This one will be a little different because (1) the prompt is actually at another blog and (2) a number of you have already written your posts.
Jessica from O Solo Mama is an adoptive parent via international adoption (and a fabulous writer). She's been listening to us tell our stories (especially those who participated in last year's interview project) and thinking about open adoption--why it sometimes seems to work, why it sometimes seems not to work, what's really going on for those of us living it. The other week she asked seven questions of those of us in open adoptions. Seven really, really good questions.
Rather than reposting the questions here, I'm sending you to her blog. I think it's important to read them in the context of her entire post.
- If you've already answered O Solo Mama's questions and would like to list your post here, leave a link in the comments.
- If you haven't answered them yet, go read the questions, write your response, and come back here to give us a link.
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- Meghann (adoptive parent) @ Everyday Miracles
- Lori (adoptive parent) @ Write Mind Open Heart - part one, part two
- Marisa (adoptive parent) @ Sheeps Eating Me
- Luna (adoptive parent) @ Life From Here - part one, part two
- Megan (adoptive parent) @ 27 Hours
- Racilous (first parent) @ Adoption in the City
- Heather (adoptive parent) @ Production, Not Reproduction
- Cat (adoptive parent) @ Cat's Litterbox
- Spyderkl (adoptive parent @ Evil Mommy
- Lady Stape (adoptive parent) @ Stape's House
- KatjaMichelle (first parent) @ Therapy Is Expensive
- Dawn (adoptive parent) @ This Woman's Work
- A Life Being Lived (first parent) @ Carrying a Cat By the Tail
- Lynn (adoptive parent) @ Open Hearts Open Minds
- A (adoptive parent) @ Not a Visitor
- Robyn (adoptive parent) @ Chittister Children
- Thanksgivingmom (first parent) @ I Should Really Be Working
- Kristin (adoptive parent) @ Parenthood Path
- Sara (adoptive parent) @ Unofficial Mom
- Melissa Mae (adoptive parent) @ Melissa Mae
- Harriet Glynn (adoptive parent) @ See Theo Run
Here's mine: http://meghann.wordpress.com/2011/01/14/questions-and-answers/
ReplyDeleteWoo-hoo! I'm on time for a change. :)
Here's my first post. I've promised another. Hmmm....better get to work on that.
ReplyDeletehttp://writemindopenheart.com/2011/01/because-osolomama-called-me-a-quaker.html
I did one - finally!
ReplyDeletehttp://sheepseatingme.tumblr.com/post/2863477742/open-adoption-questions-im-not-really-qualified-to
part one: http://lifefromhere.wordpress.com/2011/01/11/answering-some-questions-part-one/ and part two: http://lifefromhere.wordpress.com/2011/01/13/answering-some-questions-part-two/
ReplyDeleteI finally did one. :)
ReplyDeletehttp://27hrs.blogspot.com/
Whoops, you probably want a link to that specific post versus the entire blog. Here you go: http://27hrs.blogspot.com/2011/01/open-adoption-roundtable-23.html
ReplyDeleteHere's a link to the answers I wrote before. Thanks for posting it again, I'm looking forward to see what everyone else says.
ReplyDeletehttp://racilous.wordpress.com/2011/01/12/my-shot-at-answering-these-questions/
Here's mine! http://catsfilibuster.blogspot.com/2011/01/open-adoption-roundtable-23.html
ReplyDeleteMine's here:
ReplyDeletehttp://spyderkl.wordpress.com/2011/01/22/seven-questions-open-adoption-bloggers-roundtable-23/
http://www.stapeshouse.com/2011/01/adoption-roundtable_22.html
ReplyDeleteBecause no one was on twitter in the middle of the night i had to make a decision about whether to split it into shorter posts or keep it ridiculously long. I opted for ridiculously long. figuring it's all in one place and ppl can skim if they dont want to read it all...and because i'm lazy :)
ReplyDeletehttp://therapyisexpensive.wordpress.com/2011/01/23/open-adoption-roundtable-23-brevity-and-i-have-never-met/
Mine: http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2011/01/09/open-adoption-questions-from-o-solo-mama/
ReplyDeleteI wrote on this topic previously too....great to hear so many different viewpoints!
ReplyDeletehttp://a-cat-bythetail.blogspot.com/2011/01/not-so-ignorant-questions-about-open.html
Here's my take on several of the questions: http://openheartsopenminds.blogspot.com/2011/01/my-response-to-some-ignorant-questions.html
ReplyDeletehttp://www.notavisitor.com/2011/01/oa-roundtable-open-adoption-why.html
ReplyDeletehere is mine! Thanks Heather.
I updated my answers for this.
ReplyDeletehttp://chittisterchildren.wordpress.com/2011/01/14/o-solo-mamas-ignorant-questions-about-open-adoption/
Thanks Heather!
My answers to Q2-7:
ReplyDeletehttp://writemindopenheart.com/2011/01/question-answer-about-open-adoption.html
Late to the dance once again...
ReplyDeletehttp://ishouldreallybeworking.com/2011/01/31/open-adoption-roundtable-seven-deadly-questions/
Well, I've at last found time to blurt out a few responses...
ReplyDeletehttp://parenthoodpath.blogspot.com/2011/01/oar23-taking-bliss-outa-ignorance.html
Thanks again for hosting!
Late to the party as usual :)
ReplyDeletehttp://unofficialmom.blogspot.com/2011/02/really-good-questions-about-open.html
thank you to everyone for sharing. I have now stayed up way too late :) http://melissamae.blogspot.com/2011/02/open-adoption-roundtable-better-late.html
ReplyDeleteBetter late than never. I posted:
ReplyDeletehttp://seetheorun.com/2011/02/09/questions-about-open-adoption/
I know this is hella late, but here it is anyway.
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