A b5 Adoptee Story
Today’s Guest Post is by Trench Reynolds, a writer here at b5 and Bad Breeders. Trench immediately emailed me when he heard I was starting an adoption blog here at b5 and told me that he was an adoptee. I have been following him ever since. I admire his candor, his pure moral value, and beneath his words is true kindness.
I was born in the autumn of 1968. I was adopted shortly thereafter in March of the following year depending on who you talk to. My adoptive parents, now to be referred to as just my parents, told me that …read more
NPR’s Adoption Series
Over the past few years NPR has offered up a fabulous series on adoption, not only stories and journals about adoptions covering domestic but also transracial, international, birth mother, and adoptee.
Their latest story is that of an orphan in the 1950’s.
In 1994 they presented The Many Faces of Adoption with four families out of the 1.6 million American families with adoptive children.
Open Adoption Records Leads to Political Connections
Can you believe this connection?
Adoption Nesting, the Martha Stewart Way
With a pending adoption (and maybe even closer than we think?) I’ve been trying to nest again. You know, cleaning closest, managing the pantry, organizing toys, scrubbing the baseboards. Trust me…you’ll never have time to do it EVER again.
But, how would Martha Stewart do it? Or rather, how would other B5Media bloggers do it?
Julie at Declutter it is one of my fave fives…and has been since I entered the blogging world. (BTW, Julie is an adoptee and is on my list for guest bloggers. I think if we beg her enough she might just tag in.) Currently she …read more
Go Purple for Adoption Month
Yes, all the colors are now represented but I just HAVE to go with this one. I never did jump on pink (sorry Char), or yellow (sorry Troops…I still support you!), or any of the other colors. But for this one…I’m in.
Elle from Life of Elle, and adoptive parent and an adoptee herself has made this fine widget for all of us. Simply save as or grab the html from her site.
P.S. I want to see it on ALL your sites!
This is a Blogtoberfest Sponsored Post (LAST ONE!). If you would like a chance to enter to win the gift …read more
