adoption
Adoption proves that sometimes, you can choose your family; all about the process before, during and after adoption.
To the Late Mother Who Gave Me Away
I hate to start on a selfish note, but I really do feel like I was cheated here, cheated out of some grand emotional moment that was my due. After six years of digging through filing cabinets, rereading the same legal documents ad nauseum, tracking down notaries and sending off papers that just got sent back to me...for all that to end in nothing feels wrong.
By Andrew Johnston5 years ago in Families
STOry my sad
Anticipating The outcome of a very serious situation causes my heart to become heavy. I become vulnerable to negative thoughts which in turn give out negative energies. growing up I remember being taught that the laws of attraction was defined by the false reality that opposite attract and become drawn to each other, but as I grew and developed understanding of the general principles of this so called “law,” I realized with knowledge and wisdom that this is not true. in fact it is not opposite but like energies that attract each other. Now that I possess such an understanding you would think I would use it to my advantage and remain in a positive element which only positive stimulus of all types could find a route into my life. this has been proven true in many areas of my being, however I have not yet Fulfilled my ultimate desires, even as they are set in a positive perspective of myself and my inner and outer worlds.
By Jennifer church5 years ago in Families
In the name of
The belief of being dead, was persuasion in the end, no different from a derogatory voice, madness did set in. Thunder in my life, strikes this heart of mine. My truth a smell of old, without a heart, waiting low to strike, that voice a hidden other time, not me, just a bitter symphony.
By Jennifer orr5 years ago in Families
Interview With A Birth Mother
This is Part Two of a series. If you'd like to read Part One, see the link at the end of the article. Adoption is a topic that’s often glossed over, talked around, or swept under the rug. In recent years, there has been a significant movement for more openness surrounding the topic, particularly when it comes to the people who gave birth and chose adoption. I sat down with a birth mother who gave me permission to ask anything I was curious about, and we talked about her experience.
By Shea Keating5 years ago in Families
Interview With A Birth Mother
Adoption is a topic that’s often glossed over, talked around, or swept under the rug. In recent years, there has been a significant movement for more openness surrounding the topic, particularly when it comes to the people who gave birth and chose adoption. I sat down with a birth mother who gave me permission to ask anything I was curious about, and we talked about her experience.
By Shea Keating5 years ago in Families
Pacifier and a Farmers Market
Particularly cloudy was this Saturday, though a few rays of sunshine broke through the tall window, dancing their way across the room. Their home was modern, and to the naked eye, would seem as though they’d spend a fortune on the finest décor money could buy. The truth of the matter was, Eve was truly gifted at bargain shopping and crafting.
By Jeremy Ruhl5 years ago in Families
Lessons Learned from an Island Lullaby
Nearly twenty years ago, I was stuck at an airport on the other side of the world, filing a report about a missing bag. Three days of flights to get to this tropical island had left me dizzy. And hot. Unbelievably hot. In an attempt to limit luggage weight, I was wearing a suit, three shirts, two pairs of socks, and I had several more articles of clothing stuffed in my suit jacket pockets. My carry-on bag had been loaded with books. They had forced me to check it for the last leg of my journey. Then they lost both my suitcase and carry-on.
By David Blackmer5 years ago in Families
The Boy With No Family
My entire life has been a social shock. If you ever wondered what it was like to be adopted, allow me to explain my situation in less than 5000 words. If you want to full detail, go read my published story, MY STORY TO TELL. To make this understandable, imagine being a two, almost three-year-old, with a large family, and then one day, out of the blue, being dropped off at a foster home. Spend time moving from foster home to foster home, to one day waking up and going home with a “forever family”. Of course, you don’t quite understand what a forever family is, because you are only three years old.
By Mark Vinsant5 years ago in Families
No Resemblance
You two are just so cute...So adorable...Are you twins? These were comments that I heard often, as I walked around with my one and only sibling, my sister Lisa, during our childhood. It was usually during the Summer that these comments would flourish; my mom loved dressing my sister and me like twins in cute little shorts with matching halter tops. I don’t think neither I nor Lisa minded the comments. If anything, we probably found some amusement from them. But for me, those comments also left me feeling a bit weird and uncomfortable. Not only was Lisa one year and four months older than me (so much for the twin theory) we also had two different mothers. The woman we both called “mom” was Lisa’s biological mother; my biological mother was unknown because I was adopted.
By Veronica Wanzer5 years ago in Families
