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The story of how, once I met my Mr Wonderful, we set out for the Land of Parenthood. But our systems were funky and we were presented with some unexpected detours through Infertility and Adoption. We DID eventually get there. Here's how.
Recent Posts Tagged With adoption school
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Adoption profile: 100 square inches of us
(March, 2001) -- The last part of Adoption School is learning how to show ourselves to expectant parents. We are to prepare a 4-page profile and a 12-page portfolio. If the profile interests the readers, they can learn more about us through the in-de...
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Adoption profile: 100 square inches of us
(March, 2001) -- The last part of Adoption School is learning how to show ourselves to expectant parents. We are to prepare a 4-page profile and a 12-page portfolio. If the profile interests the readers, they can learn more about us through the in-de...
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Bonds
(February, 2001) -- We make good friends with several of the other couples in our adoption class.Over the years, we will help each other out with waiting (before babies), with sleeplessness (after babies), with final court dates, with first foods and...
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Bonds
(February, 2001) -- We make good friends with several of the other couples in our adoption class.Over the years, we will help each other out with waiting (before babies), with sleeplessness (after babies), with final court dates, with first foods and...
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Dear Baby (the one I\'ll never have)
(February, 2001) -- The second afternoon of Adoption School, we each write a goodbye letter to the biological babies we’ll never have. Boy, is that a tear-jerker of a day. My husband is chosen to read his aloud, and the entire room is either sniff...
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Dear Baby (the one I\'ll never have)
(February, 2001) -- The second afternoon of Adoption School, we each write a goodbye letter to the biological babies we’ll never have. Boy, is that a tear-jerker of a day. My husband is chosen to read his aloud, and the entire room is either sniff...
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Adoption School, Day 2: I am a baby
(February, 2001) -- For the second day of Adoption School our social workers lead us in a Family Sculpting exercise. Each of the 12 of us in the class has a role to play – one is the expectant mother, another the expectant father. There is the adop...
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Adoption School, Day 2: I am a baby
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Adoption School, Day 1
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Adoption School, Day 1
(February, 2001) -- Our agency, Lutheran Family Services, requires attendance at a 3-day class. Ours includes five other hopeful couples who have devoted Thursday, Friday and Saturday to learning about adoption, parenting, and adoptive parenting. A...
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Adoption Profile: 1100 square inches of us
(March, 2001) -- The last part of Adoption School is learning how to show ourselves to expectant parents. We are to prepare a 4-page profile and a 12-page portfolio. If the profile interests the readers, they can learn more about us through the in-de...
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Bonds
(February, 2001) -- We make good friends with several of the other couples in our adoption class.Over the years, we will help each other out with waiting (before babies), with sleeplessness (after babies), with final court dates, with first foods and...
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Dear Baby (the one I'll never have)
(February, 2001) -- The second afternoon of Adoption School, we each write a goodbye letter to the biological babies we’ll never have.Boy, is that a tear-jerker of a day. My husband is chosen to read his aloud, and the entire room is sniffing eithe...
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Adoption School Day 2: I am a baby
(February, 2001) -- For the second day of Adoption School our social workers lead us in a Family Sculpting exercise. Each of the 12 of us in the class has a role to play – one is the expectant mother, another the expectant father. There is the ado...
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Adoption School
(February, 2001) -- Our agency, Lutheran Family Services, requires attendance at a 3-day class. Ours includes five other hopeful couples who have devoted Thursday, Friday and Saturday to learning about adoption and parenting and adoptive parenting.A...

