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Adoption Books with Great Art: You Are Special, You Were Chosen

You Are Special; You Were Chosen is a sweet little book which grew out of the bedtime story that the author’s father read to her each night. Its soft, detailed colored pencil/pastel illustrations definitely qualify it for my Adoption Books with Great Art series. The lovely pictures show diverse children and families, including siblings of different races, which I really appreciate, as that is something I have a hard time finding. Books featuring a multiracial classroom are becoming common, as are books featuring families of color—but multiracial families are still difficult to find. I almost bought a book the other … Continue reading →

What An Adoption Doctor Did for Us

My last blog talked about “adoption medicine” and why in the world someone would want an “adoption doctor”. By way of example, this blog will write of what an “adoption doctor” did for us. Our adoption agency, like most international adoption agencies, suggests that parents have whatever medical and/or developmental information is available on a child reviewed by a pediatrician of their choice and by any appropriate specialists. Our agency gave us the name of a doctor in the area who had adopted two children herself and pioneered the concept of “adoption medicine”. We saw a child on a “waiting … Continue reading →

Should You Adopt a Child From A Photolisting?

Since I have become immersed in adoption, one thing that has always drawn me is the photolistings. The faces of those children staring back at me makes me want to fill my home with adopted children. Many of the agencies that use photolistings are very ethical. They use them as a way of spreading the word about children who need homes. However, there are also some agencies that use photolistings as a way to bring in clients because they have trouble finding them in any other way. They count on potential adoptive parents falling in love with a cute face … Continue reading →

International Waiting Children

I wrote post for you recently about special needs international adoption. These kids, also called “waiting children” are greatly in need of a family to love and care for them. If you are interested in adopting one of these special needs children, you may be wondering where to find them. This post will hopefully point you in the right direction. If you have signed with a specific agency (or if you plan to) then this is a good place to start. Most agencies have listings of special needs children and they will be pleased to know that you are interested … Continue reading →

My Very Own Secret Thoughts

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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 . But I promised myself that rather than just react to Wolff’s experiences and feelings and comment on how mine were the same or different, I would take the time to recall and bring into the sunlight other thoughts I did have during the process of deciding when, how, from where and who to adopt—and through the process of actually doing it. Assumptions and feelings just below … Continue reading →

Coming Soon: Weekly Features

As part of my blogging each week I want to have several regular features that I’ll write about on certain days. These are things that I think are relevant to many in the adoption world and are hopefully things that my readers want to see. Adoption in the News – On Mondays (starting next Monday) I will share with you some of the recent news “buzz” related to adoption. I will try to cover a good mix of information and events from all perspectives of the triad. If you see an article or a story that you think should be … Continue reading →

The Story of the Orphan Trains

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My last blog introduced my review of the Orphan Train Children series of children’s books. Twenty pages of historical notes in the back of each book tell the story of the real “orphan trains”, which took more than 150,000 children in the care of the New York Children’s Aid Society to rural communities between 1856 and 1929. Another hundred thousand were sent to the West by the New York Foundling Home. The notes explain the conditions in the Lower East Side of New York, the diseases which took many lives, and the fact that many children were from immigrant families … Continue reading →

I Vowed I’d Never Look at Those Photos Again…

I vowed I’d never look at those photos again. They interfere with my life. I can’t get them off my mind and I can’t get anything done. Another packet of them arrived in the mail yesterday. I left them in the car overnight so I wouldn’t look at them. But today I couldn’t resist. I’m referring to the “waiting child” photolistings, online or on paper. “Waiting children” basically means children for whom there is no waiting family. They may be from the U.S. foster care system and hard to place because of age or number of siblings. International agencies use … Continue reading →