your child or your own journal.
As for me, I think I’m going to celebrate this month by being thankful for our sons’ birth parents!
More thoughts on National Adoption Day by my fellow adoption.com bloggers:
National Adoption Month Makes Me Pout Every Year
November: Adoption Awareness Month
National Make A National Day Day?
Open adoption and National Adoption Awareness Month, part 1
Open adoption and National Adoption Awareness Month, part 2
National Adoption Awareness Month – A poem
November of 2006 Is National Adoption Month
For more news and information about adoption, visit www.laurachristianson.com, and check out my Exploring Adoption bookstore.
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Hello, I’m new to your blog and also commenting for the first time. I’m an adoptive parent of two Korean teens.
I have found as my kids get older (both are in high school) that I find less and less to celebrate during November, and more and more to reflect upon. Yes, I have an incredible family and two amazing kids who never cease to amaze me. But I also more cognizant of their losses – their parents, their heritage, their language.
I completely agree with you that this is good time to remember the number of children waiting in foster care, and I appreciate that you reminded us of that.
I look forward to reading more.
Thanks, I look forward to reading more.
Also – in my never-ending search for Korean adoption blogs, I tried the Adoption News link in your blogroll, but it has been taken down – here’s the link:
http://www.theadoptionnews.com/
Gratitude and appreciation such wonderful ways to look at life.