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Hmmm, Maybe I Should Just Have One
By Elizabeth Ehlen, 1/11/12
Along with our usual end of year/beginning of year frantic phone calls about why someone didn’t get a baby for the holidays, we also get a lot of general inquiries about adoption and the process. One trend we are noticing is the number of families who do not have fertility problems but still want to [...]
Topics: Adoptive Families | Beginning the Process
Money Matters and Guest Expert!
By Elizabeth Ehlen, 12/1/11
After the feel-good series It’s Not About You we turn to even more fun topics – money. December brings a lot of holidays which brings a lot of expensive presents. For some of you it will bring an awesome new present – a new family member. But that can be a huge budget buster this [...]
Topics: Adoptive Families | Beginning the Process | Finances
Okay Parents, So Maybe It’s a Little About You
By Elizabeth Ehlen, 11/23/11
So if you have read this far hopefully you realize that adoption is all about the child. If you don't then perhaps we need to get a little more blunt, which would be challenging but I think I'm up to it – try me. If you sheepishly acknowledge that you hadn't really considered it from [...]
Topics: Adoptive Families | Beginning the Process
Get Over Yourself: It’s Not About You
By Elizabeth Ehlen, 11/10/11
Continuing with the feel-good series of the year, and this time we are going to focus on your flaws. Yep, you are not perfect. I’ll let you digest that for a moment. Have you swallowed your pride and decided to read on? Good for you, perhaps we can move forward. You see, many adoptive families [...]
Topics: Adoption Procedures | Adoptive Families | Beginning the Process | Matching
It’s Not About You
By Elizabeth Ehlen, 11/3/11
Happy Adoption Month! I know, the title seems sort of harsh, right? Not exactly what you were expecting for celebrating the way you become a family? Here’s the thing, in order to really celebrate how awesome adoption is, the focus has to be properly placed. Adoptive parents go through a lot, many have issues with [...]
Topics: Adoptive Families | Beginning the Process | Matching | Open Adoption
BTDT: Advice from Adoptive Parents
By Elizabeth Ehlen, 9/26/11
BTDT = Been There Done That So you've heard the professionals suggestions for Do's and Don'ts on how to survive the wait for a match. However admittedly, not every adoption social worker is an adoptive parent, some of us just believe in it enough to keep working for you. So probably you wonder what it's [...]
