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ADOPTION.COM FORUMS MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
Vol.1 No. 4 November 2005

Welcome to another issue of ADOPTION.COM FORUMS Monthly, bringing you the best and brightest from the Adoption.com discussion forums every month, and an invitation to join in. The support you have to offer or the story you have to tell may be just what someone else needs to hear.
http://forums.adoption.com

THIS MONTH:
* Announcement: Hiring Bloggers
* Chat Schedule
* Featured Forum
* Featured Posts
* Member in the Spotlight
* Favorite Stories of the Month
* Journal Entry
* The Photo Gallery

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Hiring Bloggers

Adoption Media is Hiring Bloggers
Adoption Media, LLC is looking for highly-talented writers who can blog creatively and passionately about certain adoption, fertility, and foster care topics. To find out about the benefits, requirements, and how to apply, visit Adoption Media is Hiring Bloggers.

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CHAT SCHEDULE

Fost/Adopt - Getting Started, 2nd & 4th Monday, 10 pm EST, with NDN in Hosted room

International Chats, Mondays, 1 pm EST, in the International room

Foster Adopt, Tuesdays, 9 pm EST, with Luvmall in Hosted room

Adoptees, Wednesdays, 9 pm EST, with mlassi in Hosted room

Adoption Scrapbook and Lifebook, 2nd Wednesday of each month, 9 pm EST, with DianeScraps in Hosted room

International Adoption, Get-together, every Thursday, 9 pm EST

http://chat.adoption.com

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FEATURED FORUM

Thanks for Life
A forum dedicated to adoptees in order for them to celebrate their lives and families.
http://forums.adoption.com/forumdisplay.php?f=530

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FEATURED POSTS

* Volunteers? Project Guatemala Quilt?
A prospective adoptive mother suggests creating a quilt to raffle, all proceeds going to a designated Guatemalan charity.
Volunteers? Project Guatemala Quilt?

* Should I Be Angry?
An adoptee questions her birth mother's intentions after rejection.
Should I be angry?

* Why Do People Assume that Open Adoption Doesn't "Hurt?" A birth mother in an open adoption shares her frustration.
Why Do People Assume that Open Adoption Doesn't "Hurt?"

* Are the Numbers Really Accurate? A prospective adoptive parent curious about the stats of Caucasian couples adopting African American children.
Are the numbers really accurate?

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MEMBER IN THE SPOTLIGHT

MissngLinkInFL, birth mother


MissngLinkInFL (aka Deb) is a birth mother who was adopted by her step father.

Deb became an active member of the forums in January 2004. She had a successful reunion with her biological father in 2000. In 2004, she located her birth daughter and sent a letter, but to date, has not received a response.

Deb is a widowed mother to 3 other children, aged 27, 28, and 30; she is also a grandmother to 6. Deb lives near St. Augustine, Florida with a dog, 4 cats, and a resident racoon.

Deb is semi-retired from social work. In 2003, she pursued an interest in writing. She completed a journal for her birth daughter as a view of her genetic heritage and the decision to relinquish, as well as who she was
both then and now. Deb is still hoping for contact but has a great sense of peace knowing that her daughter's life is all she had hoped it would be.

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FAVORITE STORIES OF THE MONTH

* I Need Advice on What a Bfather Would Be Thinking, jeanette reno
I recently found the courage to look for my bparents; honestly at first I was only thinking of my bmother... i need advice on what a bfather would be thinking
* Visiting At the Milwaukee Zoo, michellemartin Hi all. Just visited my birth daughter and her family today... Visiting! At the Milwaukee Zoo :)

* Why Do I Lie? Am I Alone?, SRJ
I have been lying about my fost/adopt dd, saying that she's mine (biologically)...
Why Do I Lie....Am I Alone..

* Adoptee Never Knew, alliweave
I just want to say to those birthmothers out there on this site...I never knew....
Adoptee never knew

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JOURNAL ENTRY

Tigger27, birth mother
All About Life from My Perspective http://journals.adoption.com/?do=showjournal&j=181
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THE PHOTO GALLERY

My Sweet Preemie
http://photos.adoption.com/showimage.php?i=984

The 3 I Am Raising!
http://photos.adoption.com/showimage.php?i=594

Beach Boy
http://photos.adoption.com/showimage.php?i=509


Watch for ADOPTION.COM FORUMS MONTHLY each month and remember: the post that makes a difference in someone's life could be yours.


'Til next month
The ADOPTION.COM Forums Team