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Life after Adoption: Secret Fears

by Pam Connell

01 Jul 2009 03:01 PM

I recently reviewed Jana Wolff's Secret Thoughts of an Adoptive Mother. My last two blogs share some of My Own Secret Thoughts as we began the adoption process and My Secret Suspicions while we were out of the country adopting.

Secret Suspicions

by Pam Connell

28 Jun 2009 08:18 AM

In my last blog, I shared some fears I had as I began the adoption process. Here, I will share some fears I had about the overseas agency and overseas adoption process in general.

My Very Own Secret Thoughts

by Pam Connell

26 Jun 2009 08:05 AM

I've recently reviewed Jana Wolff's memoir, Secret Thoughts of An Adoptive Mother. I've also shared my own impressions and experiences regarding the issues she raises in two of my blogs: here and here .

Thoughts of Another Adoptive Mother

by Pam Connell

16 Jun 2009 01:11 AM

My last blog was a review of Jana Wolff's memoir Secret Thoughts of an Adoptive Mother. It led me to reflect: did I relate to her thoughts as she went through the adoption process? Did I have other secret thoughts? I do sometimes wonder how Wolff's now-teenage son feels about this book.

Easter Again...a Reminder of our Miracles

by Pam Connell

12 Apr 2009 02:40 AM

It's Easter again--six Easters after I broke one of my rules. The rule I broke? "No hassling doctors or social workers at home unless someone is dying.

"Nightmare on My Street"

by Pam Connell

01 Nov 2008 03:46 AM

I've written recently about my daughter Regina's transition to kindergarten and about some extra issues that can come up for adopted children as they enter school.

My Experiences with, "You're not my real mother!"

by Pam Connell

13 Sep 2008 02:57 AM

My last review was of the book You're Not My REAL Mother! I think most adoptive parents hear this at some point. Unfortunately, it is often hurled at a parent by a teen or "tween"-aged child casting about for anything that will get our goat.

Tears in Heaven

by Pam Connell

29 Jul 2008 07:26 PM

Meg, my eight-year-old, is saying some very wise things lately. Last night we came across a baby's T-shirt that I was saving because Regina's foster mother had sent it with her. Meg wanted to know what clothes I'd saved from her own days in Korea.

Is This Really an Adoption Thing?

by Pam Connell

19 Jul 2008 08:13 AM

My husband once asked me, "How do you get enough ideas for your blog? Our kids are just not that screwed up." (As you can probably tell, we have one of those opposites-attract, writer-mathematician sort of marriages.) Of course, I agreed with him-our kids are doing pretty darned good.

ON THE CUSP OF THE MILLENNIUM

by Pam Connell

16 Jul 2008 12:06 AM

A young woman gave birth alone Strangers surround her, hold you first In the bright glare of a sterile room One room In a large hospital In a populous country In a huge world.



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"We met my son's halmoni (Korean grandmother) this past April on a trip to Korea."

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