As Jeff and I have gone through our road toward adoption, people have asked us lots of questions. I think most people are just curious about the whole process if they, or someone close to them, has never gone through it.
Of course in our country there are all kinds of different ways to go about the adoption process; international, domestic, open and confidential to name a few. Jeff and I have chosen an open domestic adoption, with a big emphasis on the "open" part.
Since last November we have learned a lot, discussed a lot and thought a lot about what we feel would be the most comfortable with during our journey through adoption. One thing we thought would be the most natural, is for our child to know from the beginning his/her own story. To make adoption the "norm" of who they are and where they came from the get-go. This hopefully avoids the worry-some issue of "when is the right time to tell him/her", when is too young, when is too late. Our plan is to bring up the topic using children's books. So far we've bought 2 or 3 (I'll post the titles later).
Below are some articles provided by our adoption agency (see link to the right if you'd like to visit the agencies website) that I would like to share with all our friends. I hope this answers some questions and brings up some things that you might not have considered.
Enjoy!
Dear Abby
Involving Family & Friends
Speaking Positively
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