I was home sick last night. As I curled on my couch, flipping through channels, I stopped at my local PBS station because my cable box told me the program was called “Adopted: for the Life of Me”. There was no more program information available, but I stop for anything labeled adoption, even for just [...]
(I know, I missed the first Friday – sorry!)
We read a LOT of books in our house. Lots and lots and lots. In fact when we were still in Florida when Abby was an infant, we took a trip to a bookstore and simply *had* to buy her a book. It wasn’t fair for us [...]
I got an email last week from the owner of this awesome etsy shop. The shop owner is an adoptive mom and also a rocking textile designer who has created a line of fabrics to celebrate families of all different stripes. As she told me in an email, “I am a textile designer and mama [...]
Title: 100 First Words
Author: Roger Priddy
Get It Here: 100 First Words
This isn’t an adoption book – it’s just a kids book – but it’s a fantastic option for multi-racial families.
There are tons of big board books along the same lines as this one, but this book just does it better. It has big, colorful, simple [...]
Title: Why I Chose You: 100 Reasons Why Adopting You Made Us A Family
Author: Gregory E. Lang
Buy it Here: Why I Chose You (100 Reasons)
I found this book on a read-and-return bookshelf in a hotel lobby 1000 miles from my house. I was attending a conference that I hadn’t attended since Abby was born, in [...]
Five of Our Favorite Adoption Resources
New to adoption and don’t know where to start looking for information? Here are our five favorite resources:
1. The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Adoption by Christine Adamec
Nothing personal! This book is a great starting point when you just have no idea which way to go. International or Domestic or Foster/Adopt? [...]
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