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Adoption Help: Getting to know our son's needs
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Disclaimer: We are not adoption professionals. We are adoptive parents hoping to help other adoptive parents. Wednesday, August 25, 2010. Getting to know our son's needs. Today was the day! We would finally meet our son! We traveled to Ethiopia with two other couples and we were all filled with butterflies. Our hosts came out and invited the first couple in. And then the second. Then it was our turn - and we were told, "Your son is napping.". The next day, we went back for our "gotcha day". It didn't...
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Adoption Help: May 2010
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Disclaimer: We are not adoption professionals. We are adoptive parents hoping to help other adoptive parents. Tuesday, May 11, 2010. The Adoption Journey: Learning to Love. Our son officially became a part of our family just about two years ago. Of course, he was really part of our family long before that. What an amazing feeling to carry him out of that orphanage forever! So there we were: two mourning and frightened beings, weeping and clinging to one another in a hotel room in Russia. Satan was always...
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Adoption Help: Adjustment Timeline
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Disclaimer: We are not adoption professionals. We are adoptive parents hoping to help other adoptive parents. Monday, May 9, 2011. At 3 years old, our son was considered an older child when we adopted him. When we started on the adoption journey, we had 'happy thoughts' of cuddling with our first child. We dreamed of what parenthood would be like. Those dreams came to a crashing halt when we adopted him and we ALL went through the adjustment period. At times we were exhausted, overwhelmed, discouraged.
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Adoption Help: October 2012
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Disclaimer: We are not adoption professionals. We are adoptive parents hoping to help other adoptive parents. Monday, October 29, 2012. It's not as easy as it looks. I've seen the commercials and the websites. A Child Waits. Waiting Children. Everyone Deserves a Home. All They Need Is Love. Whatever the catch phrase, it all means the same thing: For these kids, life sucks. I always watched these commercials and browsed the websites and felt sad. How could you not? I've always had a soft spot in my heart ...
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Adoption Help: July 2010
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Disclaimer: We are not adoption professionals. We are adoptive parents hoping to help other adoptive parents. Thursday, July 22, 2010. Lost in the Alphabet Soup. We decided to adopt a child from Russia. It was all very exciting. We found an adoption agency. They were fantastic and guided us through all the mounds of paperwork. After months of paper-chasing, we finally submitted our dossier. And then we waited for a referral. But you can't easily forget that kind of research. Every once in awhile, I'd...
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Adoption Help: September 2011
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Disclaimer: We are not adoption professionals. We are adoptive parents hoping to help other adoptive parents. Saturday, September 17, 2011. Facing the Financial Giant. When we first felt called to adopt, we looked at the cost and were shocked. My husband is a self-employed artist (not much income) and at the time, I was making about $35,000 a year. The cost to adopt from Russia at the time was estimated around $35,000, so needless to say, it was daunting. Here are a few stories. When we decided to return...
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Adoption Help: It's not as easy as it looks
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Disclaimer: We are not adoption professionals. We are adoptive parents hoping to help other adoptive parents. Monday, October 29, 2012. It's not as easy as it looks. I've seen the commercials and the websites. A Child Waits. Waiting Children. Everyone Deserves a Home. All They Need Is Love. Whatever the catch phrase, it all means the same thing: For these kids, life sucks. I always watched these commercials and browsed the websites and felt sad. How could you not? I've always had a soft spot in my heart ...
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Adoption Help: April 2010
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Disclaimer: We are not adoption professionals. We are adoptive parents hoping to help other adoptive parents. Thursday, April 29, 2010. Attachment Disorder: A Parent's Viewpoint. Any child can be transformed with enough love and consistency." That was something I said while we waited for our court date to bring our son home from Russia. Boy I'd love to travel back in time and smack myself in the back of the head. Here is when I say, "Self. welcome to reality.". Attachment Disorder is not only about the c...
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Adoption Help: September 2010
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Disclaimer: We are not adoption professionals. We are adoptive parents hoping to help other adoptive parents. Monday, September 20, 2010. It was 11:00 last night. Everyone in my house was in bed - except for me. It was my wind-down time. Time to collapse on the couch and watch some mindless TV before bed. Every episode, there is a guest judge. That judge represents the organization for whom the cupcakes will eventually be displayed - and eaten. Kids have who have no hope. Kids who have no hope sounds lik...
