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Is International Adoption Part Of Your Family Picture? Be Aware of S.S.P.E....
International adoption is a wonderful way to grow your family and share your love with a child who desperately needs a “Forever Family.” If you have adopted from another country, you already know...
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Heritage Hard Core
We adopted our oldest daughter when she was 14 years old. She had previously been adopted by another American family when she was 13 years old but they disrupted their adoption a year later. During...
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The Lucky Ones
I received a lovely letter from my grandmother yesterday. In her letter, she wrote, “We see how you interact with your son – such wonderful parents. And that little child you’re looking for [in...
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What’s In A Name?
To change an adopted child’s name or Not. That is the highly debated question. On the one hand, it’s natural for parents to dream of naming their children, long before they’ve met them. I had names...
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Welcome to Our Home (Study)
My husband and I completed our home study about a month ago. In preparation for the home study, I did what any prospective adoptive mother would do…I cleaned! And then I organized things. And then I...
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What I Didn’t Expect About International Adoption
Having just gone through the home study process, I’m new to the whole experience of international adoption. I have read several adoption books, but I haven’t made it to the adoptive parenting books on...
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The Not-Exactly-Reluctant Husband
If you’re like me, you are thinking about adoption all the time. You’re doing the dishes and thinking about filing the I-600A. Folding laundry is a time of reflection for your next blog post. Playing...
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Scissors and Crayons
Sometimes international adoption can throw a curve ball when you least expect it. When Elle was in the lower grades of elementary school, she brought home an assignment. They had been studying the 50...
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Hail to the Chief
As an American, there are a few things I take for granted, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness being the big three. I’m also guaranteed certain liberties such as the right of free speech, the...
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School Musicals and Homeland Visits
My Chinese-born daughter has been cast as an orphan in a school production of “Annie.” She sings the songs until they are constantly cycling through my head. “No one cares for you a smidge when you’re...
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