Author: Aurora Brooks
Publisher: BabyDreamers.net
ISBN: 1776981618
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 41
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Adoption: A Journey Filled with Love, Loss, and Miracles is a heartfelt and informative guide that explores the emotional rollercoaster of the adoption process. This short read book delves into the various aspects of adoption, from making the decision to adopt to navigating the complexities of open adoption and supporting birth parents. With a focus on love, loss, and the miracles that come with adoption, this book offers valuable insights and practical advice for anyone considering or involved in the adoption journey. The book begins with an exploration of the decision to adopt, helping readers understand the motivations and considerations involved in this life-changing choice. It then moves on to preparing for adoption, including choosing the right adoption agency and understanding the adoption process. The chapter on open vs. closed adoption provides a comprehensive overview of the different types of adoption and their implications. One of the most powerful sections of the book is dedicated to the emotional journey of adoption. It explores the challenges and joys of bonding with an adopted child, as well as the difficult emotions of loss and rejection that may arise. The book also emphasizes the importance of supporting birth parents throughout the adoption process. Navigating relationships in open adoption is another key topic covered in this book. It offers guidance on establishing and maintaining healthy relationships with birth parents, as well as providing post-placement support for both adoptive parents and birth parents. Understanding the impact of adoption on children is crucial, and this book delves into the unique challenges and experiences of adopted children. It also provides advice on talking about adoption with your child and supporting adopted teens. The book also addresses important topics such as transracial adoption, celebrating cultural heritage, addressing racism and prejudice, and the impact of adoption on sibling relationships. It offers practical tips for fostering healthy sibling bonds and building a strong family unit. Legal considerations and finalization are discussed, along with resources for continuing support and frequently asked questions. The book concludes with an invitation for readers to reach out with any questions or comments they may have. Adoption: A Journey Filled with Love, Loss, and Miracles is a must-read for anyone involved in the adoption process. Whether you are considering adoption, in the midst of the journey, or already a parent through adoption, this book offers valuable insights, support, and resources to help you navigate the complexities and joys of adoption. Get your copy today and embark on a journey filled with love, loss, and miracles. Plus, as a bonus, receive the e-book How To Be A Super Mom This title is a short read. A Short Read is a type of book that is designed to be read in one quick sitting. These no fluff books are perfect for people who want an overview about a subject in a short period of time. Table of Contents Adoption: A Journey Filled with Love, Loss, and Miracles The Decision to Adopt Preparing for Adoption Choosing an Adoption Agency Understanding the Adoption Process Open vs. Closed Adoption The Emotional Journey Bonding with Your Adopted Child Dealing with Loss and Rejection Supporting Birth Parents Open Adoption: Navigating Relationships Post-Placement Support Understanding the Impact on Adopted Children Talking About Adoption with Your Child Supporting Adopted Teens Transracial Adoption Celebrating Cultural Heritage Addressing Racism and Prejudice Adoption and Sibling Relationships Fostering Healthy Sibling Bonds Life After Adoption Legal Considerations and Finalization Building a Strong Family Unit Continuing Support and Resources Frequently Asked Questions Have Questions / Comments?
Author: Edwina Holman Champion
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1490899499
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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“I don’t have any idea what we are doing, where we are going, or if what we are doing is the right thing. I’m just trusting that God will take care of things from this point on.” With those words, Steve and Edwina Champion went to see their daughter for the first time on a cold, gray, winter day in Ukraine. They had never before flown on an airplane when they left their North Carolina home for a country where everything—the language, the food, even the toilet paper—was unfamiliar, and finding a simple can opener was nothing short of miraculous. After many frustrating days of being cooped up in a drab, soulless apartment, they were about to meet Lillyann, the little girl of their dreams. This is the story of one couple’s experience of adopting a child from a foreign country—a child that not only had developmental delays but was deaf. Most of all, it is a story about God’s hand in the lives of everyday people. Adopting Lillyann led Steve and Edwina back to the Lord and made crystal-clear the importance of a loving church family. Although they have since experienced numerous heartaches and trials, the Champions’ conviction that God always intended for Lillyann to be their daughter has never wavered, and their love for her has only deepened. Edwina’s letters to Lillyann capture the couple’s anticipation, anxiety, and joy with a freshness and poignancy that will touch your heart.
