Welcoming The Law Offices of Deborah Steincolor to parentfinder

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 welcomes adoptive parents from the offices of
Deborah Steincolor Esq. We look forward to working with you!

http://www.theadoptattorney.com

Michigan Hopeful Adoptive Parents, Matt and Emily

Introducing Michigan Hopeful Adoptive Parents, Matt and Emily. They are with Adoption Associates in Jenison, MI.  You can view their profile on parentfinder.com by clicking here

http://www.parentfinder.com/emilyandmatthew

 

If you are an agency looking for a trusted partner who creates dynamic profiles.  A diverse group of profiles for one low price - eBook, video profile, printed, personal adoption website, social media presence, adoption journal help and more contact me –  greg.phelps at cairsolutions.com

Adoption Profile Tip - your home

Your home is more than a structure that keeps you warm and dry.  It’s a yard, a neighborhood, a community and a place for adventure as you raise a child.  That’s a lot of story to capture.  It’s far more colorful that characterizing it as a three bedroom ranch in the suburbs.  In our yard we learn about nature.  Once the leaves fell this fall I found three cecropia moth cocoons.  Teaching kids about nature takes me back to childhood.  Understanding the wonder of the world around us adds depth and gives me another way of bonding with our child.  As you describe your home in your adoption profile, think about everything it offers and paint a rich picture.

Adoption Journal - Time to Post a Thanksgiving update

Our Thanksgiving Holiday includes the annual tradition of heading across the lake to the toboggan run which opens on Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. I take the nieces and nephews. We can put 4 people on a toboggan.  This year we used two sleds and tried to race each other.  The track is ¼ mile long and refrigerated, so if the temps are above freezing you can still go.  There is a radar gun near the end of the track that flashes your speed.  This year we made it to 34 miles per hour, flying through the woods with smiles on our face.  Great family fun! 

 

 

Make sure to update your Adoption Journal with an activity and photo from the holiday.

Adoption Journal Update - Thanksgiving week

What we want for a child on Thanksgiving is for them to feel the love we as parents have in our heart.  To experience the bond of family coming together.  To taste the richness of recipes passed down through generations.  To hear stories from our elders of struggle, sacrifice, and triumph.  To understand the comfort and joy of this family tradition regardless of what else may be happening in our lives.

Adoption Profile Tip

Creating a printed adoption profile requires high resolution photos.  Those photos should be a minimum of 500KB in size.  You can’t take a photo that is 100KB in size and make it bigger.  Think of it this way, digital photos are made up of bits of information.  Making a photo file size larger requires more information about that image…if it wasn’t there at the beginning…it will be even more obvious that it isn’t there when you blow up the photo.  The spaces of missing information are illustrated as blurred color.  The result is a pixelated photo. 

You only have one opportunity to make a great first impression. After spending all of that time writing a great profile; don’t compromise it with bad photos.

Adoption Journal Update - tip

I enjoy each season for the different activities we experience. Carly catching up on reading by the fire with snow falling outside, what a beautiful family evening.
What makes your house a home? Tell us with an Adoption Journal update.

Adoption Profile Tip

I work with hundreds of adoptive parents.  Together we refine their adoption profile.  Many see the process of profile outreach as a competition with other parents.  I remind them the competition is only within themselves, to put their best foot forward in story and photos.  It reminds me of this saying: 
I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.” – Mikhail Baryshnikov

Monday - Time for an Adoption Journal Update

Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible - it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could.
- Barbara de Angelis
For me this past weekend was spent in the presence of love with my wife and daughter – parent’s weekend at Indiana University. Capture your weekend activity in an Adoption Journal post

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

click here to watch

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.