Recent Adoption Blog | About Adoption PostsRacism, Current Events, and Halloween Historyby Pam Connell31 Oct 2009 08:08 PMNot many people know what Halloween meant to the early Celtic Christians of Ireland. I knew that the name "Hallow-even" meant "eve of All Hallows (All Saints' Day), a feast day still celebrated by many Christian denominations. More People-Watching (Reading)by Pam Connell11 Oct 2009 12:18 AMLast week I wrote about Katherine Heigl's newly adopted daughter, who is ten months old and was adopted from Korea. Book Review: A Mother for Chocoby Pam Connell30 Aug 2009 05:56 PMA Mother for Choco is a book very popular with adoptive families. Choco is a young bird who lives all alone and wished he could have a mother. One day, he sets off to find her. First he spies a giraffe, and says, "Oh, Mrs. Giraffe, you are yellow like me! Are you my mother?" Mrs. More Issues to Think Aboutby Pam Connell22 Aug 2009 06:14 PMMy last several blogs have been inspired by my reading Waiting Child: How the Faith and Love of One Orphan Saved the Life of Another. Children Who Don't Know How to be Childrenby Pam Connell15 Aug 2009 03:08 PMSometimes adoptive parents are surprised to discover that an older adopted child, toddler, school-age or teen, does not fit our society's image of a child. Sometimes children have been responsible for taking care of themselves. Issues Illuminated in The Waiting Childby Pam Connell12 Aug 2009 09:17 PMLast week I wrote about Cindy's Champnella's book The Waiting Child: How the Faith and Love of One Orphan Saved the Life of Another, which tells the incredible story of her four-year-old daughter's campaign to find a family for a toddler she had been assigned to take care of at her orphanage. Book Review: Before Green Gablesby Pam Connell11 Jul 2009 01:55 AMOne of literature's most famous foster children/adoptees is Anne Shirley, of Green Gables, Avonlea, Prince Edward Island... Many special editions of Lucy Maud Montgomery's original series are being released this year in honor of the 100th anniversary of the first novel's publication. Thoughts of Another Adoptive Mother, Continuedby Pam Connell18 Jun 2009 11:15 AMMy last two blogs have been a review of Jana Wolff's memoir Secret Thoughts of an Adoptive Mother and my reflections on my experiences and their similarities and differences with Wolff's.Those reflections are continued here. Book Review: Adoption--Social Issues Firsthand Seriesby Pam Connell27 May 2009 11:02 PMThe series Social Issues Firsthand is published by Greenhaven Press, the publishers of the Opposing Viewpoints series (see my review of Opposing Viewpoints: Adoption). Book Review: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Adoptionby Pam Connell23 May 2009 11:16 PMThe Complete Idiot's Guide to Adoption is an overview of all types of adoption. Thus it is necessarily light on any one type. Recent Blog Comments Pam Connell says... "Thanks for sharing this experience." In Star's Death Occasions a Reminder of When and How to Mention Adoption centraloregonmom says... "Thank you!" In Star's Death Occasions a Reminder of When and How to Mention Adoption |
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"We met my son's halmoni (Korean grandmother) this past April on a trip to Korea."
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