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Adoption Week e-Magazine Formerly Adopting.org Newsletter and Adoption.com Newsletter August 27, 2002 To subscribe or unsubscribe, visit www.AdoptionWeek.com. ************************ IN THIS ISSUE ************************ 1. ANNOUNCEMENTS: - Call for suggestions - Looking for author/editor for new adoption books - Do you know of adoption celebrities? Win adoption music! - Win a t-shirt for knowing movies with adoption themes! - Win $100 gift certificate by explaining adoption themes in movies! - Call for articles 2. NEW ARTICLES 3. ADOPTION NEWS 4. ADOPTION BOOK CLUB - adoption book review 5. MEET NEW ADOPTIVE PARENTS 6. ADOPTION BUZZ - recent message board discussions 7. FEATURED WAITING CHILD 8. ADOPTION GEM - inspirational thought 9. ADOPTION SITE SPOTLIGHT 10. AUTHORATIVE DESTINATION - international adoption 11. JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT - clean weekly humor 12. FEATURED ADOPTION PROFESSIONAL 13. ADOPTIONSHOP.COM PICK - review of an adoption product 14. SPEAK OUT - contributions from our readers 15. ADOPTION ONLINE GROUP REVIEW 16. ADOPTION POETRY 17. ADOPTION CALENDAR - adoption events, seminars, & chats*************************************************************** | |
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1. ANNOUNCEMENTS CALL FOR SUGGESTIONS Marlou Russell, Ph.D., our Adoptee Forum Expert, is writing an e-book for Adoption.com on the emotional aspects of search and reunion. If you would like to see certain topics covered, you can e-mail her at marlourussell@hotmail.com with your suggestions. LOOKING FOR AUTHOR/EDITOR FOR NEW ADOPTION BOOKS Adoption.com is putting together a series of e-books on the following topics: *Starting the Adoption Process *Locating Birthfamily *International Adoption *Transracial Adoption *Foster Child Adoption *Older Child Adoption *Special Needs Adoption *Tips for Effective Adoptive Parenting We are looking for authors who would be interested in writing these e-books that would be owned, published and marketed by Adoption.com. Authors would be paid a set amount for the project, and payment would be made through 25% of sales until the project price was reached. If you are interested in working on a project like this or another adoption-related e-book in this type of arrangement, please contact editor@adoptionmedia.com. DO YOU KNOW OF ADOPTION CELEBRITIES? WIN ADOPTION MUSIC! Adoption.com publishes a list of famous people with adoption connections at AdoptionCelebrities.com. Do you know of additional famous adoptive parents, adoptees, or birthparents who are not included on our list? If so, e-mail editor@adoptionmedia.com with the name of the person, along with an explanation of how they are famous and how they are touched by adoption. The first 25 people to send us valid new adoption celebrities will receive a free CD of favorite adoption songs, "Adoption...The Songs You Love". So, be sure to send your address with your submission. If two people submit the same celebrity, the first person to submit shall win the prize. Adoption.com reserves the right to determine whether a person is "famous" enough for the list. See the Adoption.com Terms of Service for more terms and conditions. WIN A T-SHIRT FOR KNOWING MOVIES WITH ADOPTION THEMES! Adoption.com has compiled a list of movies with adoption-related themes, and lists them at AdoptionFilms.com. Do you know any additional movies with adoption-related themes that are not on our list? E-mail them to editor@adoptionmedia.com and we will give the first 25 qualifying people Adoption.com "I Love Adoption" t-shirts. All movies must be family- appropriate (G, PG or PG-13), and if two people suggest the same movie, the first person who suggests it shall be the winner. Adoption.com reserves the right to determine whether the movie has a substantial enough "adoption theme" and otherwise qualifies. Limit to one prize per person. All submissions must include a short synopsis explaining how this movie has an adoption theme. WIN $100 GIFT CERTIFICATE BY EXPLAINING ADOPTION THEMES IN MOVIES! We are also looking for one movie buff who could go through all of the films already listed at AdoptionFilms.com and write short descriptions explaining the adoption theme in each movie. We will give a $100 gift certificate to AdoptionShop.com to the first person who submits a list with short descriptions of the adoption themes in each of these movies and submits them to editor@adoptionmedia.com. CALL FOR ARTICLES Adoption.com and Adopting.org will soon launch an online library that will ultimately contain thousands of articles related to adoption, infertility, foster parenting, parenting, special needs and other related topics. We have already had more than 500 articles contributed. If you