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#FloridaBlogger | Photo-taker | Native New Yorker | Wife, Mom to 3, Mom-Mom to 2, Pet mama to 4 cats + a 22 yr old iguana | #RealLife

Forever Parents

In 2002, I began to chronicle my adoption journey by creating Forever Parents, a supportive online community for adoptive and waiting parents.

Over the next year, we grew our support forums to include an adoption shop and a collaborative blog.  Forever Parents stayed active for over ten years, helping thousands of people during that time.  Currently, I'm in the process of updating and moving all the blog posts here where they will be housed under the Forever Parents category. In 2012 I adopted my two young grandchildren so you'll see updated posts under this topic.

15 Important Questions To Ask Before Adopting Older Children

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15 Important Questions To Ask Before Adopting Older Children

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A Journalist’s Guide to Adoption Language

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A guide to accurate and appropriate adoption language.

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The Joys and Challenges of Parenting Special Needs Adopted Children

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Does parenting special needs adopted children brings its own set of joys and challenges?

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Reality Of The Hurt Adoptee

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The reality of the hurt adoptee is not pretty but sugarcoating it makes it harder to heal.

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What Do You Want Others To Know About Adoption?

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I asked our amazing adoption forum members what they wanted people to know about adoption, and here are their replies. I’ll share my thoughts at the end. If you’re a parent through adoption, please share what you want others to know about adoption, in a comment below.

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Older Child Adoption: The Good, The Bad & The Hungry

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Older child adoption has given me more joy, more sadness, more fulfillment, more stress and more gray hairs than anything else in my life. We recently passed our five-year adoption mark (we adopted three siblings) and sometimes it feels like five days, while other times it feels like five million years.

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