Tag: adoption loss
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A Practical Tool for Helping Adopted and Foster Kids Grieve
Friends, I have always loved this poem because I think it shows the reality and redemption involved in adoption. It would be a neat project to do with the kids this weekend! Get a big piece of butcher paper, finger paints, and markers and let them create their vision of their tree. Then, ask them…
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A Letter to My Granddaughter, by an anonymous father
Dear Baby, Although I consider myself a literate and learned man, I confess that these are the hardest words I have ever written or read in my nearly fifty years of life. I want to tell you about the circumstances of your conception and birth. Since I won’t be able to do it in person,…
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How to Grieve Adoption Loss
Dear friends, I just finished taping a radio show with Rebecca Vahle, Supervisor of the Family to Family Adoption Program of Denver’s Parker Hospital. Here’s what I promised listeners. It’s a way to help your children work through unresolved grief and loss. Shoot me a reply if you have questions! How to Construct A Grief…