Open Adoption

Ignorant questions & answers about open adoption, part 2

January 28, 2011

Earlier this month, Jessica from O Solo Mama asked seven questions about open adoption. Jessica is a mom via international adoption, and her wonderings have stirred many open adoption bloggers to respond insightfully. Seriously, click over and read some of the posts — they have helped me deepen my own understanding of open adoption. A [...]

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Because OSoloMama called me a Quaker

January 11, 2011

O Solo Mama says, I’m beginning to think of successful open adoptions as kind of like the Quakers—the word that came to me while I was drifting off to sleep. In the sense that Quakers are the people who acknowledge that keeping peace is neither simple nor easy but they do it anyway… Which I [...]

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What does “real” mean: adoption talk with my daughter

December 23, 2010

We were thrilled last summer to hear that my son’s birth mom had put us on her itinerary during her visit to Colorado.  Reed hadn’t had contact with her in nearly 4 years, and for the first time he would meet his half-siblings, ages 3 and 1. Reed showed no signs of either distress or [...]

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Perfect Moment Monday: Must Read

August 8, 2010

Perfect Moment Monday is about noticing a perfect moment rather than creating one. Perfect moments can be momentous or ordinary or somewhere in between. Once a week we engage in mindfulness about something that is right with our world. Everyone is welcome to join. Details on how to participate are at the bottom of this [...]

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Open Adoption Examiner Book Tour: LifeGivers

June 15, 2010

Today kicks off the second Open Adoption Examiner Book Tour. Six months ago we explored the adoptee perspective with The Primal Wound; now we examine the first parent view with James L. Gritter’s 2000 book, Life Givers. I’ll start by quoting myself from several years ago: When we first brought Tessa home, my grandma was [...]

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Open adoption parenting: what I hope my children say one day

June 1, 2010

Open adoption bloggers are meeting at the roundtable to ponder these questions: Imagine your child as an adult describing their open adoption experience. What do you hope they will be able to say about you? How did you view their other parents? In what ways did you support their relationship with them? June 1, 2031 [...]

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