Does anyone have a good story about adoption?
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Does anyone have a good story about adoption?
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Did you adopt out your child and find them later? Are you an adoptee? Do you want to find your birth parents? Did you adopt a child and meet the birth mother? I have a special interest in all aspects of this subject.
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Proud mommy of beautiful savanna
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i am actually searching now but it is a little hard as i have moved from that city that my birth mother lives in and now live on the other side of the world but i would die to meet her i have pictures and letters and i have heard the story's my adoptive mother told me of her she was beautiful all i know now is she has two children and she is married one of my siblings is only a year younger then me which kinda hurts because then she was only 17 there's always questions
and it hurts a lot of the time, i know if i did meet her there is always the thought because i know many people that this has happened to that the birth parents cant handle meeting there children and they get upset and don't want to see or speak to them but even if it happened and she did that at least i would have been able to see her in person give her a hug and thank her for picking the perfect mother for me i would never change the fact that I'm adopted ever i love my mother shes my best friend and even if my father left us two years after he and my mother adopted me i thank god for that because i wouldn't be the person i am today. the day i finally get to meet my birth mother i will only want to thank her for her decision :) |
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Lillie
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Australia's adoption reform. That's a very good story about adoption, you should do some research about it.
Edited to add:
I'd write about it here, but there's just too much to write!! ;) |
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kaluah96
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if you can see the patern the only people that are happy are the people that either found somebody they felt was a good family to adopt their kids or they're kids that remember their birth family and remember being abused and know they are in a better situation.
Me i don't know if my situation would have been better or not but i don't think you will get any other responses from anybody other than the people i just mentioned. i guess if that is the response you were looking fo rthen im glad you got your answer.
I know this is your question but i want to see if there are any people adopted from birth or either they never knew their birth parents; that have lived a completely happy healthy life. you find me one and i may have hope for this whole process but right now i don't.
I am happy for the guys that were abused though. i hope the abuse you recieved hasn't scared you and i'm glad you found a better family. |
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dory
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Can I ask why you have a special interest? |
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Isabel A
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Maybe you should look at some adoption blogs. There are a lot of interesting stories out there. It's not all sunshine and rainbows and puppy dogs but it's real and it's true. There are, first parents, adoptees and adoptive parents from all walks of life blogging and they all have their own unique voice and perspective.
Check out KimKim's Reunion Writings. She has a great link list. |
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brendenbro
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I was adopted when I was two and a half, basically I was born in Las Vegas, Nevada. I lived with my alcoholic parents until I was 2 and a half, thats when my new parents (who adopted me) got a call from my mom's sister letting them know about me and that I wasn't getting good enough treatment that a baby needed, so they came and took me up for adopting, and during the time it takes for an adoption to be fully legal in court, my new mom, some how got this feeling that my birth-parents were going to come that night to take me back (because they still had custody over me) so we decided to go to Disneyland (yay me!) and sure enough, when we got back my much older brother reported that they did in fact come by to pick me up (creepy...) So eventually my new parents won the court battle... I was almost 4. (a year and a half court battle) Well... thats my story (^.^) |
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Dyan
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I adopted my son when he was 2 months old. We never knew the parents. Its was a closed adoption. However. he always knew he was adopted and as he grew older, I told him that if he ever want to find his birth parent, I would help him. When he was 30 years old and had a child of his own, he decided he would like for me to help him find his birth mother so he could find out any medical information about his birth family. He and I worked on it together and we did find her. He met with her first, the he wanted her to meet me (his mom) and she and her family came to our home several times. They are wonderful people and she was just a young girl who could not take care of a baby at the time. My son has a relationship with her as a friend and that is all that it will ever be because I am the only Mom he knows. But the birth mom was very happy to see that the son gave up was brought up in a home filled with love and it let her know that she did the right thing by giving him up. She will always remain a part of our lives and I thank God everyday for the unselfishness on her part for her baby to have a better life than she could give him. She told me how hard that decision was and she is a wonderful mother to the son she has now. |
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Bob Lahblah
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I had some good neighbors that wanted to try and adopt two Russian kids (brother and sister) straight from the old country. They kept running into road blocks every step of the way. They were told that they could adopt one, not the other. I was over at their house one day and (this sounds cheesy to some) I said, "Hey, do you mind if we fast and pray about this together." We picked a day to hold a fast and kept the prayers coming for days. Soon they got a call from the Russian government, hopped on a plane and came home with two beautiful young Russian kids (brother and sister) who speak great English now and are doing fine. They used to call me, "teacher". It was cute. Every once in a while I get a card from the family which always lifts my spirits. |
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yeehaneeha
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I'm a birthmom with an open adoption. I found a wonderful family who gives me regular updates and stays in contact with me. It's been a true blessing to know that my little girl is safe and that she is well cared for. We have become pretty close and it's really helped me throughout the process. |
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in COGNITO *
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I was working and ran into spmeone that I used to know. I told her about how I almost die when I had my daughter and the story of how we planned on adopting when the time was right. She asked me all kinds of personal questions for a week and then told me that her dayghter was 24 weeks preg with a boy and was planning to have an abortion. She also said that she told her daughter about us. A couple of days later she called me and we met.
