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Mission & Perspective/Gratitude: A Waters Family Dual Post | One of My Own--An Adoptive Mother's Journey

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One of My Own–An Adoptive Mother's Journey. A site for those touched by adoption and their advocates. Mission and Perspective/Gratitude: A Waters Family Dual Post. October 6, 2013. I think gaining perspective helps us do that. How can we possibly express how grateful we are for the people in our lives who donate their time, energy, and money for our family? Energy is another life currency that people express to those they want to see succeed. How do we quantify energy? October 6, 2013 at 7:30 pm. Jarrod ...

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One of My Own–An Adoptive Mother's Journey. A site for those touched by adoption and their advocates. June 4, 2013. Our child will be a person of color. That is a 99.9% guarantee. We are white. The fact remains that we will be raising a child, most likely a black child, in a very white world. We have got to start thinking differently–and it matters. It matters because our child’s identity matters. So we have to figure this out. You’re going to need to educate yourself on this. I hear from many ...A coupl...

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One of My Own–An Adoptive Mother's Journey. A site for those touched by adoption and their advocates. One of My Own/TPR. March 1, 2014. It dawned on me as I was reading a n article a friend posted that I never explained why my blog’s title starts out “One of My Own…” The reason is because often times you will hear if you are adopting, “so when are you going to have one of your own? 8220;When are you going to have one of your own? 8221; A caution with this ph rase though, I would not recommend asking all ...

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May | 2013 | One of My Own--An Adoptive Mother's Journey

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One of My Own–An Adoptive Mother's Journey. A site for those touched by adoption and their advocates. Monthly Archives: May 2013. May 22, 2013. Of work and it is hard to describe unless you have gone through it. Well, that’s what guidelines are like. They took us three weeks to write. 22 pages in total. They not only ask you about your past though, they ask you to look to your future. It really is amazing what a blessing paperwork can be. Turning in this paperwork gets us one step closer to parenting...

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White Savior, Black Child | One of My Own--An Adoptive Mother's Journey

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One of My Own–An Adoptive Mother's Journey. A site for those touched by adoption and their advocates. White Savior, Black Child. July 16, 2013. Do I see inequality personally everyday? No But do I know it exists and have I seen it often enough to be bothered by it? I mourn with you my brothers and sisters and so does my husband. Below is an email and article Brian sent out to some beloved friends and family members. I recommend reading it and the article link below. I will close thereafter. Here is an ar...

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Waiting for Ruthie | One of My Own--An Adoptive Mother's Journey

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One of My Own–An Adoptive Mother's Journey. A site for those touched by adoption and their advocates. November 10, 2013. The waiting process for adoption is a grueling process. First you decide to adopt. Then you apply. Then you go through training. Then you sign what feels like a zillion forms, write a 22 page single-spaced story about your life, get background checked, get reference checked, finger-printed, and create a profile book–then you’re approved! And then the waiting begins. When we were approv...

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September | 2013 | One of My Own--An Adoptive Mother's Journey

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One of My Own–An Adoptive Mother's Journey. A site for those touched by adoption and their advocates. Monthly Archives: September 2013. September 20, 2013. I can’t sleep tonight. For the first time since the academic year began I have a Friday morning off from my class and I can’t sleep. I suppose that’s the way it goes, eh? Brian and I are undertaking something huge right now and there is no time to focus on that. How I wish focusing on parenting would pay more. Wonderfully and Fearfully Made. We are co...

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June | 2013 | One of My Own--An Adoptive Mother's Journey

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One of My Own–An Adoptive Mother's Journey. A site for those touched by adoption and their advocates. Monthly Archives: June 2013. June 13, 2013. 8221; Then, like a ton of bricks, I could hear God saying, “hey, you, remember how you keep putting that whole adoption thing on the back burner–revisit it! 8221; Okay, God didn’t literally say that to me, but He urged me to talk to Brian at that moment. I put down the book and said “what if we adopted? June 4, 2013. Part of figuring it out means knowing that y...

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Why Adoption? | One of My Own--An Adoptive Mother's Journey

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One of My Own–An Adoptive Mother's Journey. A site for those touched by adoption and their advocates. June 13, 2013. 8221; Then, like a ton of bricks, I could hear God saying, “hey, you, remember how you keep putting that whole adoption thing on the back burner–revisit it! 8221; Okay, God didn’t literally say that to me, but He urged me to talk to Brian at that moment. I put down the book and said “what if we adopted? Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Address never made public). Caroly...