May 12, 2017
Link Roundup
Hi friends!
May you have be having a restful, relaxing close to a positive week. And if this week had hardship, may you find peace in the weekend.
Here are some reads that caught our attention this week, as always, we like to share.
See you Monday. <3
Something that saddens us, but that we should all be aware of: a new Texas bill would allow adoption agencies to discriminate against adoptive families based on religious grounds. “The Texas House of Representatives has approved a bill that would allow foster care and adoption agencies that receive state funding to refuse to place children with families they disapprove of on religious grounds, including families headed by gay or transgender people, atheists and others.”
“My entire life is a love letter I’ve been writing to my birth mother.”
A new Ikea ad touches on adoption in a lovely and emotional way.
Sharon Stone, who is the adoptive mother to three boys, shared an emotional moment with her sons when she won a Mother of the Year award.
This woman shares her beautiful story of motherhood, parenting two biological children, two adopted children, and three foster children. “’A child is a child,’ Ms. Baptiste said at her home in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. ‘That’s my thing.’”
This little boy delivered a heart-melting “adoption proposal” to his step father.
5 terrific TV shows that can help preschoolers become bilingual.
5 signs it’s time to take your adoption networking plan to the next level. “When it comes to creating a family through open adoption, how much networking is too much? If you’re a waiting parent, the answer is simple: There’s no such thing as too much networking. After all, the more you do, the more of a chance you have of getting yourself out there and eventually connecting with expectant parents. How this translates into action varies from one waiting parent to another.”
This mom writes her sons’ birth mothers a Mother’s Day card every year.
A poem and thoughts on birth mothers, and their connection to Mother’s Day.