2 months later he was born. 2 weeks later he was released from the childrens hospital and went home with us. He has many health issues, but best of all he has LIFE. I feel so blessed to have him in my life. I pray for him b-mom daily. |
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Kitten S
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I have a great story. My best friend was raped a few years ago. I know that's awful, but the story gets much better. We had always been close, but because she became pregnant from the experience, she didn't want to tell anyone, so she avoided contact with everyone for months. I was worried because I hadn't spoken to her in a very long time, and I no longer had her number (she moved).
I woke up in the middle of the night obsessed with calling her. I was in tears because somehow I knew that something was wrong. I knew her mother-in-law's name, (she was separated from her husband), so I called the operator in New York and got the phone numbers of every woman with her name, and I started calling all of them. I finally got in touch with the right woman, and she gave me my friend's phone number. At the time I called my friend, she was about to commit suicide. I cried so hard and so long that I couldn't speak or breathe.
I contacted a friend a Healing Hearts ministry (an awesome post abortion counseling ministry) and together we formulated a list of potential adoptive families. Time was short. My friend was eight months pregnant! Once I read about one family, I was convinced that they were the right people. They could not have children on their own. They were very open and honest about their shortcomings and their strengths. They were so excited that they asked to fly out to meet the mom...when they met, my best friend knew immediately that this was the right family for the baby...and she immediately went into labor. The family took her home, and she is a very happy, well adjusted beautiful eight year old girl with lovely parents who recently adopted a second child.
HOW AWESOME IS THAT! |
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I'm missing my son, how do I cope? |
Shortly after my 15th birthday, I became pregnant. I was told by my mother that I was going to get an abortion.
I flat-out refused so, she came up with another idea. Her best friend (who couldn&... |
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For adoption........? |
I have been thinking of adoption quite a bit lately. I am single living in South Africa. I am currently studyin & doing a temporary teaching post for preschool.
I have been on a few ... |
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Anyone who has been adopted ...? |
| I am not sure where to start other than to say that people who have been adopted seem so hostile about having another family, I read on here allot and when I read a question about support for the ... |
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What do you think are the 3 most important changes that need to be made to adoptions/foster care? |
To better meet the needs of children, what 3 essential changes would you like to see made?
Do you think legislation needs to be re-written?
If there are any other practices you would ... |
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Why is it so expensive to adopt a needy child? |
| I completely understand why a prospective adopter needs to go through various background checks and hoops but why such a high price tag? With so many children in need of loving homes it just doesn... |
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Back to School! Do you send a letter to your child's? |
teacher regarding his adoption?
Adoptive Families has a few templates and they're well written but I've never felt I had to send one. The letter serves to educate the teacher ... |
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I am trying 2 find my daughter that i put up for adoption.R there any places that will find her @ no cost?!!? |
| I put my daughter up for adoption & she will soon be 18.I would LOVE 2 see her & so would a lot of her kin people on her fathers side.I have looked @ a couple of places on-line but in the end ... |
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Considering giving my baby up for adoption? Can anyone help? |
I'm 22 years old, I've been in the relationship that I am in now for well over two years.
I just found out that I'm pregnant. I don't know what doctors to see or how to ... |
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I've always wanted to adopt AND give birth, but my boyfriend doesn't seem interested in the adoption part.. |
| This is certainly not a deal breaker for me - he's a wonderful man.. We've been together for almost three years, have talked marriage and kids and the future, and have only not gotten ... |
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When did you find out you were adopted and how did you feel? |
For those of you who were adopted as a baby (or were too young to remember being adopted), when did you find out you were adopted?
Did your adoptive/foster parents tell you from early on ... |
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25% of children are expected to have been fathered by men other than the one named? |
This is something I was told by my sons doc. She suggested that I contact his first parents and reassure his paternity because of some medical issues.
I felt kids wrong about doing that. A... |
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As an adopted child have you grown up with emotional and psychological issues? |
| I am a 33 year old father and just need to hear from other adopted people out there if you have any issues in your adult life from being adopted. I am always restless, nothing seems to make me happy ... |
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Do you think it is painful or hurtful? |
| To your birth mother to contact her when you know it wasn't her choice to give you up? This is one of the reasons I have never searched for my mother. I know the pain she went through when the ... |
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How do people feel about Asian mothers adopting Caucasian babies and raising them the Asian way? |
| Are there any Asian mothers out there who has raised Caucasian children? We hear about Caucasian parents adopting Asian kids all the time, so how do people feel about Asians women claiming unwanted C... |
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Is it selfish to listen to the babysitter? |
| My colored wife and I want to adopt. But she only wants a colored baby. Our babysitter said that she will quit on us if we go that route. She is irreplaceable at her job because she's been ... |
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Has anyone decided to put off adopting or change their plans because of financial concerns? |
Are a lot of people switching from international adoption plans to domestic? Is that more affordable?
I'm just wondering if there are a lot of families who want to adopt but are ... |
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Adoptions????????????? |
what is the average price of an adoption? from start to finish.
my wife and i are wanting to adopt. we have gotten one adotion package through the mail and we where taken back at the price.
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What do you think about adoption? |
| in my family we adopted a child from Kenya whos parents died from AIDS, the mama was pregnant with twins and the babies died because no one would help her giving birth, and she gave birth on the ... |
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