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How to Make an Adoption Profile Book
Creating an adoption profile book is one of the last things that you will have to do before final approval during the adoption process. An adoption profile book is a collection of text and pictures that represent you and your current family. This is the only thing that a prospective birth mother may see before choosing prospective adoptive families for her child. It can be extremely stressful to try to effectively capture everything about who you are in one book. It’s a lot of pressure! That is why I wanted to develop this step-by-step guide to creating a strong adoption profile book. Before you start writing your adoption profile book:…
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Why I Love Open Adoption | Open Adoption Articles
At first I thought I wanted a closed adoption. Now I couldn't imagine our adoptions not being open. I love our open adoptions.
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Adoption | To Tell or Not to Tell: Is NEVER a Question
To tell of not to tell your child that they are adopted is never a question.
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An Adoption Story | The Process
If you haven't been through the adoption process, you are likely unfamiliar with it. I believe that more people would choose an adoption plan if they understood the process. This post is my personal experience with our first adoption.
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What do I call my birth mother?
I am in an open adoption group on Facebook. The other day I was scrolling through the feed and came across a post from one of the members that was an open adoptee. He was concerned with what to call his birth mom.
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You’re more than a “birth mom”
I hate the term "birth mom". I feel that it does not truly represent who these women are. It sounds as if all they did was give birth. However, their impact on/in the child's life did not start nor does it stop at birth.
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Adoption Experience | Welcome Home
No two adoptions are the same. The process in itself is the same, but the emotions are different. And this adoption experience was definitely different than our first.
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Chosen AGAIN! | Open Adoption Stories
After the finalization of the adoption of our daughter in December of 2018 we were able to apply to renew our home study to be put back on the waiting list to adopt again. We were approved and back on the list in the spring of 2019. We knew that...
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