haven't written anything, we encourage you to share your story and your experience with others who can benefit from it. You can contribute any articles you have written at AdoptionWeek.com or to editor@adoptionmedia.com. Back to Top *************************************************************** 2. NEW ARTICLES The views expressed by the authors are solely their own, and for which the authors are responsible. These views do not necessarily represent the views of Adoption Week e-Magazine. My Adoption Story - new article by Tammy Taylor I asked her if she wanted some time alone with the baby to say her good-byes, etc. She did, and my husband and I took that time to make phone calls, order baby pictures, etc. When we came back, she had the time and had made her peace with saying good-bye to the baby. Later on, her attorney came to the hospital and had her sign all of the paperwork and had us sign ours. That afternoon, we all left the hospital together. The birth mother rode in a wheelchair and held the baby while I went to get my van and her ride came to pick her up. She then handed the baby over to me and wished us luck and said we should get together soon. She also said that she was so happy that the baby was going to a good home with good people, etc. because she knew she couldn't take care of her and start a new life, etc. http://e-magazine.adoption.com/article.php?articleid=104 "Like Mike" Review - new article by Kathryn Creedy The key characters in the movie are orphans, who live in an abusive group home setting. While on the positive side, the children are presented as capable and independent, the stereotypical portrayal of these children as unwanted orphans exploited and abused by their group home counselor is disturbing. As all the children express their desire and long for adoption, possible adoptive parents who visit occasionally are shown only focusing on younger kids. http://e-magazine.adoption.com/article.php?articleid=105 Adding Two to Your Heart - new article by James Bromley There are many children in life that don't ever have the opportunity to be adopted when they lose their parents. They are too old, or something is physically wrong with them, and the prospective parents don't want them. Every child has a need to be wanted, loved, and cared for. Give a child a chance at a good life. You will be blessed, and receive many more blessings for it. http://e-magazine.adoption.com/article.php?articleid=107 Learning the Language of Adoption: A Lesson for Teachers - new article by Rebecca Gold When adoption is to be acknowledged, for example, refer to it as the way someone arrived in a family, not as a condition. Say "Annie was adopted" rather than "Annie is adopted." Terms such as "real parent" or "natural parent" are inaccurate and unacceptable. To differentiate, use terms such as birth parent for the biological parent and simply parent for the one who has adopted a child. Children should be taught that a parent is a person who raises and nurtures a child. http://e-magazine.adoption.com/article.php?articleid=106 Read these articles at AdoptionWeek.com Back to Top *************************************************************** AdoptionFinancing.com is now offering a brand new adoption financing program. Fill out the application at AdoptionFinancing.com and they will work with their network of more than 30 different lenders to find the right financing for your needs. *************************************************************** 3. ADOPTION NEWS Adoptions too Costly for Agency (KS) http://www.adoption.com/includes/frame.php?url=http://www.kansas.com/mld/eagle/news/local/3912739.htm Adoptees Gain Pieces of Past (AL) http://www.adoption.com/includes/frame.php?url=http://www.accessmontgomery.com/1news/lifestyle/082202_adoption.html Judge Apologizes to Mother of Baby Put in Harm's Way (FL) http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/local/3865612.htm ADOPTION: Request Raises Questions on Rights (NV) http://www.adoption.com/includes/frame.php?url=http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/2002/Aug-25-Sun-2002/news/19426804.html Looking for Love: Kazakhstan Orphans Spend Summer with Families (MT) http://www.adoption.com/includes/frame.php?url=http://news.mywebpal.com/partners/311/public/news350286.html A New Country and New Parents (FL) http://www.adoption.com/includes/frame.php?url=http://www.sptimes.com/2002/08/25/Pasco/A_new_country_and_new.shtml If any of the links to the news articles do not work, Click Here for a list of headlines. Back to Top *************************************************************** 4. ADOPTION BOOK CLUB 
