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Browse Adoption Library articles by selecting a topic below or jump to other adoption reference materials. You can also share your adoption stories.

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Reunion Success thru Adoption.com
I have known I was adopted since I can remember. My mom always told me that my birthmom gave me up for adoption because it was a loving and caring thing to do... that I would be able to be given opportunities that she may not have been able to give me. At 16 or 17 I started to look for my birthmom with my mom's help (I say "mom" ...

Getting the Most out of Counseling
Placing your child with an adoptive family can be difficult and painful. For some, the feelings and emotions are more than they can deal with and work through alone. If this is the case, counseling is a great resource to use in order to effectively and healthily deal with your emotions. But simply attending your counseling sessions will not ensure ...

Writing Letters
Placing your child with an adoptive family is a difficult situation to be in, and a difficult decision to make. Depending on the type of adoption you and the adoptive parents have decided upon, you may have the option to write letters to the adoptive parents and to your child. If this is something that interests you, make sure to discuss it ...

Journaling Your Experience
Maintaining a journal has many benefits. While some keep a journal to record the things that happen throughout their day--be it humorous, interesting, or routine--others keep a journal to have a record of their emotional journeys through life. Many find journals helpful in not only remembering and recording important events, but also keeping track ...

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Community Discussions

Adoptive Mom Stereotypes: Debunking the Myths
November 5, 2009, 9:00 am
This will shock no one: stereotypes run rampant in adoption. "Birth mothers are promiscuous, young, poor, and uneducated." "Adoptive ...
When Adding a Child Adds Stress to Your Marriage
November 15, 2009, 9:51 am
When Bear was born, my husband and I had one uniting focus: meeting  Bear's needs and keeping him happy while we were doing so. Our ...
Adoption vs. Pregnancy
November 20, 2009, 8:40 am
I am very open about adoption's role in building my family. My husband and I married while I was pregnant, and he adopted Bear a few months ...
met my daughter - now what?
November 23, 2009, 12:44 pm
Before meeting her, I re-experienced all the pain of having relenquished her. Now, I'm re-experiencing all the loss. And it still hurts. I ...
embarressed by the difficulties
November 23, 2009, 7:05 pm
((HUGS)). I don't think there's anyway to prepare until they are already here, and then the full affect of it hits! There's no reason to ...
Two steps forward...one step back...two steps forward
November 23, 2009, 7:01 pm
That's wonderful! I know change isn't easy, but it seems he really is trying to turn around. And about the family part, it gave me ...

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Adopting News

Ames Tribune > Archives > Ames Tribune > News > Fostering families through adoption
November 23, 2009, 12:56 pm
Fleener-Seymour said the adoption process is a labor of love that’s not without its challenges.
Family example of importance of adoption month - Akron, OH - The Suburbanite
November 23, 2009, 12:56 pm
Curtis stated. “You could say this is a ministry, but it is reaching out to people in need, helping ...
The Associated Press: Guatemala reopening international adoptions
November 23, 2009, 12:56 pm
Prior to the shutdown, Guatemala was the world's second-largest source of babies to the U.S. after ...
Thanksgiving: Remembering why we have the day | Post-Standard Columnist Sean Kirst's Blog -
November 23, 2009, 12:56 pm
In 1995, more than 10 years after she signed up on a registry, an agency official called and said ...

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