March 25, 2016
Adoption News Roundup
It’s Friday! And what a welcome Friday it is.
We hope you have a wonderful weekend and a Happy Easter, if you celebrate. We’re looking forward to spending time with family and catching these first waves of spring rolling through.
Here are some of the things we’ve been reading this week…
Always good for a laugh, these parenting quotes from Louis CK are a day-brightener. “3. On watching your kiddo’s play, performance, or dance: “There’s no more joyful feeling in the human experience than when a child’s play is over…. Nothing feels that good, when you can say, ‘I’m not watching that any longer.’ Every second my daughter is on stage, I can’t breathe because I’m so proud of her, but this is a bad show.”
Love this thoughtful piece about adoption from a birth grandmother’s point of view. “I didn’t want to influence her one way or the other. I knew it had to be her decision. My daughter was much stronger than me, she never doubted or waivered. She was so courageous. I spent a lot of time praying for my daughter, and for the little girl she was carrying.”
After the Brussels attacks, and in light of the current state of things, it can be difficult to explain such horrific concepts like terrorism to your kids. Nothing will make it easy, but these tips may help.
This piece of advice helped this individual reframe how they considered their own adoption story.
This positive birth mother talks grief, shame, and openness in adoption. “Most importantly, birth parents know shame because of how others perceive them. Shame is something brought on upon others, it latches itself deep into the heart and soul of a birthparent and this needs to end.”
“Foster parenting is the hardest thing I’ve ever done—but so worth it.”
This new bill would give adoptive parents and military dads 12 weeks of parental leave. So important!
This single father talks about adopting his son with Down Syndrome, and the wishes he has for him. “My vision for Binney is far from building his IQ. I’d simply rather hone his EQ. I want him to grow to know and witness the beauty of nature – the fluttering butterflies and buzzing bees around a bush of fragrant roses, the sound of a fresh-water stream, the whistling wind as it rushes through an army of tall trees, and the captivity of gazing at a starlit night sky. I wish for him to play with colours and to paint his life’s canvas with many bright ones. I want him to feel the healing touch of music and to know how each note brightens his mood…”