Comments on: Open adoption and National Adoption Awareness Month, part 2 http://open.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/open-adoption-and-national-adoption-awar-2 Blog with information on open adoption. Includes advice, tips, concerns, and news articles about open adoption. Birthparent and Adoptive parent blog on open adoption. Articles, information, and news about the open adoption experience. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:10:43 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: cherise30 http://open.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/open-adoption-and-national-adoption-awar-2/comment-page-1#comment-651 cherise30 Sat, 04 Nov 2006 09:36:27 +0000 http://open-adoptio.www.adoptionblogs.com/2006/11/03/open-adoption-and-national-adoption-awar-2#comment-651 I have learned that adoption isn't all happiness and fulfillment-there's a lot of pain and loss too. I have learned that I have a lot to learn about letting go and growing up. I have learned that there are a lot of people that support me and want to love me through this grief. I have learned how to be parent again--how to not take my daughters for granted. And I have learned that I have more strength and faith than I ever realised. I have learned that adoption isn’t all happiness and fulfillment-there’s a lot of pain and loss too. I have learned that I have a lot to learn about letting go and growing up. I have learned that there are a lot of people that support me and want to love me through this grief. I have learned how to be parent again–how to not take my daughters for granted. And I have learned that I have more strength and faith than I ever realised.

]]> By: MommyLis2001 http://open.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/open-adoption-and-national-adoption-awar-2/comment-page-1#comment-650 MommyLis2001 Fri, 03 Nov 2006 20:53:18 +0000 http://open-adoptio.www.adoptionblogs.com/2006/11/03/open-adoption-and-national-adoption-awar-2#comment-650 "It isn’t, however, a magic pill that erases their memory and their bond to their first family and having a new family doesn’t mean they are miraculously healed."<br /> <br /> Great insight! “It isn’t, however, a magic pill that erases their memory and their bond to their first family and having a new family doesn’t mean they are miraculously healed.”

Great insight!

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