It is not easy to be a parent in 2016. It’s never been easy to be a parent, truthfully, but it’s really not easy to be a parent in an age where media has gone insane, is totally taking over our lives, and is giving our children more widespread, unfiltered, and unrestricted access to the […]
Read MoreHappy Saturday! What a beautiful weekend it is. Here are a few gems to entertain yourselves this weekend. We hope you enjoy. Did you know that rejection of one parent is fairly common in toddler adoption? “The disease of being busy.” Let’s make sure this very common “disease” isn’t affecting our children and the emotional […]
Read MoreThe devastating shooting massacre in Orlando on Sunday has rocked our country and the world. It’s been impossible to not be affected by it. The conversations that have erupted, the deep pain and sorrow at having our LGBT family, friends, and loved ones so heinously targeted. It feels like it can’t possibly be real. This […]
Read MoreHappy Saturday! We hope you have a wonderful, relaxing weekend planned. Here are some interesting reads we’ve enjoyed this week, and hope you do, too. Have a wonderful weekend! What do you think…is Dear Abby giving poor adoption advice? This writer sure thinks so. This birth mother shares her heartbreaking story of an open adoption […]
Read MoreBut it sure doesn’t feel that way sometimes, does it? You have to go through the home study process and have your entire life subject to speculation, investigation, and judgment. You have to meet with birth mothers until you find someone who chooses you, you have to share, over and over again, why you will […]
Read MoreThis is something we go back to over and over again, because the way people talk about adoption needs a a great deal of finessing, and we want to help spread the word about the positive ways to discuss adoption, and the not-so-positive ways. Understanding the difference between the two is paramount to having respectful conversation that […]
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