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1 Year Anniversary – STAY-AT-HOME ADOPTIVE DAD

By Tim, Adoptive Dad -   This month marks my 1-year anniversary in my new job and like with any job I took some time recently to reflect on my 1st year’s performance.  I tried to ask for my boss’s feedback, but since she cannot form a sentence yet she was not much help.  Her beautiful…
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Stay-At-Home Adoptive Dad

By Tim, Adoptive Dad -   The stereotype is that women dream of their wedding day starting when they are little girls, well I dreamt of having my own family since I was a little boy.  To be exact I wanted 5 kids; 3 boys and 2 girls.  I was married at 24 but 11 years…
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Open Adoption

By Pat Mills, MS, Adoption Counselor  - Hi, I am Pat Mills, adoption counselor. I have worked in adoptions for 23 years (13 with newborns). I have worked with both adoptive parents and birth parents from initial screening to finalization. The words “open adoption” can be very frightening for those just beginning their adoption journey. But…
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Tools for Adoptive Parent Profiles

By Halla Steiner, LCSW  -   Hello. My name is Halla and I am a clinical social worker with experience working with birth moms, adoptive families, and parents wishing to adopt. There are several important factors ranging from legal to personal. In the next blogs, I would like to encourage discussion about the crucial elements of…
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The Story of Elizabeth

By Elizabeth  -     Greetings, potential birth parents. This blog is written specifically for birth parents, from the perspective of a birth mother, which is myself, who made a successful and happy adoption plan for an unplanned pregnancy. Before I dive into anything extremely deep, I’d like to keep this first post simple, introduce myself…
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