Author: Teresa Travous Hull
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1449758215
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
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This lovely illustrated children s book written in rhyme paints the journey adoptive families take in order to bring their Russian children home. Follow a couple on their journey and experience the joys and challenges they go through until their child is ultimately united with them. Check it out on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Teresa-Travous-Hull/172131412924422. Let s celebrate adoption together!
Author: Niki Breeser Tschirgi
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN: 9781457562150
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 118
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Beginning with infertility and one couple's struggle with building their family, Stretch-mark My Heart dives headlong into the fragmented world of the US foster care system. Following the adoption journey of Matt and Niki Tschirgi (pronounced Sure-Gee), this book lays the groundwork from start to finish regarding what it takes to have a child permanently placed in your home for adoption. Through fostering, private adoption, open adoption, and foster-to-adopt, Niki recounts the lonely and grievous road of infertility, her and her husband's decision-making process to choose adoption, the hard work and perseverance to get licensed to be foster parents, and the finalization of six adoptions. Discover how the Tschirgis became a blended family over the course of six years and doubled their family size while moving from Washington to Texas. Stretch-mark My Heart will immerse you in the complicated process of accepting and loving into your home children who were born out of trauma, abuse, and neglect. See how each child was uniquely meant to be a part of this family.Travel along this bumpy yet inspiring road and explore many facets of adoption, including sibling-group, multiracial, infant, and older-child adoption. Although heartbreak, trials, and the unknown are present throughout this book, triumph, miracles, unconditional love, and belonging overshadow the pain and loss of infertility, as well as the brokenness inherent in being a child in foster care. Stretch-mark My Heart will help you understand the intricate and detailed plan that God had for a family to be built together by the power of choice... the choice of adoption.
Author: Filis Casey
Publisher: HCI
ISBN: 9780757301292
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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A heartwarming collection of true stories that weave a rich tapestry of the adoption experience from many different perspectives: birthmothers, adoptive parents and grandparents, and adopted children and adults. These inspiring stories reveal the challenges and joys of the lifelong adoption journey including: the pain of letting go of a child; the wonderment of meeting "your" perfect child halfway around the world; the challenges of adopting an older child already set in his ways; watching a child's potential flourish in a loving environment; sibling rivalry and eventual bonding; integrating a child's culture into a new multiracial family; finding peace in the search for identity, roots and unanswered questions; and feeling the happiness and love that comes from forming a family. While each story is unique, the emotions conveyed are universal: love, loss, hope and joy. The collection will appeal to everyone affected by adoption, regardless of their phase in the journey. Stunning black-and-white photos are included.
Author: Laura Dail
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 9780740741722
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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More than five million people in the United States are adopted. Given the birth parents, adoptive parents, siblings, grandparents, and other extended family members connected to each adoptee, the number of Americans whose lives are directly, intimately affected by the adoption of a child reaches into the tens of millions. Truly Yours is a candid, poignant book for all of them, and for all whose lives may yet be touched by the wondrous experience of adoption.With a thoughtful introduction by author Laura Dail, an adoptive mother, Truly Yours is full of quotes by Art Buchwald, Dale Evans, George Burns, Jamie Lee Curtis, Barbara Walters, Rosie O'Donnell, the Dalai Lama, and others. These diverse voices share observations, from funny to wise, on the joys and challenges of adoption.The number of Americans seeking to adopt has doubled over the past two years, after having held steady since 1970. Adoption is rising to the forefront of the national consciousness. Consumer interest in products-particularly books-created especially for adopted families has never been higher. Truly Yours is a beautiful and timely book for this audience, and your customers will be delighted to discover it.
