Guest Column: Bonding With Your Newly Adopted Child
Some parents who are planning an international adoption assume that love alone will overcome the many challenges their child faced while living in an orphanage. This is usually not the case, as Beckie...
View ArticleGuest Column: The Joys of Parenting Again
By Beckie StewartGuest Columnist Choices. We make them every day. Most have little impact upon the destiny of our lives, but some significantly alter our lives forever. The decision my husband and I...
View ArticleCan I Love My Adopted Child as Much as My Birth Children?
In Part 1, guest columnist Beckie Stewart, a mother of four children ranging in age from 12-19, explained how her life turned topsy-turvy when she added an adopted infant to the mix. By Beckie Stewart...
View Article‘Adoption Adventure’ Blogger Reviews ‘The Adoption Decision’
Lena Wright, a fellow blogger who's waiting to adopt two brothers from Haiti, whom she met on a mission trip this summer, reviewed The Adoption Decision on her Adoption Adventure blog. Here are...
View ArticleGratitude for the Choice of Life
By Beckie StewartGuest Columnist I’m a mom of five children, but an adoptive mother to one. I didn’t receive much information on my daughter’s birth mother, but I often think about her. I wish to honor...
View ArticleWhy Adopt Internationally?
A reader just commented on my post, “Pros and Cons of Domestic vs. International Adoption.” She writes: I think that we should adopt from the US. I mean these kids in our country need help so why are...
View ArticleCommunicating by Hand in Kazakhstan
By Beckie StewartGuest Columnist The winter of 2005 proved to be the most frigid winter in fifty years in the northeastern land of Kazakhstan. Within minutes of being outside, the cold promised to sap...
View ArticleBecoming a Multi-Ethnic Family
By Beckie Stewart Guest Columnist In her book, The Adoption Decision, Laura Christianson writes: “When Caucasian families adopt children of a different ethnicity, they become a minority family.” When I...
View ArticleCamp for Adopted Teens Aug 28-30
Cindy Bigelow, founder and director of CHOSEN International, alerted me to the following: Christian camp designed especially for teens, adopted at any age, both domestic and international. Dates:...
View ArticleThe Top 5 Medications to Bring for Yourself When Traveling Overseas to Adopt
When adoptive parents pack their bags in anticipation of bringing home their child, they always include oodles of items they think their child might need. But don’t forget to toss in the following...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....