I admit that I don’t know much about open adoption because we have two closed adoptions. Our adoptions are closed. They are international adoptions. We are okay with that.
Do we talk to AJ about his birth mother? No. He can’t handle it yet. I wish he could but he can’t. We talk to him, instead about Russia. About the orphanage. About the country he came from, not about “where” he came from.
I wish I could because she is part of me too. No matter where my child is from his birth parents are a part of him and we need …read more

Adoptive Families wants to see your sweetest picture. Make sure you enter the Third Annual Photo Contest by September 8. You can enter the candid or formal picture categories and can enter either online or by mail.
I entered mine…Can anyone guess which one I sent in? I’ll be sure to link to it in September…so you can vote for it!
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I have waited to post anything about the birth mother interviews in Guatemala because it is so hard for me to write about…so hard for me to think that Gus’s birth mother has to go back, yet again, and explain her situation to people who don’t know anything about her and her life.

Every once in a while I need information on adoption and I find myself stumbling around the internet looking for specific information on the Types of Adoption or Foster Care when I should really be able to pull up a handy list of the best informational sites.