People ask me. "What about gay adoptions? Interracial? Single Parent?" I say. "Hey fine, as long as it works for the child and the family is responsible." My big stand is this: Every child deserves a home and love. Period.

Dave Thomas.Founder of Wendy's


"To be ignorant of what happened before you were born is to be ever a child."- Cicero

Sealed records are a form of child abuse.--Sharon Kaplan, BSW, MS, "adoptive" mother, "Parenting Resources," Tustin, CA



Needing to connect to ones biology is so instinctive, that people when meeting your adoptive child will tell you, "Oh look! She has your smile" or "look, he has your beautiful hair," knowing full well that there is no biological connection, but sensing the importance that your child needs to know that they look like someone.
Open Adoptive Parent

"In all of us there is a hunger, narrow and deep, to know our heritage, to know who we are and where we have come from. Without this enriching knowledge, there is a hollow yearning. No matter what our attainments in life, there is a vacuum, an emptiness and a most disquieting loneliness!" - Alex Haley, Author


"Adoption Loss is the only trauma in the world where the victims are expected by the whole of society to be grateful" - The Reverend Keith C. Griffith, MBE

Sunday, June 29, 2008

CALLING ALL SEARCH ANGELS......

If you would like to be included in my blog as a Search Angel, and are a free searcher, Click on comments and put your info in or email me at labw9670@hotmail.com and I will add you. Make sure you tell me what state/states you specialize.

Friday, June 27, 2008

What's YOUR Adoption Story?????

Post your search information here.....

Please List your name, your date of birth , who you're searching for , and the city and state you're searching in. Also make sure you leave an email address where you can be reached. You never know who may be reading this.

Thursday, June 26, 2008

LEGACY OF AN ADOPTED CHILD

Author Unknown
Once there were two women
Who never knew each other.
One you do not remember,
The other you call mother.
One gave you a nationality,
The other gave ou a name.
One gave you the seed of talent,
The other gave you an aim.
Two different lives shaped
to make your one;
One became your guiding star,
The other became your sun.
One gave you emotions,
The other calmed your fears.
One saw your first sweet smile,
The other dried your tears.
The first gave you life,
The second taught you to live it.
The first gave you a need for love,
And the second was there to give it.
One gave you up,
It was all she could do.
The other prayed for a child,
And God led her straight to you.
And now you ask me through your tears,
The age old question through the years;
Heredity or Environment,
which are you a product of?
Neither my darling, neither;
Just two different kinds of love.

Monday, June 23, 2008

Hello World!!

I suppose I'll never learn how to get this blog going if I don't just throw myself into the frying pan. Hopefully my thoughts and ideas will make more sense and be a lot more interesting as I progress.