PREGNANCY PRESCRIPTIONHere is a unique approach to helping couples resolve their infertility as quickly and cost-effectively as possible. This book argues that in most cases whatever problems are keeping a couple from conceiving eventually prove impossible to diagnose and/or treat with any degree of reliability. Therefore, it is more efficient to bypass, rather than treat these problems. Using this approach, advanced reproductive techniques such as in vitro fertilization are recommended much earlier in the process. A discussion of the controversial aspects of infertility treatment, the array of fertility drugs, and the costs involved is especially helpful. For more information on this book, visit http://adoptionshop.com/cgi-bin/products/ADP00953.html. Back to Top *************************************************************** 5. MEET NEW ADOPTIVE PARENTS Outdated material has been removed. Please visit ParentProfiles.com. Back to Top *************************************************************** Adoption is music to our ears...now it can be for you, too.  Adoption.com's new adoption CD, "Adoption...The Songs You Love", is dedicated to everyone who has been touched by adoption in one way or another. ORDER YOUR CD! http://adoptionshop.com/cgi-bin/products/ADP00022.html Back to Top *************************************************************** 6. ADOPTION BUZZ Home Studies: - Home Study/Bankruptcy Outdated material has been removed. Please visit AdoptionBoards.com. Healing: - I Can't Change the Past! Outdated material has been removed. Please visit AdoptionBoards.com. Birthmothers' Stories: - Lost & Found - My Daughter! Outdated material has been removed. Please visit AdoptionBoards.com. Poetry: - My Daddy Outdated material has been removed. Please visit AdoptionBoards.com. If any of the links above do not work, visit Adoption.com for direct links to these discussions. For more online adoption discussions visit AdoptionBoards.com, AdoptionCafe.com and AdoptionForums.com. Back to Top *************************************************************** 7. FEATURED WAITING CHILD Clayson likes video games, sports, and bike-riding. He is intelligent and at times has demonstrated the ability to grasp academic subject matter faster than other children. Being precocious and independent, he sometimes gets in trouble at school for his stubbornness and not always yielding to adult direction. Clayson usually interacts well with other children. He is a healthy boy who enjoys playing football and baseball in youth leagues. He has a brother and two sisters to stay in contact with by telephone between visits. Clayson's adoptive parents would have good parenting skills and plenty of patience. Strict bedtimes, meal times, and outside activities time will probably help, but the structure needs to be done in a way to avoid engaging his oppositional behavior. AdoptableKids.com is a free community service of Adoption.com featuring more than 1,000 children awaiting loving, permanent homes. Back to Top *************************************************************** 8. ADOPTION GEM And in your presence finds a life worth while. When you are lonely, remember this is true; Somebody somewhere is thinking of you." - Unknown See a daily adoption gem at Adoption.com. Back to Top *************************************************************** 9. ADOPTION SITE SPOTLIGHT This week, our adoption spotlight is shining on: ChildCareDatabase.com. If you are finding it difficult to get child care, take a look at this website. Type in your zip code or city, scroll to find your state, and see if there is child care in your area. For a list of our favorite adoption websites, visit AdoptionSites.com. Back to Top *************************************************************** 10. AUTHORATIVE DESTINATION InternationalAdoption.org is the internet's authoritative destination for international adoption. You will find fact sheets, adoption information, travel information, culture and heritage, maps, weather, books, currency exchange rates, periodicals, news and much more for dozens of different countries with active international adoption programs. 
This week, the country of focus is Moldova.To learn more about Moldova's government, geography, and communication information, or its history, visit Moldova.Adoption.com. Back to Top *************************************************************** 11. JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT THE CHILDREN'S SERMON A pastor was giving the children's message during church. For this part of the service, he would gather all the children around him and give a brief lesson before dismissing them for children's church. On this particular Sunday, he was using squirrels for an object lesson on industry and preparation. He started out by saying, "I'm going to describe something, and I want you to raise your hand when you know what it is." The children nodded eagerly. "This thing lives in trees (pause) and eats nuts (pause)..." No hands went up. "And it is gray (pause) and has a long bushy tail (pause)..." The children were looking at each other, but still no hands raised." And it jumps from branch to branch (pause) and chatters and flips its tail when it's excited (pause)..." Finally, one little boy tentatively raised his hand. The pastor breathed a sigh of relief and called on him. "Well," said the boy, "I *know* the answer must be Jesus...but it sure sounds like a squirrel to me!" Back to Top *************************************************************** 12. FEATURED ADOPTION PROFESSIONAL MAPS Colorado Silverthorne, CO (970) 262-2998 phage@lynx.csn.net We're committed to finding loving homes for children in need, and we're also committed to helping individuals and families seeking to adopt.You can be single or married, under or over forty, interested in an infant or an older child, considering a sibling group or a special-needs child, willing to adopt from the U.S. or abroad, concerned about cost, long waits, paperwork, travel requirements or the health of available children -- and adoption can work for you! Our caring staff will put you at ease, answer your questions and help you find the best program -- and make the best decisions -- for you and your family. Services: • Adoption Agencies • Home Studies For more information on MAPS Colorado, visit MapsAdopt.org. Back to Top *************************************************************** 13. AdoptionShop.com Pick My Unforgotten Daughter - Only $25.00 
When Rhode Island native Meredith Bishop went to an orphanage in southern China to pick up Jadra, her daughter, she confronted an unexpected situation. Jadra had moles and birthmarks all over her body and doctors suspected they might be cancerous and she may not live more than one year. After spending two nights with Jadra in the hotel, Meredith made an extremely difficult and controversial decision: she would send Jadra back to the orphanage and let her daughter die peacefully in China. However, Jadra did not die. When news of her daughter still alive in the small orphanage in China reached her almost three years later, Meredith knew exactly what she must do. But this time she was facing insurmountable difficulties....My Unforgotten Daughter tells a touching story of a woman who is resolved to reunite with her daughter. It is a tale of love, choice, courage, and human dignity. For more information on this book, visit http://adoptionshop.com/cgi-bin/products/LWB00002.html. For more adoption products, visit adoptionshop.com. Back to Top *************************************************************** 14. SPEAK OUT I'd like to respond to Lane and Terry's comments. I'm an adoptee since birth. I am one of the negative adoptees out there, but I have known other adoptees that have nothing but great stories about their adoptive parents. I would have had a better life with my birth mother or another adoptive parent. I was beaten and raped, mentally and verbally abused (the day I was brought home, my adoptive father threw me across the room and against a wall because I was crying), and when I was finally pregnant with my first child, my adoptive mother finally told me the reason they adopted me. It was a slap in the face. All I have to say, is when you think of adopting a child, you really need to think hard about it. We're not toys or pieces of property that are just bought and sold at whim, with no rights what-so-ever, although it seems like it. The child you choose will be YOUR child, and that child has rights and feelings. Just like any child born from your womb, you will have great times as well as bad times. A child is a wonderful being, and it's a wonder watching (one) grow. Just don't adopt a child cause you feel like you are "running out of time" or it "seems like a good thing to do". Adopt a child because you want that child more than anything else in the world. She or he is going to be YOUR child, and that's how you are going to think of her or him. Not someone else's child that couldn't raise her child because (as my adoptive parents put it) she sprawled her legs open and screwed everyone around and made a mistake and your (the baby) it. I have thought of adopting a child myself, but after careful thinking, I knew it wasn't right for me. Please think carefully before you adopt and treat the child that you adopt with respect and love. I would love to reunite with my birth parents. I'd like to know my history as well as medical background (which is needed badly!). As Carlen said, there are very happy adoptees out there, so don't be discouraged. - Titian (DC adoptee 9-5-1964) --------------------------------- Hi, has anyone been successful in opening adoption records in New York State? I adopted two children from Social Services in Albany, NY. My son