Adoption Profile Creation Help for Adoptive Parents

Working with the Adoption Associates, Inc  Farmington Hills, MI staff today. 
Tonight we implement Parentfinder's Adoptive Family Networking Bundle for all of their parents
http://www.adoptionassociates.net/

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Greg & Keely’s Adoption Journal -
As we move into August our garden offers a bounty of cucumbers.  Keely makes three different kinds of pickles, Bread & Butter, Sweet, and Dill.  We preserve them for use throughout the year.  We also give them to friends and family.  Last night she made Dill Pickles from a recipe passed down for my great grandmother.  Our kids are interested in carrying on this tradition.  There is nothing tastier than homemade dill pickles on a grilled burger with home grown tomatoes and onions! 

What have you written in your adoption Journal this week?  Do you have summer long traditions? 

Indiana's Safe Haven Law

Earlier this week in Indianapolis a 22 year old woman gave birth to a baby boy in the women’s rest room at work.  She was confused and ill prepared to take care of a baby.  She had no idea that Indiana had a safe haven law. This law allows a mother, ill-equipped to take care of a child to take that baby to any police station, fire station, or hospital and turn the baby over with no questions asked.   

She put the baby in the trash and went back to work.  By the grace of god, two coworkers found him and he’s now in recovery at an area hospital.  The mother is facing neglect and attempted murder charges. 

How can we better educate young women on the option they have available when they become pregnant?

Maryland Hopeful Adoptive Parents, Jon & Sandy

 Introducing Maryland Hopeful Adoptive Parents, Jon & Sandy. They are with Adoptions Together in Calverton, MD.  You can view their profile on parentfinder.com here www.parentfinder.com/JonandSandy

 

 

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Ideas for Your Adoption Journal

Capturing weekend activities in your adoption Journal helps reinforce and add color to hobbies or activities you listed in your adoption profile.  Over the weekend I worked in our gardens pulling out our green bean bushes and replanting snow peas.  I also harvested onions.  Last year we were able to store and use onions from our garden from August through April.  Red onions enhance our recipes especially roast veggies that were also grown in our garden.

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My wife grew up in a small town in central Ohio.  Walking to and from school was a part of her morning routine.  Walking on the dry leaves of fall is one of her favorite sounds. 

She embraced studying and graduated with honors. 
We were on the same page with education.  We are on the same page with listening to our children tell us about their desires and letting them show us their talent so we can better guide them. 
What are your early educational experiences?  How has that help you craft your approach as you think about adopting?  Write that in an adoption journal entry.

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Last night my wife and I were able to steal away and canoe in the evening after dinner.  That time on the water helps us reconnect with the outdoors and each other.  Having bought the canoe when we dated it has been on journeys throughout our life together.  Last night as we rounded the corner we were surprised to find a small flock of Sandhill crane.  We also see plenty of turtles, wood duck, water lily, bull frogs and other wildlife we share with our girls. That appreciation for our waterways and nature leads us to recycle, compost, eat healthy and stay fit for future adventures. 
Think about your adoption journal.  What activities do you plan to share?