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Telling (mostly) All About Yourselves: Autobiographies
An autobiography, either written, videotaped, or both, is usually a part of any home study. At our agency, we were asked to complete both a written autobiography and a 5 minute video. The idea was that...
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Videos – Another Part of the Home Study
An increasing number of adoption agencies have potential adoptive parents make videos as part of their profile. In our case, it was also a part of our home study. I’m not sure why, but there you are....
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What NOT To Include In a “Dear Birthmother” Letter
In domestic infant adoption, typically, the prospective adoptive parents (PAPs) write a letter to expectant parents, telling them about themselves and why they want and should have a child. This letter...
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What To Include in a “Dear Birthmother Letter”
Last week, I shared what NOT to include in a “Dear Birthmother Letter”. Today, I’m going to share what you should include. Some of these ideas come from the book Reaching Out: The Guide to Writing a...
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Book Review: Reaching Out by Nelson Handel
One of my favorite adoption books is Reaching Out: The Guide to Writing a Terrific Dear Birthmother Letter, by Nelson Handel. One of the first things Handel does is explain that the term “birthmother”,...
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Why On Our Best Behavior?
I’ve recently discovered a number of new adoption-related blogs. Not Quite Juno is a birthmother blog that I’d heard about and finally started reading. I recently read an older post of hers: Always On...
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