Tag: adoption
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October 08, 2008 09:00 PM EDT --
Last night I received an email from my neice Shannon about the long road she has traveled to adopt a baby from China. Just before last Christmas, she had heard from the Chinese authorities that the . . . more
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July 15, 2008 08:32 PM EDT --
You would think McCain has been living in a cave with some cranky pilgrims.
He said, "I think that we've proven that both parents are important in the success of a family so, no, . . . more
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September 06, 2008 12:25 PM EDT --
Mothers Coming
Mothers coming. The absence of the apostrophe is not accidental. Mother's coming means "Mother is coming." In my case, in a few weeks, . . . more
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June 08, 2008 08:56 AM EDT --
In the 30s you could be an orphan and still have your parents alive. It just meant you were abandoned for whatever reason. Many kids didn't even go to institutions, they were just . . . more
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March 30, 2008 02:22 AM EDT --
Recently I spoke with a gather friend, that is as well child abuse survivor. The conversation brought me to this article. I hear so many say there are way to many unwanted children in the world. . . . more
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December 14, 2007 11:43 AM EST --
to clarify....
i am capable of giving birth, but that experience is not something i want to go through. are there any other folks out there that are adopting for similar reasons?
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June 10, 2008 02:02 PM EDT --
I was aimed at a website this morning to check felons in the area. Ok, sure, I'll look that over. I just now got around to doing it, though. The site wasn't as good as local searches, but it wasn't . . . more
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November 15, 2007 03:52 PM EST --
I’d just finished reading about Rose’s prompt and thought hard about a way to contribute in it. Maybe a short story, a poem, an essay – what should I write? Finally, I decided to share . . . more
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April 20, 2008 09:29 AM EDT --
As the girl passed her pink bundle of love to the overjoyed couple, her heavy heart fell to the floor and broke in two.
She picked up half and turned away, dragging her feet with all her might.
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December 11, 2006 04:22 PM EST --
I just received my December issue of Adoption Today. My story, Accidental Joy, is on page 56, along with a photo of me and the gang! This is my first print magazine byline! Yay!
I want to thank Gather . . . more
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August 18, 2008 10:47 AM EDT --
I kept thinking, what would be interesting to my gather friends as my first article. After much thought, I decided on my life as an adopted person.
Even at 57 years old this whole process . . . more
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September 28, 2006 08:28 PM EDT --
My Aunt (mom's sister) has been trying to adopt a baby from China for the past two years. It's apparently a very tedious and expensive process. They do background checks and home . . . more
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June 29, 2007 01:10 AM EDT --
I wanted to get everyones opinion on whether or not to get two puppies at once and the reasons and the reasons why or why not.
My husband and I are planning on adding two dogs to our family, but . . . more
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September 21, 2007 11:56 AM EDT --
I adopted a little girl who was closer to a dog than a person. She had been abused horribly. She was full of literal holes all over her body, hair hair was brillo and falling out, and her teeth . . . more
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October 20, 2007 09:00 PM EDT --
Adoption is something that I have always considered. I truly think that my husband and I have a lot to offer a child that has nobody else. I also feel like I could skip years 1 and 2 of a child's . . . more
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June 11, 2008 01:55 PM EDT --
She did it everyone she signed the termination papers!!! By Friday if all goes well and it will because if I have to one bill will get postponed but the papers are signed and we just got to pay . . . more
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August 15, 2008 10:12 PM EDT --
Yes, animals adopt. Not always, but often enough to create a wealth of stories on Google from which to create this article.
A story reported in a Pittsburgh newspaper tells of a mother . . . more
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April 05, 2007 02:39 PM EDT --
A Crazy Way to Make a Family
I rarely do anything the “normal” way. This isn’t so much a conscious decision as much as just the way things seem to work out. In high school, I skipped . . . more
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May 07, 2007 12:45 PM EDT --
My wife and I want to adopt. She has always felt that it was something she was supposed to do -- a calling, perhaps. I can't say that I have felt it is a "calling" for me but . . . more
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May 13, 2007 11:05 PM EDT --
I married Jan in 1980 She had come from a battered marriage. It lasted 11 years. She was working in a convience store in Maryland. I walked in one day and saw her. I really didn't notice but . . . more
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