Posts Tagged ‘adoptive parents’

What if Jesus Has HIV?

It was our childrens’ favorite moment of the church service. The trays holding small cups of wine were being passed down the aisle. With many little ones, this is a precarious moment each Sunday, but with lots of practice, we rarely spill a drop. A prayer was offered and we lifted our cups...

March 12th, 2010 | Feature, HIV + Children | Read More

Financing An Adoption

A few months ago, I naively wrote a quick post about HelpUs Adopt.org. They were doing a fundraiser for their adoption grants, and wanted to get the word out about a bracelet that had been designed for the cause. I wasn’t expecting the response that short post got. It seems that in between the time...

February 23rd, 2010 | Domestic, Feature | Read More

What Does Therapy Look Like? Part 2

This is Part Two of a post on Attachment Therapy. Read Yesterday’s Post. I marvel at the way Deborah draws as she talks. Dimples eyes stay focused on the page as Deborah illustrates the situation she is discussing. Then she engages Dimples in conversation, often while Dimples adds details...

February 13th, 2010 | Attachment, Ethiopia, Feature | Read More

What Does Therapy Look Like? Part 1

There was a time last year when I didn’t know if we could survive the impact that grief, loss, and trauma were having on our family. After 22 months of tumult, with the situation worsening, we finally sought professional help. We were 20 months later than we should have been. I learned some...

February 12th, 2010 | Attachment, Ethiopia, Feature | Read More

playing the Adoption Card

I never thought I’d ever say this, but last month I caught my daughter playing the adoption card. What a phrase, right? Guaranteed to raise hackles left and right. Except that is EXACTLY what my five-year-old did. I am a momma who strives to keep open the lines of communication with my daughter,...

January 13th, 2010 | China, Feature | Read More

How to Shower Adoptive Parents

When I first had the opportunity to give a shower for friends who were adopting I tried to find ideas for how to give them an adoption shower and what to include. I didn’t find any. All of the ideas for showers focused on birth babies, so I came up with my own. Adoption showers are my favorite...

November 26th, 2009 | Feature | Read More

New Research Encourages Going Beyond Culture Camp

The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute just released the executive summary of its recent research study entitled Beyond Culture Camp: Promoting Healthy Identity Formation in Adoption. I’m so excited to see this published study because, although the results aren’t really all that new if...

November 13th, 2009 | Feature, Korea | Read More

Feeling Guilt as an Adoptive Parent

Adoption entered our lives in a very personal way five years ago this month. Five years ago, my husband and I walked out of our RE’s office for the last time. He had handed us a huge packet of information, outlining the procedures he recommended to give us the best chance at reproducing. We had talked...

October 24th, 2009 | Feature, adoption process | Read More

Open to Open Adoption

As I turned into the parking lot, my palms were sweating and my stomach in knots. We were meeting them; the expectant couple who’d picked our profile from the many others on file with our agency. They’d picked our profile, and they wanted to meet us before the baby was born. They wanted to meet...

October 4th, 2009 | Domestic, Feature | Read More

Anger?

The most surprising part so far about having our daughter home is my struggle with anger. And standing in line behind anger in the department store of my mind is guilt. I didn’t think anger was going to be one of the emotions I would experience after our daughter, Evangeline, was adopted from...

September 26th, 2009 | Feature, Special Needs | Read More