born May 24, 1967, and my daughter born May 30, 1969. We now also have a fantastic grandson. During those times, adoptions were totally closed, records sealed, and we received absolutely no information regarding the birthparents. I am concerned about the genetics of my children and feel that their birthparents know a lot more today about their family histories than they did when they were teens. Every visit to a doctor brings questions about family history, allergies, etc., to which we do not have answers. We have no desire to invade the privacy of their birthparents, but genetic information is so very important to them and their children, and with so many advances in medicine, even at some point, lifesaving. Perhaps this information could be obtained through a third party or the adoption agency if the birthparents do not want to be contacted directly. I would be so very grateful for anyone's thoughts or ways they may have obtained this information for their adopted children. Thank you, Carole --------------------------------- There is one thing that really bothers me about the the triad. One thing is never discussed, and it is a very big issue. Maybe it is not advertised out there for the world to know, but I think it is a very important issue. There are many groups of people coming together just like the triad, but it is about something more serious. THE ISSUE IS ADOPTEE SUICIDE. A close family friend who I have known 25 years killed himself last August. He hung himself. He was an adoptee, just as I am, and I was the only person he could talk to about the search, the quest for his birhtmother. The only difference between he and I is that he was an international adoptee born in Korea. He was adopted in the United States by two very loving Swedish people who later moved back to Sweden and had adopted a black american girl. He was very confused about his own heritage, and that is the only difference. His family is very involved with a society to help stop adoptee suicides in Sweden. I would like to know if there are any in the U.S. that could give me help. You see...I am at that point. I am lost. My mother rejects me...and like him, I cannot find my place in this world. I am 29, and I am sick of it all. I understood his pain. We were in the same place, only he left this place sooner than I. There needs to be honest to goodness articles regarding this situation. Maybe if I could read up more about it, it would make me feel I was not the only one out there. I am sick of adoption places making it look like adoption is going to guarantee a lifetime of hapiness with children. The fact is that agencies do not divulge health information accurately. I have my health info, but through investigation found out that I have genetic predisposed things from my mother, like depression, bipolar, and adult attention deficit. I also found out I was molested by my foster parents for 5 months of my life, and my parents were never told this. There needs to be more information out there about the sad and down side of adoption. - mb --------------------------------- Searching for daughter born to teenager in Hartford, Conn. on Dec.2, 1956 through Catholic Charities adoption service. Mother would like to know if daughter is happy. Loving Mother of 4 other children but misses the first born. --------------------------------- Was born in 1948 in KS City, MO, which is a "closed state." I have very limited information, and The Willows Maternity hospital has since burned down and records destroyed. How does one start searching in a "closed state" for additional birth records? Please help...Thank you, kschurchlady@yahoo.com --------------------------------- Hi everyone: I ordered this wonderful adoption cd from adoptionshop.com and I simply love this CD!! You can view the songs for yourself at www.adoptionshop.com and just look for the cd titled "Adoption: Songs You Love - Volume I". I would say my 2 favorite songs are "From God's Arms to My Arms to Yours" and "Silent Lullaby". These songs are written from the birthmother's view and I have to tell you that I cried like a baby when I heard both songs and I am even more determined than ever to find (my daughter's) birthmother in Guatemala. From the very beginning we wanted to meet Ruby Love's birthmother, but the attorney advised against it, so once we got back from Guatemala I sent a letter & pictures to (her) b.m. in Guatemala, but she had moved since. So, hopefully in the next few months we'll be able to locate (her) with a help of a woman in Guatemala. - Erika --------------------------------- My name is Kimberly, and I am trying to locate my birth mother in order to receive info on family medical history. The only information I can share is that I was born 06-04-67, and my case worker in Wilson, N.C. was a Mrs. Madison. I