Reunion in adoption

Reunion in an open adoption part 2: Telling Tessa

February 3, 2009

Recap of Part 1: After a long email courtship, Roger and I met Tessa’s birthfather for the first time and decided to take the next step. Tessa would also meet him — in a few months after some planned events had passed. As we parted at the agency, Joe handed me some photos of him, [...]

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Reunion in an open adoption

January 22, 2009

It sounds like an oxymoron. After all, one reason we chose open adoption was to avoid the difficulties in reunion. We’ve always had an open adoption with Tessa’s birthmom, Crystal. But until recently, we couldn’t say the same about her birthfather, Joe. (I’m going to call this set of posts a reunion series, even though [...]

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I am Schrodinger’s Box

September 16, 2008

I am currently holding two completely different realities in one space. We have entered a new arena in our open adoption. Tessa’s birthfather has come into the picture, with our blessing. Things are going very well, and I will write about the reunion more as it becomes appropriate. But back to the box. I remember [...]

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