Adoption

VIPs: Very Important Posts from April 2012

May 2, 2012

We sometimes talk about a person being “full of himself” as if it were a bad thing. But really, who else would a person be full of? Watching a child become full of himself is a beautiful thing to behold, as witnessed by Judy Miller in her post Full. A found videotape led to several [...]

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Open adoption agreements: to codify or not to codify

April 13, 2012

Open adoption bloggers are meeting for the 36th time at the roundtable. This go-round we are discussing  open adoption agreements. Is there one in your open adoption? What effect does it have on your relationships? If you could go back in time, would you approach the agreement differently? No. N/A. No. Thank you very much, [...]

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VIPs: Very Important Posts for March 2012

April 5, 2012

Below is a collection of posts from the past month that made me think long after I read them. Whether you are already acquainted with these writers or not, I encourage you to click over to see if these posts are meaningful to you, too. ~~~~~ In her post Left Unsaid, Luna of Life From [...]

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VIPs: Very Important Posts from February 2012

March 2, 2012

Below is a collection of posts from February that made me think long after I read them. Whether you are already acquainted with these writers or not, I encourage you to click over to see if these posts are meaningful to you, too. The Internet at its best, entry 1: We see meanness and bullying [...]

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VIPs: Very Important Posts from January 2012

February 6, 2012

Below is a collection of posts from January that made me think long after I read them. Whether you are already acquainted with these writers or not, I encourage you to click over to see if these posts are meaningful to you, too. Adoption in the City has a post called An Untapped Resource that [...]

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Open Adoption Examiner Book Tour: Found, a memoir

January 13, 2012

Today kicks off the latest Open Adoption Examiner Book Tour. With this third outing of the OAExaminer Book Club we are discussing Found: a Memoir, by Jennifer Lauck. Adoption plays a major role in Jennifer Lauck’s memoir, but the book has appeal beyond those who are connected to adoption. You do not have to have [...]

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