have known I was adopted for as long as I can remember and will respect my birth parents rights to privacy, however they feel about contacting me. Thank you. --------------------------------- I was born in 1966; the Los Angeles Bureau of Adoptions handled the legalities. Several years ago, while searching for my Birthparents, I called a P.I. group whom I won't name, but who were able to tell me my birth name and other identifying info. After speaking with a worker from the adoption agency, she was skeptical as to the legitimacy of what I was told and promised to look in my adoption file to see if the information they gave was correct. It was. I passed the name of these P.I.'s to her, and now there is a criminal investigation in the process. Does anyone know how they were able to look up these supposed "sealed" files in just a matter of seconds? I should also mention that for $200.00 I could have received both of my birth parents' names, addresses, phone numbers, social security numbers, etc. As tempted as I was to do this, it was illegal, so I passed. I would be interested in hearing from anyone else who might have had a similar encounter with an illegal search group. - Wendy D'Isabella WCiscokid@aol.com --------------------------------- To Speak Out and share your opinion or a comment, or to respond to a message, e-mail editor@adoption.com. Back to Top *************************************************************** 15. ADOPTION ONLINE SUPPORT GROUP REVIEW Here's a recent post from the Adoptee Support group: Thank you Sabra, your words were soothing. It's funny, that book "Men are from Mars" got me thru the first four years of my marriage to a dysfunctional 'adult child'. Next week it'll be ten years for us, so I'm glad I did the research! Yeah, I think he does have the 'bad guy' feeling because he even said it made him feel bad when he learned my adoptive father was unemotional, conditional and exacting and didn't show up at my wedding - that upset him alot. (My afather and I have an o.k. relationship now, as long as I don't get "into feelings".) I also think since he knows how well my mom and her family are dealing with this and how much fun we're actually having, it makes him hide even more. He probably can't understand how THEY can deal and he can't. Who knows. I've put myself in his shoes for two years now, and I finally realized I need an answer - I need closure. I mean, really! How much do we have to give them the benefit of the doubt before we want to scream "BE A GROWN UP FOR GOD'S SAKE - STOP MAKING ME be the together one!" You know what I mean??? It can't be all about them, just like it can't be all about US. He may be on vacation and I also may not hear from him at all; I just don't know. I know deep down that I did nothing wrong, other than ask to know him and his family (perhaps in his eyes that's wrong, who knows) but not in mine. I know it's HIS issues, but like you said, it still hurts. It's the second rejection deal. Thankfully I've done a ton of research and reading, gone over so much with my therapist and my social worker from my adoption agency. I just need to get to a point where I can 'let it go' and make peace with it. I would be fine (I think) if he would just say that he's not into it, then I can put it to rest, but it's the not knowing that makes my imagination run amuck. I'll tell you, this support system is truly amazing. Therapy helped, but I felt like I really had to hold back my deepest feellings of anger and confusion because I felt judged by my therapist, as she is an adoptive mom. Like I couldn't look totally "mental" so as to freak her out - like a foregleam of what her adoptive daughter would feel someday!! :-) But it could have been I was feeling judged because I've never truly been able to be myself and open up like that WITHOUT being judged, so I couldn't let go of that feeling. You know, the old "well at least you were adopted by someone who REALLY wanted you - or you were chosen" mentality. That leaves me feeling like I better not complain or someone may deem me ungrateful! Ugh. Thanks for all of your support! Susan Lee To be part of this group, visit http://adoptionlist.com, register, and join. Back to Top *************************************************************** 16. ADOPTION POETRY A CERTIFICATE A certificate of birth Filed not with the rest Years later I knew You would follow your quest To find me To know me To love me at best - Susan Van Sleet For more adoption poetry, visit AdoptionPoetry.com. Back to Top *************************************************************** 17. ADOPTION CALENDAR CHAT SCHEDULE: Sunday: Evening with Loretta for reunion support group chat at 6pm Pacific, 7pm Mountain, 8pm Central, 9pm Eastern. Monday: Evening with Dr. Art Becker-Weidman, ask him questions