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Separated by adoption reality: the adoptive parent experience
Today, I had a conversation with a woman (whom I will call Helen) who had adopted a newborn 19 years ago. This child had behavioural problems while growing up, and the parents despaired. Eventually,...
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Jaycee Dugard … a DIY adoption
Recently, the world recoiled in shock when a young woman named Jaycee Dugard, age 29, was rescued from a filthy back yard where she was held captive for 18 years, imprisoned by a convicted sex...
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Protected: “Sorry, Mrs. Smith”— Looking Beyond The Story
This post is password protected. You must visit the website and enter the password to continue reading. Posted in adoption Tagged: adoption, adoption myths, adoption separation, adoptive parents,...
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Origins Canada – check it out! :)
I’m absolutely thrilled to share a very special link with you, the new Origins Canada website: Origins Canada: Supporting Those Separated by Adoption http://www.originscanada.org/ Posted in adoption...
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Human Rights, Motherhood, Reproductive Exploitation … and Adoption
This is a post about human rights. Rights that we all enjoy because, well, we are human beings and not tadpoles, buttercups, or granite slabs. We are born human, and in a special position in the...
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Adoption “Choice”– A Response to a Mother
I recently responded on another blog to a mother (I consider her to be a mother, but she calls herself a “birthmother“ i.e. a non-mother) who expressed that the loss of her two children to adoption...
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Happy birthday, hon!
Happy birthday, my precious first-born! I never imagined we’d be reunited for 10 years, 1/3 of your life. Plus i feel far too young to possibly have a son who is 30! Come on, I’m not nearly old...
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Happy Mothers Day!
Especially to all mothers who have lost/surrendered/placed children for adoption. May this day be blessed for you! Remember, you deserve respect as a MOTHER! Filed under: adoption Tagged: adoption,...
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The residential schools tragedy … there are just no words for it.
(Note: This post is not directly adoption related, but pertains to another issue close to my heart, the mistreatment of First Nations peoples in Canada) The first “national event” of the “Truth and...
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Adoption Loss: About “Closure”
This post was inspired by Mei-Ling’s recent post on her blog, where she spoke of a person who adopted who hoped that Mei-Ling would “find closure.” One more adoptee gets patronizingly fed this line,...
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