I had an incredible opportunity to attend a two day conference last week with a group of other adoptive parents who are actively working within their communities to offer support and create opportunities for adoptive families to connect. It was fun, empowering, exciting – it encouraged me to get even more involved. And with practical [...]
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The news from Friday – Russia’s Parliament voted down a motion to freeze all adoptions from the United States. As the article states, they believed that as long as the two countries are working towards an agreement, a freeze would not be necessary. Read more here: Russia Declines to Stop American Adoptions Since two people I spoke with over the weekend had not heard about this, I’m calling it still news! Sandra Bullock revealed she brought home a son, Louis, several months ago – just at the height of all of her award ceremony press, and managed to keep it out of the press until now. Meet Sandra Bullock’s [...] Basically, all anyone seems to be able to talk about these days is the decision of a Tennessee woman to sned her adopted son back to Russia. And now the moment we’ve all been dreading: the suspension of Russian adoptions until some mutually agreed-upon procedures are put in place. So what do you think? Is Russia [...] Found this blog: Be The Answer, that’s calling for people to blog about their Russian adoption (or one of someone they know) tomorrow, April 15th. Love the idea of showing our support for all of our IA friends, so thought we’d pass it on! (You can submit the name of your blog on their facebook page [...] Your average adoptive parent cringes a little when anyone mentions “adoption” and “Hollywood.” For pity’s sake some of the comments we hear coming out of some of the young celebrity mouths – makes me wish there was a national list we could nominate them for: People Who Can’t Ever Adopt. There are famous (and infamous) adoptive [...] This one is just disgusting. Apparently a woman in Tennessee sent her young son unaccompanied to Russia because she wanted to send him back. Like he was a faulty cell phone or something. It makes me want to throw up. Of course, this woman is crazy (provided that she did, in fact do what she’s accused of doing, [...] We try and post news articles, opinions and information here at AdoptingMamas on Mondays. So here’s a roundup of adoption articles this week: From our International Desk Interest in Ethiopia, other countries spikes with Haitian adoptions still closed. In Domestic News: The gay Florida couple at the center of [...] Whether you are a Grey’s Anatomy/Katherine Heigl fan or not (I’ve decided I am both) – I thought we could all appreciate some comments she made in an Entertainment Weekly article from Friday. As most know, Katherine Heigl brought home her daughter, Naleigh, from Korea last September. She took a long break from Grey’s Anatomy to [...] Woohoo! Part of me wishes the “refundable” part was retroactive to 2009! Children’s Hope International: Adoption Tax Credit Extended and Improved! |
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