tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266640896604987829.comments2010-01-09T20:07:09.094-05:00Immediate Family: The Adoption OptionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01117597107576936120noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266640896604987829.post-18817599856119061902009-03-05T23:42:00.000-05:002009-03-05T23:42:00.000-05:00Hi there Julie - thanks so much for doing this. I ...Hi there Julie - thanks so much for doing this. <BR/><BR/>I am a single woman very interested in adoption but right now bogged down in fear over which agency, which country how to make the right choices and of course the horror stories of FAS and RAD. (oh man). <BR/><BR/>Would you mind terribly letting me know which agency you used for your adoption, and if you do adopt again where you would go? It would be very appreciated.<BR/><BR/>Thanks again, Jess (Jessieb30@yahoo.com)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266640896604987829.post-85917517283690443832009-02-21T13:23:00.000-05:002009-02-21T13:23:00.000-05:00The waiting is very hard.The waiting is very hard.junglemamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09176730853175967320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266640896604987829.post-8619831479000041482009-02-12T19:48:00.000-05:002009-02-12T19:48:00.000-05:00I hope you don't mind that I posted your quote (I ...I hope you don't mind that I posted your quote (I LOVE IT!) on my blog. I linked back to this post.<BR/><BR/>http://wehavebeenblessed.blogspot.comDawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06011090173811874883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266640896604987829.post-36834838871356324372009-01-31T02:06:00.000-05:002009-01-31T02:06:00.000-05:00There is an adoption book like that. Its called: a...There is an adoption book like that. Its called: adoption parenting. Its awesome.<BR/>http://www.emkpress.com/adoptparent.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266640896604987829.post-7986928011295539162009-01-24T10:23:00.000-05:002009-01-24T10:23:00.000-05:00CONGRATULATIONS ~ Children are miracles that often...CONGRATULATIONS ~ Children are miracles that often prove us wrong!!Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06011090173811874883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266640896604987829.post-12237075186172679252009-01-08T13:39:00.000-05:002009-01-08T13:39:00.000-05:00Thanks so much for stopping in!JulieThanks so much for stopping in!<BR/><BR/>JulieAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01117597107576936120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266640896604987829.post-62993204332758949892009-01-08T09:48:00.000-05:002009-01-08T09:48:00.000-05:00This looks like a great blog! Good luck with it. :...This looks like a great blog! Good luck with it. :-)Jessica Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12365768876905444157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266640896604987829.post-40616410336652178842009-01-07T21:14:00.000-05:002009-01-07T21:14:00.000-05:00Five times even beats me! I've been to Russia 4 t...Five times even beats me! I've been to Russia 4 times...but it was for two kids. My friends all to get talking about everywhere they've traveled and I've just been to Russia...and all of the places I changed planes. Frankfort, Korea, etc.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01117597107576936120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266640896604987829.post-24976675333108787832009-01-07T20:35:00.000-05:002009-01-07T20:35:00.000-05:00Trish, your last paragraph was totally US! We sai...Trish, your last paragraph was totally US! We said, never Russia, only ASIA, only a baby, etc etc...and now, we're adopting from Russia, a toddler 18 months to 3 years! I totally laughed and so did my husband when we read that. I love how God works...he totally laughed at us...and I'm glad we can now laugh at ourselves for not letting him do the leading when we were totally going in the wrong direction. I so hope we don't have to go to Russia 5 times...but I wouldn't be surprised in the least! :-) Thanks for sharing. If you have a blog...I'd love to read your story.<BR/><BR/>www.jellemasjourney.blogspot.com<BR/><BR/>Carala from Canada<BR/><BR/>**thanks Julie for this blog....I'm excited to read more. Thanks to Stacy for sharing her story...I actually met Stacy for coffee one day not long ago and am so excited for her to bring her son home! She has one incredible story!Caralahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07106663102680630472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266640896604987829.post-31019167911603934722009-01-07T16:28:00.000-05:002009-01-07T16:28:00.000-05:00Welcome, Joanne. Thanks for coming by. Foster pa...Welcome, Joanne. Thanks for coming by. <BR/><BR/>Foster parents have a special place in heaven reserved for them, I'm sure. <BR/><BR/>I hope that someday I'm grown up enough to rise to the challenge of loving a child I might not get to keep...but for now...I'm not sure. I know the kids are better for the time they've spent in a loving home, even if they don't stay. <BR/><BR/>I'll say a prayer the girls in your care find wonderful parents.<BR/><BR/>JulieAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01117597107576936120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266640896604987829.post-2066857528263830352009-01-07T10:25:00.000-05:002009-01-07T10:25:00.000-05:00Hi Julie,I wanted to say hello and congratulations...Hi Julie,<BR/><BR/>I wanted to say hello and congratulations on your adopted children, a wonderful blog and getting an agent!<BR/><BR/>I am a single parent of 3 (natural) children and I am also foster mother to 2 little girls. They have just been approved by the Court for adoptive families to be found for them. So I am kind of going through the adoption process the other way -- if that makes sense.<BR/><BR/>JoanneJoanne Coleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09495716093866749521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266640896604987829.post-51184506334407093942009-01-06T12:33:00.000-05:002009-01-06T12:33:00.000-05:00Trish,Thanks for sharing. I'm glad you like the b...Trish,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing. I'm glad you like the blog. Please feel free to spread the word to others!<BR/><BR/>JulieAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01117597107576936120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266640896604987829.post-13887958027979480732009-01-06T10:47:00.000-05:002009-01-06T10:47:00.000-05:00Well this is a fun find!I like the adage "When you...Well this is a fun find!<BR/><BR/>I like the adage "When you have heard one adoption story, you have heard ONE adoption story". They are each so unique, just like our kids, even though they have some common threads running through them. I am looking forward to reading more, I love these stories since they represent new life, new love, unforeseen struggles and newfound wisdom. <BR/><BR/>I'd like to hear everybody's pre-conceptions about adoption, or the process and how that worked or did not through it all. For example, my husband and I declared many "absolutes" when we began - we would adopt out of our own ethnicity, only go where it took one trip to adopt, adopt quickly, go with a large accredited agency, adopt a baby, not a toddler, never be Russia, and then that morphed for my husband into that he would never fly Aeroflot. The list goes on and I am reminded of the other adage..."when man plans, God laughs" as we completed a long, hard adoption that took years, in the hardest region of Russia, with 5 trips over to adopt our lovely toddler.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05959243644614033839noreply@blogger.com