Author: Linda Beggs
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1512700940
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 126
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In August of 1958, after a refreshing swim in Lake Michigan, a young couple suffering from infertility issues received the call that would change their lives forever. As the happy couple drove from Michigan to Marion, Indiana, to pick up their daughter, the baby’s birth mother sobbed as she shakily signed the adoption papers. Although her daughter had already left her body, she never left her heart—sealing a connection that would endure until her last breath. Linda Beggs shares a compelling story of raw feelings and an undeniable bond as she details how she searched for familiarity and yearned for connections throughout her life after she was adopted at birth. Despite growing up in a Christian home with loving parents, Beggs describes how she confronted abandonment and identity issues, along with an increasing curiosity about her biological mother. After two attempts to find her birth mother failed, Beggs buried her feelings—until her persistence finally led her to meet her biological mother, acknowledge her emotions, and receive insight and healing through God’s grace. Undeniable Connections reveals one woman’s journey through adoption as she comes to terms with her emotions and, through God’s wonderful plan, finds beauty in the ashes.
Author: Bess Lewis
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781717287526
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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I still can describe to you my fairytale emotions that I had about fostering and adoption. We were going to rescue abused children, provide them a home, love on them, adopt them and then go on with our normal American lives! I could quote all the Bible verses on delivering the fatherless, recite happy adoption stories, and believed our own story of adoption would be just around the corner. But, two and half years later in our fostering journey, we would continue to struggle to obtain the foster children's permanent placement which seemed like an unending battle. "The goal remains the same," the judge would pronounce, "return home." This 'home' was a place that our foster children no longer knew or recognized even if it was with their birth dad. How could God allow this? How could God remove the foster children from our secure and loving home and place them in the midst of insecurities and chaos? How could God allow bad things to happen to us when we were doing exactly what He told us to do? This is a story about the ins and outs of fostering and how God uses every event for his glory - in his way. For he is constantly using our temporary moments for his eternal story. 2 Corinthians 4:18 (NIV) So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
Author: Lisa Murphy
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781517075361
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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When Lisa and Jim Murphy chose to adopt a little boy with a serious medical condition from an orphanage in China, they had no idea how profoundly their lives-and the lives of many others-would be changed by this engaging child and his precious heart. Join the Murphy family as they embark on a faith-filled journey to bring home their son, Daniel, then experience the most joyful-as well as the most difficult-time of their lives. Walk with Lisa and Jim as they come face-to-face with the unthinkable, and watch as amazing miracles unfold. Lisa Murphy's moving, personal narrative of love, loss, and courage is inspirational and others hope for when things don't go according to plan. This family's remarkable, true story demonstrates how living with an open heart and trusting in God's greater plan can result in unexpected blessings-with ripple effects beyond our imagination.
Author: Lori Schumaker
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781683147893
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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A lifetime of knowing. Decades of praying. Years of paperwork, research, and planning. Lots of tears. And the growing of faith in the waiting. One look into a pair of sparkling brown eyes, and Lori and Bryan Schumaker fell head-over-heels in love with a beautiful young girl in Bulgaria. Certain this was the child God intended for them, they stepped confidently into the adoption process they'd been preparing for. They thought they knew what to expect, and they did--but there was so much more. The application process moved smoothly ahead, and they began making plans for their daughter--only to be informed she'd been adopted by a family in Italy. Heartbroken, they struggled to move on, until, through a series of incredible events, they learned their daughter still languished in her Bulgarian orphanage. Turning heaven and earth, the Schumakers started over. Mix-ups, red tape, inexplicable delays, and a difficult judge threatened the adoption, but they were determined to bring their child home. In a true story of learning that trust means surrendering your version of how the story should unfold, Lori and Bryan finally let go--of their dream, of their daughter, of their fears and frustrations. And in that relinquishment, God began to move.
