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What a great prompt! I haven't specifically p...

2012-01-24T15:39:35.198-08:00

What a great prompt! I haven't specifically posted about this prompt on my blog, but I wanted to take a second here to share my answer. I'm looking forward to posting answers on my blog from your prompts from here on out.

In 2011, I learned that adoption is just another way to create a family. It doesn't have to be made to feel "unusual" or "unnatural" because it isn't either of those things. Adoption is about creating families; the only difference is that through adoption, the family being created is more extended than through the creation of a biological family unit.

I placed my son for adoption 2 years ago and I never anticipated that his parents would pursue communication with me this long afterwards. I hoped that would be the case, but you never know what will really end up happeneing. I am blessed that my adoption couple keeps me updated on our little guy. That's what his mother refers him to me as, "Our little guy..." you have no idea how much one little word, like "our", can affect another person. He is "our" family. His parents are extended members of my family. We are a family. We may not go to reunions together or skype each other every weekend, or have Sunday dinners together, but they are in my heart. And that's what family is, members of your heart.

http://letterstomybabyboy.blogspot.com/

Just now seeing this, so here's mine. http://m...

2012-01-11T20:38:06.364-08:00

Just now seeing this, so here's mine. http://mommaswordsoup.blogspot.com/2012/01/open-adoption-roundtable-33.html

I actually wrote this awhile back and just forgot ...

2012-01-10T15:56:25.076-08:00

I actually wrote this awhile back and just forgot to post the link here.

http://livingthebittersweetlife.wordpress.com/2012/01/01/open-adoption-roundtable-33/

Finally found some time to write this year! :) Her...

2012-01-08T13:43:39.260-08:00

Finally found some time to write this year! :) Here's mine:
http://embracingtheodyssey.com/?p=669

Here's mine. http://momosapien.wordpress.com/...

2012-01-08T10:57:33.224-08:00

Here's mine.
http://momosapien.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/open-adoption-roundtable-33/

Finally back from Buffalo & had a few minutes ...

2012-01-05T12:43:03.136-08:00

Finally back from Buffalo & had a few minutes to write today...

http://www.bflomama.com/2012/01/05/open-adoption-roundtable-33-•-on-the-unfinished-state-of-my-education/

xo

Hope I'm not too late to participate! http://...

2012-01-04T14:44:34.537-08:00

Hope I'm not too late to participate!

http://parenthoodpath.blogspot.com/2012/01/oar33-mommas-boy-or-practicing-what-i.html

I finally got around to it! http://geo-chick.blog...

2012-01-03T21:37:54.186-08:00

I finally got around to it!

http://geo-chick.blogspot.com/2012/01/open-adoption-roundtable-33-what-did.html

Here's my post! http://catsfilibuster.blogspo...

2012-01-03T09:34:56.682-08:00

Here's my post! http://catsfilibuster.blogspot.com/2012/01/open-adoption-roundtable-33.html

finally got mine up! http://bumbersbumblings.blog...

2012-01-03T08:44:49.859-08:00

finally got mine up! http://bumbersbumblings.blogspot.com/2011/12/what-we-learned-about-open-adoption-in.html

http://anotherversionofmother.com/2012/01/03/open-...

2012-01-03T00:32:01.842-08:00

http://anotherversionofmother.com/2012/01/03/open-adoption-roundtable-33-what-did-you-learn/

Here is my response :)
-Danielle

Here's mine: http://karensadoptionjourney.blog...

2012-01-02T16:02:39.692-08:00

Here's mine: http://karensadoptionjourney.blogspot.com/2012/01/what-i-learned-about-open-adoption-in.html

Not quite as late as I normally am: http://drspou...

2012-01-02T06:26:06.371-08:00

Not quite as late as I normally am:
http://drspouse.blogspot.com/2012/01/open-adoption-roundtable-33.html

and then there's me! i wrote too! http://www...

2012-01-02T01:24:59.994-08:00

and then there's me! i wrote too!

http://www.sideshowbarb.com/blog/2011/12/31/open-adoption-roundtable-33-what-did-you-learn-about-open-adoption-in-2011/

Here is what I posted http://dlcjourneyoflove.blog...

2012-01-01T19:29:18.489-08:00

Here is what I posted
http://dlcjourneyoflove.blogspot.com/2012/01/never-same.html

Thanks for letting me share!

Mine is up http://therapyisexpensive.wordpress.com...

2012-01-01T15:41:47.944-08:00

Mine is up http://therapyisexpensive.wordpress.com/2012/01/01/open-adoption-roundtable-33-what-ive-learned/

I wrote my answer today (haven't been home muc...

2012-01-01T09:35:03.996-08:00

I wrote my answer today (haven't been home much this week!). What we learned in 2011 will shape our 2012: http://thechroniclesofmunchkinland.com/2012/01/01/open-adoption-roundtable-33-what-i-learned-in-2011/

I posted, first time. makingmonkeysoup.wordpress...

2012-01-01T06:54:00.720-08:00

I posted, first time.

makingmonkeysoup.wordpress.com/2012/01/01/oar-33/

I'm late as usual, but here's mine. :-) h...

2011-12-31T12:19:16.100-08:00

I'm late as usual, but here's mine. :-) http://musingmonika.blogspot.com/2011/12/oar-33-what-did-you-learn-about-open.html

http://landtstauffer.blogspot.com/2011/12/what-did...

2011-12-31T10:05:26.299-08:00

http://landtstauffer.blogspot.com/2011/12/what-did-you-learn-about-open-adoption.html

What a great way to think about and look back at the year!

Here is my response: http://www.amyrschumaker.com...

2011-12-31T08:45:33.318-08:00

Here is my response:
http://www.amyrschumaker.com/2011/12/31/open-adoption-roundtable-33-adoption-in-2011/

Published :) I must have been on the same wavelen...

2011-12-30T22:46:03.710-08:00

Published :) I must have been on the same wavelength as Lynn, because I wrote mine a few days ago, then just read hers... and realized that they're extremely similar. Guess it's a year to discover the dynamics of an open adoption relationship!

http://100letterstoyou.blogspot.com/2011/12/adoption-roundtable.html

Very thought-provoking topic as usual Heather! htt...

2011-12-30T22:42:18.453-08:00

Very thought-provoking topic as usual Heather!
http://chittisterchildren.wordpress.com/2011/12/30/open-adoption-roundtable-33-what-i-have-learned-about-open-adoption-in-2011/

I don't know where any of this is going, and t...

2011-12-30T14:20:53.379-08:00

I don't know where any of this is going, and that's a reason for joy - not fear.

http://statisticallyimpossible.blogspot.com/2011/12/open-adoption-roundtable-discussion-33.html

I've learned that relationships in open adopti...

2011-12-30T12:19:05.021-08:00

I've learned that relationships in open adoption (like all relationships), ebb, flow and evolve...and that's okay. My response is here: http://openheartsopenminds.blogspot.com/2011/12/open-adoption-rountable-what-i-learned.html