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Category Archives: Adoption
Special Delivery – from Haiti
Reflecting on my first Mother’s Day, now three years later, my thoughts and memories are as powerful as if it was yesterday. Each morning I wake up, no matter how tired I am, and realize that I don’t take for … Continue reading
Posted in Adoption, Commentary, Daily Living Tagged adoption, Michelle Eisler, Midlife Mothers, Mother's Day 8 Comments
Six Things Adoptive/Foster Families Need When New Children Arrive
This was the question, What would have helped you the most in the early weeks and months of adding a child to your family through adoption or foster care? If somebody had asked you, “What can I do to help?” … Continue reading
Untangling the Web: The Internet’s Transformative Impact on Adoption
Dear Reader: This is a fascinating “read,” especially for those people deeply entrenched or working within the adoption community. Here’s the synopsis and a link to the material - “Untangling the Web: The Internet’s Transformative Impact on Adoption” is the … Continue reading
Posted in Adoption, Commentary, Daily Living Tagged adoption, Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, Untangling the Web Leave a comment
Adoption in the Media: What Do Pregnant Women, Killers and Crying Babies Have in Common?
When we don’t fully understand something, we’re prone to make mistakes when dealing with it. This not-very-profound truism popped into my head recently as I was thinking about how to lead into a new commentary – the one you’re reading … Continue reading
Adoption – Paying it Forward (A Comprehensive List of Resources) In Honor of Adoptive Mothers Everywhere
It has been over nine years since we brought our youngest daughter into our home and I continue to be astonished by the layers that adoption has brought to our life as a family, my work as a mother – … Continue reading
Adoption Tax Credit (In Honor of Adoption Awareness Month)
Dear Reader: With Adoption Awareness Month set for November, we’re posting this in support of the movement and to benefit all those choosing adoption. Save the Adoption Tax Credit is an effort of the Adoption Tax Credit Working Group—a collaboration … Continue reading
I Will Honor Her (In Honor of My Daughter’s Birth Mother)
“Can you imagine that someone just threw her away?” Seven years later, these words are still as sharp and wrong as the day they were innocently uttered. Carrying our youngest daughter into church that day, I did not turn around … Continue reading
Posted in Adoption, Commentary, Daily Living Tagged adopting and mothers, adoption, Jane D. Samuel, Mother'd Day, MotheringintheMiddle.com Leave a comment
Parenting Colour-Blind
May 24, 2013
Posted in Adoption, Commentary, Daily Living, Mothers Over 40, Mothers Over 50 | Tagged Haitian adoption, Michelle Eisler, transracial adoption | Leave a comment