July 26, 2015
Adoptions Book We’re Loving
Every once in a while, we love sharing an update about all the new adoption books we’ve found. Reading is not only an incredible way to connect with your children, but it’s such a powerful way to absorb information. It’s a great resource for showing children the ways in which other families live, and that they’re not different — that all families, in fact, are unique. Here are some of our favorites that we’ve come across recently.
Sherrie Eldridge’s 20 Life-Transforming Changes Adoptees Need to Make is really about giving power back to adoptees. Addressing common emotions, feelings and insecurities adoptees deal with on a regular basis, Sherrie lists 20 choices every adoptee has the power to make. Inspiring and so rewarding, this is the perfect gift for empowering the adoptee in your life.
God and Jetfire is a powerful memoir written by a birth mother detailing her choice to place a child in an open adoption, and the twelve years that follow. It’s an incredible thing to be privy to such an experience, and as members of the adoption community, we have a great deal to learn from the women who are so honest in sharing what it is like to make the sacrifice they do. Their struggles, triumphs, challenges and bravery teach us so much, and we are always eager to read their stories.
Jazzy’s Quest / Adopted and Amazing! In love with this concept from Portrait of an Adoption blogger Carrie Goldman. Addressing identity issues and the very real struggle to find out what makes you “you,” this fun, adventurous book is sure to spark important conversations between you and your children.
In My Heart — This sweet book helps to correct children’s concerns that they might be forgotten or left behind. By showing kids that no matter where their parents are, they are loved and held in their hearts, they are able to experience how deeply someone can care for them, even when they’re not right there in front of them. Although not adoption-specific, the themes are excellent for guiding adoptees through feelings of neglect or rejection.
What are you reading right now — either yourself, or with your kids?