If your family has been blessed through the miracle of adoption and you would like to share your miracle with us, please email me your name and the URL of your blog or web site.
adoptionfyi at gmail dot com
This Woman's Work
Flowers and Weeds
Peter and Linda
Brian and Leisha
Heidi
Cara and Jared
Holly and Chris
Jennifer
Megan and Shane
Meghan, Kenny, and Sam
Amanda and Derik
The Taylors
The Warrior Princess Diaries - Michelle
Not Sugar Coated
Who am I?
I'm a mother who has, in her search to grow her family, become very passionate about adoption. I wanted others to have access to the fruits of my obsessive need to educate myself on such an important topic.
I am married to the most wonderful man on the planet (who is terribly good looking as a bonus!)
I am called Mama by a precocious and delightful six year old and a loving and sweet four year old little tank.
Adoption Books
Books I've Reviewed
If you have an adoption book you particularly love or has been very helpful and would like to suggest it (or review it!) please email me at adoptionfyi at gmail dot com.
(* indicates I have read this book, ^ indicates it is on my reading list)
From Birth Parent's Prospective
*Life Givers- Framing the Birthparent Experience in Open Adoption. by James L. Gritter
*Family Wanted: Stories of Adoption by Sara Holloway-editor
^Dear Birthmother by Kathleen Silber and Phyllis Speedlin
*The Best for You by Kelsey Stewart (written from a Birth Mother's perspective to her child.)
From Adoptive Parent's Prospective
*Secret Thoughts of and Adoptive Mother by Jana Wolf
*Family Wanted: Stories of Adoption Sara Holloway-editor
*A Love Like Not Other: Stories from Adoptive Parents Pameal Kruger and Jill Smolowe- editors
For the Love of a Child: The Journey of Adoption by Monica Blume
From Adoptee's Prospective
*Family Wanted: Stories of Adoption by Sara Holloway-editor
Guides
*The Adoption Decision: 15 Things You Want to Know Before Adopting by Laura Christianson
*Adopting in America: How to Adopt Within One Year by Randall B. Hicks
*The Adoption Network: Your Guide to Starting a Support System by Laura Christianson
*Adoption is a Family Affair! What Relatives and Friends Must Know by Patricia Irwin Johnston
The Open Adoption Experience - A Complete Guide for Adoptive and Birth Families
by Lois Ruskai Melina
For Children
How I was Adopted by Joanna Cole
My Special Family by Kathleen Silber and Debra Parelskin
Oliver by Lois Wickstrom
*Tell me Again About the Night I was Born by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell
*Sam's Sister by Juliet C. Bond and Dawn Majewski
*The Best for You by Kelsey Stewart
*God Found Us You Lisa Tawn Bergren (Author) Laura J. Bryant (Illustrator)
*Motherbridge of Love Author unknown, Josee Masse (Illustrator)
If you have an adoption book you particularly love or has been very helpful and would like to suggest it (or review it!) please email me at adoptionfyi at gmail dot com.
(* indicates I have read this book, ^ indicates it is on my reading list)
From Birth Parent's Prospective
*Life Givers- Framing the Birthparent Experience in Open Adoption. by James L. Gritter
*Family Wanted: Stories of Adoption by Sara Holloway-editor
^Dear Birthmother by Kathleen Silber and Phyllis Speedlin
*The Best for You by Kelsey Stewart (written from a Birth Mother's perspective to her child.)
From Adoptive Parent's Prospective
*Secret Thoughts of and Adoptive Mother by Jana Wolf
*Family Wanted: Stories of Adoption Sara Holloway-editor
*A Love Like Not Other: Stories from Adoptive Parents Pameal Kruger and Jill Smolowe- editors
For the Love of a Child: The Journey of Adoption by Monica Blume
From Adoptee's Prospective
*Family Wanted: Stories of Adoption by Sara Holloway-editor
Guides
*The Adoption Decision: 15 Things You Want to Know Before Adopting by Laura Christianson
*Adopting in America: How to Adopt Within One Year by Randall B. Hicks
*The Adoption Network: Your Guide to Starting a Support System by Laura Christianson
*Adoption is a Family Affair! What Relatives and Friends Must Know by Patricia Irwin Johnston
The Open Adoption Experience - A Complete Guide for Adoptive and Birth Families
by Lois Ruskai MelinaFor Children
How I was Adopted by Joanna Cole
My Special Family by Kathleen Silber and Debra Parelskin
Oliver by Lois Wickstrom
*Tell me Again About the Night I was Born by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell
*Sam's Sister by Juliet C. Bond and Dawn Majewski
by Juliet C. Bond and Dawn Majewski*The Best for You by Kelsey Stewart
*God Found Us You Lisa Tawn Bergren (Author) Laura J. Bryant (Illustrator)
*Motherbridge of Love Author unknown, Josee Masse (Illustrator)