(Written by Chicagomama. Archived here with permission.)
In a Land of Mystery. In a Time of Uncertainty. One Oasis remained a Beacon of Hope.
The CCAA.
If this was a Jet Li film - you would now see some seriously fierce practice of wushu. Men and women doing things with dossiers that you’ve never seen done before. In [...]
(Written by Chicagomama. Archived here with permission)
So many of us see our family’s adoption stories only through our own lens. It’s natural - we chose to adopt - of course we see it through our view of the process. We may have been infertile, wanted to save a baby (I don’t like it but that [...]
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In this section, I am going to concentrate on how families with children from China may want to present this information. I know way too little about the amount and accuracy of information from other types of adoption in this case. If the information I give is helpful universally [...]
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I am going to once again highly recommend using shutterfly.com if you want to create a book for your child. HERE is the link to the actual service they provide. We were able to create a fabulous book, and keep it saved on shutterfly’s site in case we wanted [...]
(Written by Chicagomama. Archived here with permission.)
Marla brought up an important point a couple of Lifebook posts ago. When writing the text for any of the topics covered here - it is essential to take into account the age and personality of the child for whom you are writing.
When I was writing Z.’s book - [...]