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Shine the Light
The joy of music--and two dedicated parents--bring strength and purpose to a young girl with Reactive Attachment Disorder.
A Tale of Three Adoptions
We had adopted our children at birth, but I no longer even thought of them as adopted. I don't believe they did either. They were simply our children.
Emma, Dear Baby
Foster mothers take care of babies under the proposition that those babies should leave them. This is impossible without considerable love.
Mother to Both
When we love and nurture the children under our care with a total commitment, we are filling the role of a mother.
Exercising the Heart
Most will go to exceptional lengths to have children, but the resistance to adopt is still very real and may come from a huge fear of the unknown.
Wanting What I Have
The Buddhists note that the wanting mind is not skillful. "Why don’t you want what you have, and don’t want what you don’t have?"
Of Love and Losses: Adopting the Older Child
My husband, Mark, and I adopted JinJin and MeiMei when they were five years old. What is it like to adopt an older child? What are the risks, and what are the rewards?
A Special Gift: Breastfeeding an Adopted Baby
I had heard of women nursing adopted babies and hoped this would be possible for me. But how, without a pregnancy, was I to do this?



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good-bye letter posted by alwayslearning66, 12-06-2011 05:26:17 PM
I'm back again-and SCARED to death! posted by hsmamato2, 11-29-2011 09:30:48 PM
Adoption Day question posted by meenajo, 11-29-2011 07:57:55 PM
Fostering posted by Easy Worker, 11-28-2011 01:36:26 AM
how to choose a FP adgency? posted by Momma Aimee, 11-21-2011 03:13:11 PM