Tag: Loves
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The Beautiful Braid of Adoption
I already hear boos coming about this post. Many people believe adoption is a bad thing that should be avoided at all cost. Sherrie provides a metaphor of adoption to inspire the adoption triad to affirm each person touched by adoption and how God sees it all.
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Adoption Triad: Can We Just Get Along?`
Sherrie shares her concern for the next generation of those touched by adoption and offers self-inventory questions to promote unity and healing.
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What Should Adoptees and Foster Kids Do with Negative Birth History?
What do you do when you think you’re searching for gold and the search results are the furthest thing from that? Author Sherrie Eldridge answers this question for fellow adoptees in this post.
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Five Social Media Landmines for Searching Adoptees and Foster Kids
I believe all adoptees are searching for lost relatives, even if subconsciously. With the growth of social media it is commonplace to find a lost relative. Facebook was my means of finding my birth brother, Jon. Connections may occur, creating an emotional high, But often there are landmines for which no one is prepared.…
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Understanding Causes of Unplanned Pregnancies in Adopted and Foster Teens
Why is it so common for adopted and foster teens and 20-Somethings to experience an unplanned pregnancy? You will be surprised as the author reveals her experience and what she has learned to share with adoptive and foster parents. Parents are given tips on how to cope with this challenge.
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How Being A Foster and Adoptive Parent Changed My Life, by Mike Berry
Mike Berry, author of this guest . blog post struggled when young with wanting to be famous in sports. The answer came, not in the way he dreamed, but in the fostering of 20 children and adoption of eight special needs kids. The solution for him was far more rewarding than being a legend. It…
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Dear Younger Me…the rejected adopted or foster me
Society doesn’t talk much about adoptees and foster kids being rejected by birth family members. It is more common than you may think. When I was rejected by my birth mother after our reunion, it was the year 1993. Back in those days, adoption literature was sparse and I couldn’t find anything that talked about…
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Emotionally Absent….An Open Letter to Adoptive and Foster Dads
Dear Dads, You have a role in your daughter’s life that no one else can fill. As an adopted person, I believe our sense of self worth is foundational to our relationship with you. You set the pattern for male relationships for life. If you are emotionally absent, we will believe that is normal and…
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An Adoptee’s Search for the Missing Face
An adoptee searches for a face in a crowd that resembles her own. If we could only see the face of the lost birth mother/father, the hurt would magically disappear. The grief would be resolved and the life-long repercussions of traumatic adoption loss would be mitigated. Oops…adoptee fantasy. True, those who have found the missing…