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Talking about adoption, birthparents, abandonment, race, and China with my kids. That's not all we talk about -- but reading this blog, you'll think it's all we do!!!!!

Saturday, February 28, 2009

I did one too




Posted by malinda at 12:44 PM
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On-Line Resources for Adoption Talk

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Adoptee Blogs

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    Adoption Initiative Conference 2022
    2 years ago
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    Scared
    3 years ago
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    Dont Live Here Anymore
    5 years ago
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    Wishing One Worlders a Happy New Year!
    6 years ago
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    First blog post
    8 years ago
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    We moved!
    9 years ago
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    Get over your denial
    10 years ago
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    Writing Again
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    국내입양인이 원가족을 찾고 있습니다
    10 years ago
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    Call for Submissions: Vietnamese Adoptees
    10 years ago
  • Heart, Mind and Seoul
    Let's Start At The Very Beginning
    12 years ago
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    Observation 1: Umbrellas
    13 years ago
  • Yoon's Blur
    Farewell to Yoon's Blur
    13 years ago
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    Search for the truth
    13 years ago
  • Land of the Not-So-Calm
  • Outlandish Remarks
  • Shadow Between Two Worlds
  • The Original Heping
  • Bearhugs and Rice Bowls
  • Adoption Paradox
  • 안녕습니다! Seumnida

Parents Who Blog About Adoption

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    A Mid-Autumn Night's Dream: Searching for Birthparents at the Close of Chinese International Adoption
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    No time for adoptive parent fragility! Get your child's certificate of citizenship!
    6 years ago
  • this woman's work
    Adjust contrast of a pdf free
    7 years ago
  • An-Ya
    CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Black Anthology: Fostered & Adult Adoptees Claim Their Space
    8 years ago
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    Chinese New Year Chapter Books for Older Kids
    8 years ago
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    Real To Do Lists
    9 years ago
  • Production, Not Reproduction
    Well, Hello There
    11 years ago
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    Go Yellow Jackets!
    11 years ago
  • Adopt-a-tude
    Adopt-a-tude Says a Fond Goodbye
    12 years ago
  • A Beautiful Mess
    School 2011
    13 years ago
  • Upside-Down Adoption
    Short addition
    13 years ago
  • Living in Color
    Five Years Ago
    14 years ago
  • Adoption Muse
    Real Mothers
    16 years ago
  • Peter's Cross Station
  • Family of Choice
  • Angry Adoptive Mom
  • O Solo Mama
  • American Family
  • La Bicicleta

Adoptive Parents Who Blog

  • Mi Hilo Rojo
    fwd
    5 years ago
  • Jazzie and Tahlia
    Finally, an update!
    6 years ago
  • Do They Have Salsa in China?
    Hmmmmm
    10 years ago
  • Mei Mei Journal II
    12 years ago
  • strange journey....my journey
    Quite a year
    14 years ago
  • Chopsticks and Tabouli
  • akindofmagick
  • The Mahmeelicious Chronicles

Birth Parent Blogs

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    FMF gets an offer to apply for an adoption grant
    5 months ago
  • The Chronicles of Munchkin Land
    壁面緑化をすることによって環境などにどう影響があるのか
    3 years ago
  • Writing My Wrongs
    Facing Pride of Abandonment
    8 years ago
  • Adoption Truth
    Shout It Out
    9 years ago
  • Motherhood Deleted
    Letter To Santa
    12 years ago
  • On a Little Island in the Pacific
    Always a(n adopted) child?
    12 years ago
  • Diarrhea of a madman
    Seasonal Guilt Disorder
    14 years ago
  • Birthmother Adoption Grief

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