Adoption Journal Update tip

With temperatures in the low 70’s, a slight breeze, beautify sky and colored leafs aloft, this past weekend was out of a Norman Rockwell painting.  Keely and I worked in the yard on both days, raking leaves and transplanting flowers.  We left time in midafternoon for a bike ride on one of the multi-purpose trails near our home.  Each day we passed many families with small children.  Some rode tiny bikes while others were passengers in cool little stroller/trailers. How was your weekend?  Capture it with a couple of sentences and a photo in your Adoption Journal.  

Michigan Hopeful Adoptive Parents, Eric & Michelle

Introducing Michigan Hopeful Adoptive Parents, Eric & Michelle. Their agency is Adoption Associates, Inc in Jenison MI.  You can view their profile on parentfinder.com by clicking here http://www.parentfinder.com/extra_profile_view_17.php?id=6990

 

 

 

If you are an agency looking for trusted adoption professionals who help Adoptive Parents create a 20 page printed profile, eBook, video profile, personal adoption website, social media presence, adoption journal help and more contact me – greg.phelps at cairsolutions.com

Your Adoption Journey - Gratitude

My daughter came home from preschool and announced to my wife and I that we each needed to say a Thankful before eating as we sat at the dinner table.  It became our way of praying before dinner.

Several years later I turned off the morning news deciding that I would rather start my day with good vibes.
This morning I came across a different way to Be Thankful and thought I’d pass it along. Feeling gratitude feels good.  The world needs more of that.  Thank you! – Greg

 

Be Thankful
Be thankful that you don’t already have everything you desire,
If you did, what would there be to look forward to?

Be thankful when you don’t know something
For it gives you the opportunity to learn.

Be thankful for the difficult times.
During those times you grow.

Be thankful for your limitations
Because they give you opportunities for improvement.

Be thankful for each new challenge
Because it will build your strength and character.

Be thankful for your mistakes
They will teach you valuable lessons.

Be thankful when you’re tired and weary
Because it means you’ve made a difference.

It is easy to be thankful for the good things.
A life of rich fulfillment comes to those who are
also thankful for the setbacks.

GRATITUDE can turn a negative into a positive.
Find a way to be thankful for your troubles
and they can become your blessings.
~ Author Unknown ~

 

Michigan Hopeful Adoptive Parents, Jason & Amy

Introducing Michigan Hopeful Adoptive Parents, Jason & Amy. Their agency is Adoption Associates, Inc in Jenison MI.  You can view their profile on parentfinder.com by clicking here

 

 

If you are an agency looking for trusted adoption professionals who help Adoptive Parents create a 20 page printed profile, eBook, video profile, personal adoption website, social media presence, adoption journal help and more contact me – greg.phelps at cairsolutions.com

The art of breathing - through the adoption process

Life is full of pressure. Why add to it? As adoptive parents move through the adoption process remember to complete everything to the best of your ability, love a lot and hold faith tightly within.  Pressuring everyone to move faster helps no one and adds unnecessary pressure to you and everyone that is there to help.

Hopeful Adoptive Parents Phil & Beth with Adoption Associates in Lansing Michigan

Introducing Michigan Hopeful Adoptive Parents, Phil & Beth. Their agency is Adoption Associates, Inc. in Lansing MI.  You can view their profile on parentfinder.com here

 

 

If you are an agency looking for trusted adoption professionals who help Adoptive Parents create a 20 page printed profile, eBook, video profile, personal adoption website, social media presence, adoption journal help and more contact me – greg.phelps@cairsolutions.com

Your Adoption Journal - weekend update

We have a fall weekend planned that includes picking out pumpkins.  I like the tall ones.  Keely likes the fat round ones.  Next weekend we’ll carve faces.  Photos to come!  Whatever you are doing this weekend bring your camera and capture it for your adoption journal. - Greg

A story of hope from the Pittsburgh Foster Care System

Foster care is supposed to be a place where kids can get help, recover from past trauma, and maybe begin to trust adults again. For these kids, it was the opposite, and it was a nightmare. Until Detective Jack Mook came along.  Check out this short uplifting story from CBS On The Road

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Your Adoption Journal - update

The month of October at our home is when I cut down the peonies and clean out the flower bed just outside our front door.  That’s where the pumpkins will sit, the skeletons will stalk and the bats will hover during Halloween.  After my work was done I went to the store and brought home treats of candy corn and caramel apples for the women in our home.  This coming weekend we'll pick out pumpkins.
What did you do over the weekend?  Now is a great time to update your adoption journal with a thought from childhood or current spooking comings and goings.

