In Part One, I covered how Christine has written a series of posts about open adoption and the benefits it offers to all involved in adoption. I'll now cover her last two posts in the series on this Fresh Outlook Friday!

In Part Three of her four part series, Christine offers us some stories and links... more

Today I bring to you not one post. Not two posts. Not three posts. But four posts on this Fresh Outlook Friday! The series of posts brought to us by Christine from Welcome to My Brain started on Wednesday. In the four part series, Christine talks openly about open adoption in hopes of dispelling myths and taking away some of the "scary parts" for those who don't really know anything about or understand the core of open adoption.

In Part... more

There are days in adoption that mean the world to one side and can crush the other. The day that the TPR was signed (oh, both times since my agency sucked) was quite possibly the lowest point in my life. At the same time, I can say with a high degree of certainty that it was at the very least a welcome relief for J & D. Finalization, though I did not attend, was a time in which I did not leave my room or eat for two days. Being legally wiped off of the map of my daughter's life was emotionaly destroying.

So that's why it's refreshing to hear another adoptive parent understand and discuss the dual emotions of the day. The... more

Wanting to start out the weekend on a good, solid and positive note, I sat down to seek out a blog post, article or forum discussion to share with you readers. (I'll be doing this on Friday mornings from here on out.) This morning I was moved to read the following blog for many reasons.

I've been reading Parenting #1 Through Open Adoption since the family brought their son home. They happened onto my Google blog alerts and from the title of their blog alone, I became intrigued. As the author mentions in today's post, all open adoptions look differently. I wondered what their would look like. I was hopeful. Today, she laid it all out... more