Book of the Week: Lifebooks
I purchased LifeBooks : Creating a Treasure for the Adopted Child
I read the book, LifeBooks : Creating a Treasure for the Adopted Child
So, between trip one and two I attempted to coach track (I hobbled and took stats while the kids ran), went to therapy, and just three weeks before we traveled to bring AJ home for good I had knee surgery to repair the cartilage.
I certainly could have completed his lifebook during my recovery period but I was in so much pain (I’m pretty whimpy) that I did not do much.
Ultimately, this book is the best out there on lifebooks and adoption. “This book is by far the most enlightened, meaningful and relevant book out there. I have already bought several copies for my friends and for our homstudy agency. Most so called lifebooks focus on scrapbooking concepts. This is the only one I have found that talks about CONTENT. Not only what to write about, but WHY certain information needs to be included. It’s really a “How-to on Lifebooks” AND a “Talking About Adoption” book rolled into one.”
Resources:
- Scrapbook Kit In A Stack 12”X12” Pad-Travel
- Expo Expandable Organizer- Clear
- Scrapbook Kit In A Stack 8″X8″ Pad-All Occasion
- Super Deluxe Scrapbooking Kit
- Scotch Double Sided Scrapbooking Tape
- Ribbon Glue ;
- Photo Corners 250/Pkg-Clear
- Scrapbook Tool Kit 13Pc-6-Paper Shapers, 4-Punches, 3-Crimpers
hey Marcie– thanks for the awesome, organic
review of my book. I got started as a social worker but now as an adoptive mother my thinking about lifebooks is on a new level.
I have a newsletter with ideas, articles, and a little selling of the book ( got to pay the bills) which is free and comes out each month. To sign up you go to http://www.adoptionlifebooks.com/signup
Marcie–I also have some special reports ( written as a Mom) Please take a look and email me which ones you would like and I’ll send them off. I hope that you are feeling better. Working on a lifebook is better done when you aren’t hobblinmg about in pain…..
Take Care beth O’malley
Thanks for finding me and I am feeling much better. THe knee still acts up in humidity but I get around just fine now.
Regarding the lifebooks: well, life just takes its toll and with a special needs kiddo things get lost in the shuffle. I still have all of those products I mentioned above (all with the best intentions of using) and maybe I will one of these days when he is in all day school maybe?
But, with the baby coming home in the fall and his lifebook to get to? The computer books look great right now!
I love to scrapbook, and I do have one of the “This is Me” lifebook albums for each kid. But honestly, sometimes I feel like we adoptive moms are just looking for things to make are own lives difficult about. It’s like we don’t have the breast feeding/bottle feeding guilt, so we need to find ourselves another guilt source! Sure, it is good to have a record of the whole adoption, and to have all the info/pictures in one place. But if it isn’t perfect, or isn’t done by time x, or doesn’t have all the stuff that someone says it is supposed to have, so what? The kids will be fine. Who knows, if you wait long enough, the kids can help you!