Posts Tagged as ‘adoption’

December 4, 2008

Adopted: The Movie, Is Finally Here

I highly recommend this movie for anyone considering adoption within their race or especially outside their race.  There have been clips from this film on YouTube for months now and they are riviting, emotional, heartwarming and sad.  
As you will see, adoption is not just about getting a baby or getting a child it is a [...]

December 1, 2008

Q & A With A Birth Mom, What You Really Want To Know

If you are thinking about adoption, even if you are in the very early stages of that thought process, one of the big decisions that comes with it is Domestic or International? Given my experience over the last 10 years I would have to say the biggest ‘fear factor’ in a domestic adoption is the [...]

September 18, 2008

Love Lessons: One Adoptive Mother’s Story

 

 
Both of my daughters were adopted almost ten years apart when they were twelve and thirteen days old. Details given about the birth families were limited. The birth families would have the option to register with the agency for a future reunion with their child when they reached age eighteen. That day seemed very far [...]

September 16, 2008

Dive Right In…or not?

Several people I have spoken to recently are at the beginning stages of their adoption process but feel like they are not being given “all the right information” or they feel like something just isn’t right. Whether it is from the adoption attorney, the adoption agency, a social worker, etc. something is either sounds too [...]

September 12, 2008

What is an Adoption Coach?

Not sure if you are ready to give up the infertility treatments?  Thinking about adoption?  Already started the process but feeling like you’re not making any progress?  Wondering who you can really trust?  Feeling overwhelmed by all the information on the Internet?  Been there, done that! (Alone I might add) However, at My Adoption Coach [...]