Creating a Family

Internet Roundup: Best of the Net for Infertility and Adoption

Dawn — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:45:07 +0000

Gather round my friends and check out what’s caught my attention lately on the wonderful world wide web in the areas of adoption and infertility. Share your favorite finds in the comment section.

What music do you put on when you need to get motivated, uplifted, or just plain want to feel better. I loved this blog by The Womb Warrior with the music video for Florence + The … [visit site to read more]

Hearing the Message Behind the Anger

Dawn — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:20:01 +0000

I’ve been contemplating lately on how in the world we reached this place of animosity between some of the adult adoptee community and some of the adoptive parent community. . Now, in truth, I don’t actually think it is all that bad in general. I know plenty of adults who were adopted, we all do, and most are supporters of the institution of adoption, although plenty would like to see some changes. But the internet is a whole other world!

I don’t know if it’s the virtual anonymity … [visit site to read more]

Taming the Desire to Have Kids-Is it Time to Consider Option Other than Fertility Treatment

Dawn — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:20:06 +0000

Have you ever had that experience in a conversation where you assume that you’re saying something entirely logical and something of near universal agreement only to be greeted by silence—a loud ear drum splitting silence? You back pedal in your mind trying to figure out what you said exactly to see if somehow you accidentally inserted a “not” or confused a word (like the time when I inadvertently called Schlitz beer “shits” beer and couldn’t understand why everyone was silently … [visit site to read more]

Calling all Korean Adoptee & Adoptive Families, and Gen’l Supporters of Adoption

Dawn — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:19:57 +0000

A few months ago I posted a blog (OK, let’s be honest here– it was more screed than blog) about the situation with Korean international adoptions. visit site to read more]

What Happened to the Boy Sent Back to Russia by His Adoptive Mom

Dawn — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:05:20 +0000

I’m sure you all remember Torry Hansen, the American adoptive mother who sent her 7 year old son back to Russia alone on a plane with a note pinned to his shirt that he had problems and she no longer wanted to parent him. Her US adoption agency, WACAP, and the National Council for Adoption have both filed … [visit site to read more]

Would You Rather Be Blind or Infertile?

Dawn — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:02:33 +0000

Surely I’m not the only one who played the “Would You Rather Be Deaf or Blind?” game in elementary school? We always started by saying that you HAD to choose—none of this sitting on the fence, wishy-washy, trying to cover your bases business with us. No sir, we required commitment. Sides were drawn pretty early and opinions seldom changed, but that never stopped us from arguing the merits and demerits of our chosen disability.

I received an email from one of our Creating a … [visit site to read more]

Internet Roundup: Best of the Net for Infertility and Adoption

Dawn — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:03:57 +0000

Week’s Best Pic: I Told You to Stop Throwing Your Duck or You’d Get Time-Out

I know, I know, borderline inappropriate, but didn’t it make you … [visit site to read more]

Book Review of the Adoption Memoir “Found”

Dawn — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:58:13 +0000

I love the idea of an online community book club, especially an online community that shares the same interest, albeit from different angles. I jumped at the chance to participate in this discussion of Jennifer Lauck’s memoir Found. Since a lot of you that will be reading this are my regular blog readers rather than book tour participants, a bit of explaining and a short summary of the book is in order. The Book Club participants are divided into three groups, each posting a blog … [visit site to read more]

Internet Roundup: Best of the Net in Infertility and Adoption

Dawn — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:37:18 +0000

This is what I’ve been reading this week online. What about you? Please post your own Best of the Net in Infertility and Adoption in the comments so the rest of us can read. Feel free to post your own blogs as well.

The Devastation of Pregnancy Loss: A Profile of Courtney Cheng This is one of the best things I’ve read in the last few weeks … [visit site to read more]

The Primal Wound

Dawn — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:42:35 +0000

Have you ever had that experience where all of a sudden one idea or thing keeps popping up in your life? When this happens, I try to pay attention. Lately I seem to be inundated with the people talking about the “primal wound” theory— the idea that “severing the connection between the infant and biological mother [through adoption] causes a primal wound which often manifests in a sense of loss (depression), basic mistrust … [visit site to read more]