Adoption Profile Creation - Optimism

The Seven Habits of Highly Successful People tells us to begin with the end in mind.  To me that is a visualization technique.  It’s also what every Hopeful Adoptive Parent should do as they start creating their adoption profile.  While these profiles speaks of love, warmth, compassion, and unity, they are born from optimism, hope and faith.  I thought this saying by Helen Keller summed it up perfectly.

Why Dear Birth Mom?

Why begin your Adoption Profile with a Dear Birth Mother letter?  Yours sounds like everyone else’s.  Birth Moms have told us this repeatedly. To me you run the risk of turning off the birth mom before she’s even had an opportunity to read about your qualities.  Your Adoption Profile speaks of love, commitment, and trust that are woven throughout your unique story.  If you have taken the time to paint a warm picture colored with endearing qualities it will resonate with the birth mom that is right for you.  Let the love shine through and leave the cookie cutter statements in the recycle bin.

Adoption Journal Tip

My love for the outdoors was shaped by the neighborhood where I lived as a child and the time I spent on my grandparent’s farm.  Sharing that love of nature with our children and future children comes naturally.  Sitting outside in our yard we hear the owls call.  We look up the owls in our bird book and talk about them.  We walk to the creek to see if we can find them.  What makes your neighborhood special?  Share it in your adoption journal.

Adoption Journal - Tip

Staying active in your Adoption Journal gives the reader endearing information about you that you couldn't add to your profile because of space.  Most On Line Adoption Profile Resources show the last time you visited.  So not only are you continuing to tell your story, you are also showing the reader you care by staying active.  The update doesn't always have to contain a short story about what is currently going on in your life.  It may be an anecdote based on the season.

When my wife and I started dating she introduced me to the idea that there is more to life than sports. We began going to plays and ballets.  At first it was so out of my comfort zone I wasn’t sure what to think.  So glad she took me!  Our kids have been raised more in the arts because that was their interest.  Piano lessons, clarinet, and ballet.  They’ve been great teachers.  Saturday I bought tickets to see The Joffrey Ballet perform Swan Lake.  Looking forward to this family date! – Do you have a family member who introduced you to something new that became a part of your life? – capture that brief story in an Adoption Journal Update.

 

 

Adoption Journal Update - tip

Autumn is here.  The leaves are changing colors. Soon we will be raking and playing in leaves. Our front yard is colored by maple, oak, dogwood, and redbud trees.  Red, yellow, orange, and brown leaves to pile up, jump in and throw in the air.  Sometimes Keely and I just sit in these chairs, have coffee, and make plans for the day.  Your Adoption Journal is a great place to capture the joy of your yard and home in ways you couldn't in your Adoption Profile

Your Adoption Journey

Facing adversity is part of the journey, remembering not to let that struggle impact our relationships is so important.  Calling back to that wisdom each day to feel love rather than angst is a gift.

Introducing Michigan Hopeful Adoptive Parents, John & Dominique

Introducing Michigan Hopeful Adoptive Parents, John & Dominique. Their agency is Adoption Associates, Inc. in Farmington Hills MI.  You can view their profile on parentfinder.com here http://www.parentfinder.com/extra_profile_view_17.php?id=6977

 

 

 

If you are an agency looking for trusted adoption professionals who help Adoptive Parents create a 20 page printed profile, eBook, video profile, personal adoption website, social media presence, adoption journal help and more contact me – greg.phelps@cairsolutions.com