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Waiting Over the Holidays
Four years ago, my family experienced a most stressful holiday season. In October of that year, we matched with Jack’s birthmother. As soon as we matched, our agency pretty much dropped every ball. We...
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Impatient
It all started with the garage sale. After my mom passed away, my dad started bringing mountains of stuff to our house. Our garage was so full, we couldn’t walk into it. So, we had a garage sale. A...
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Everyone’s Pregnant
I don’t know, maybe it’s just me. However, now that we’re starting the adoption process, it seems that everyone is pregnant. Two friends have recently had their third children. A close friend of mine...
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Now All We Need Is the Baby
We were matched with Jack’s birthmother at the same time that my friend Annemarie was cleaning out her storage. She had a 2 year old girl, and we knew S was having a boy, but she still gave us all of...
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Wait, Wait, Wait: Will it Ever End?
Ask any adoptive parent this question: “What was the hardest part of your adoption experience?” The answer that most adoptive parents will give you is “the wait”. Waiting for a referral or match is by...
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Keeping Busy During the Wait
Adoption is filled with emotional highs and lows. One of the most difficult times during the adoption journey is “the wait” for a referral or match with a birthmother. It is an unknown length of time....
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Grand Central Station
I was watching a movie the other day that had a scene filmed in Grand Central Station, an iconic crossroads of New York City. If you have ever been there, I don’t need to explain how beautiful and...
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Is There Anything Worse Than Waiting?
I’m not really big into roller coaster rides, but there is one particular ride at Lagoon Amusement Park in Utah that I really enjoy. It’s not really a roller coaster since it doesn’t follow a track,...
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At What Point Do I Tell My Friends?
When my wife and I went through the adoption process for the first time, we were super excited to share everything with all of our friends. When we were actually contacted by a birthmother for the...
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Foster Care: Understanding
Both the American and British foster systems initially seek, in my experience, to enable birth parents to regain custody of their children. There are cases in which it seems clear to me that there is...
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Silence
I’ve been silent here for many months. This process, trying to adopt my relative’s son because his mother cannot care for him, has been heart-wrenching for everyone involved. The last time you heard...
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