on attachment therapy and treating children with trauma-attachment disorders. Join him in the Adopting.org chat room at 2pm Pacific, 3pm Mountain, 4pm Central, 5pm Eastern. Evening with Kathy; discuss ideas on getting started in the amazing journey of adoption. Join her at 7pm Pacific, 8pm Mountain, 9pm Central, 10pm Eastern in the Adopting.org chat room. Tuesday: Birthmom chat with Jennifer in the BirthMother.com chat room on the 2nd, 4th, and 5th Tuesday, at 6:30pm Pacific, 7:30pm Mountain, 8:30pm Central, 9:30pm Eastern. Birth mom chat with Linda in Search and Reunion chat room at 6pm Pacific, 7pm Mountain, 8pm Central, 9pm Eastern. Wednesday: Pre- and adoptive parent chat with JJ and friends - Help as you begin the adoption process. Hosted in Adopting.org chat room at 5pm Pacific, 6pm Mountain, 7pm Central, 8pm Eastern. Join an informative chat on the ups and downs of reunion hosted by Sabra since 1997. Talk out your next step and share your experiences in search and reunion at 7pm Pacific, 8pm Mountain, 9pm Central, 10pm Eastern in the Search and Reunion chat room. Parenting issues for adoptive/foster parents with Dimasmom in FosterParenting.com chat room at 6pm Pacific, 7pm Mountain, 8pm Central, 9pm Eastern. Thursday: Evening with Colleen Buckner, search expert, in Search and Reunion chat room at 6pm Pacific, 7pm Mountain, 8pm Central, 9pm Eastern. Open adoption with Stephanie in Adopting.org chat room at 9pm Pacific, 10pm Mountain, 11pm Central, 12pm Eastern. Friday: Meet Louise and others in a forum for parents with children that may have physical challenges and/or emotional challenges in the InternationalAdoption.com chat room at 6pm Pacific, 7pm Mountain, 8pm Central, 9pm Eastern. Transracial and general adoption with Trish at 7pm Pacific, 8pm Mountain, 9pm Central, 10pm Eastern in the InternationalAdoption.com chat room. If you are having a "limbo" type experience with your reunion, come and talk it over with those who've "been there-done that" themselves. Join co-hosting birth mothers, April and Judy, in the Search and Reunion room on Fridays: 5p.m. Pacific, 6p.m. Mountain, 7p.m. Central, 8p.m. Eastern. Saturday: Older child adoption/foster care behavioral issues with Jerry in FosterParenting.com chat room at 6pm Pacific, 7pm Mountain, 8pm Central, 9pm Eastern. For a listing of times and descriptions and to attend scheduled chats, or join the live chat, visit AdoptionChat.com. ADOPTION EVENTS: 15th ANNUAL ADOPTION FAIR October 5 (10am -2pm) Silverdale United Methodist Church, WA Kitsap Adoption Group Send your questions to mwistrand@donobi.net. NJ'S LET'S TALK ADOPTION CONFERENCE November 2 Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ NJ will hold it's annual Let's Talk Adoption Conference. Keynote speaker: Deborah Hage, MSW Registration material will be available soon. Contact conference@cpfanj.org or (908) 273-5694 for more information or to be placed on the mailing list. ADOPTION AWARENESS ALLIANCE - Fall Family Retreat November 2nd (9a.m.) - 3rd (noon) Camp Joy, Clarksville, OH There will be a retreat for families who have adopted. For further information call (513)771-3515 or AdoptAlliance.org. NATIONAL OPEN ADOPTION CONFERENCE FOR ADOPTION PROFESSIONALS November 4 & 5 Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe Resort The National Federation for Open Adoption Education - 11th Biennial conference, "Open Adoption in Practice" This conference offers adoption professionals "hands-on" training to implement open adoption or sharpen their skills in providing this service. Featured speakers include: Adam Pertman, author of "Adoption Nation", David Brodzinsky, PhD, Co-Author "Being Adopted--The Lifelong Search for Self," and Kathleen Silber, MSW, Co-Author "Dear Birthmother" and "Children of Open Adoption." For information or a conference brochure, contact the NFOAE at (925) 827-2229 or online at AdoptionHelp.org (click on conference). For local listings, regional seminars, and many other adoption events, visit AdoptionCalendar.com. Back to Top ___________________________________________________________________ CALL FOR CONTENT Adoption Week Magazine is looking for well-written adoption-related articles, poems, quotes, book reviews, news, event announcements, product reviews, photos, successful adoption and reunion stories, clean humor, job openings, letters to the editor, reviews of adoption websites, product recalls, information on adoption legislation, great deals on adoption and family-related products, other adoption-related content. To submit content, or if you would like to be interviewed or to nominate someone for an adoption service award, please visit AdoptionWeek.com. TO ADVERTISE Would you like to advertise in the Adoption Week e-mail magazine? 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