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Closure: The open adoption spectrum
I have had the great fortune to get to know Amara’s wonderful staff over the past year. Their love for the birthparents they work with, the prospective adoptive families they serve, former adoptive...
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Beyond Lucky – what to say when families foster adopt
When people find out that my younger son is adopted a very common phrase I hear is, “Oh he’s so lucky!” While his adoption was finalized over a year ago, our family continues to provide short-term care...
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How do you have the capacity to love 78 children? The Madisons show us how.
“Oh, we talked about it before we decided to be foster parents,” says Karen Madison very matter-of-factly. “We did?” questions her husband Ted with a crooked smile on his face and twinkle in his eye....
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My journey as Damien’s birth mother
To answer the question What Makes a Family, we invited one family to share their story. Judy wrote about becoming a mom through an open adoption. Damien wrote about meeting Judy and joining her family....
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