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Well, it finally happened. A new family moved in next door - renters. They have crosses on their cars, crosses in their windows, profess to be Christian... and they are verbally abusing my 5 & 6 year old African American daughters. Their son drives a truck with a huge confederate flag flying in the bed. This is California right?What to do...........During the days they were moving in, we brought

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I have done all I can do at the moment. I have contacted the two known agencies that work in the region and sent them what information I have on my son's brother.I have received several questions on my different postings regarding why on earth I would be in contact with my child's Russian family.I will post about that at another time. If you want you can read some archived posts that may have

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Got a call today from my son's sisters on the east coast. Babushka in Russia has written. Little brother has been placed in a baby home.I have called the two agencies that work in the region. I have sent them both all the information I have. Has anyone out there heard of an identified adoption in Russia going through? I have not heard from the Russian government agencies re: the brother even

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I took the 43 Things Personality Quiz and found out I'm aHealthy Self-Improving Reinventer

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I am an exhausted working (again) mother to 5 beautiful children. Blog has definately gone Waaaaaayyyy off even the back burner. Good thoughts to you all.

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2008 Childhood Apraxia Walk - Pittsburgh - Home2008 Pittsburgh CASANA Walk-a-Thon for Children with Apraxia of SpeechJoin Us For This Very First Pittsburgh Walk for Apraxia!OCTOBER 18, 200810:00 AMHarmar Grove, North ParkUnlock our Voice, Open our FutureImagine being told that your three year old would likely never be able to speak well enough for others to understand him.Imagine being told that

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Welcome to KidsGardening! Garden Resources, Gardening for Families, Teacher's Garden and Shopping for Gardening:"Parents' PrimerLooking for some guidance on how to make the most of your family garden? Our Parents' Primer can help! Many other writings on kids’ gardening start with what to grow and how to design and build a kids’ garden, prepare soil, and plant, but this primer is not just about

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PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (AP) -- The head of a prominent cancer research institute issued an unprecedented warning to his faculty and staff Wednesday: Limit cell phone use because of the possible risk of cancer.Cancer expert warns employees on cell phones - CNN.com

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Working moms look back with mixed emotionsStory HighlightsDecision for moms to work or stay home is fiercely debated, rarely easyPsychiatrist: Children who are put in day care feel a real lossAuthor: Keeping yourself from your own ambitions can be "soul destroying"Next Article in Living »By Maya Dollarhide Lucca(LifeWire) -- When Christine Durst, 45, had her first child in 1987, she received a

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As you've probably realized, things are a bit hectic here to say the least.I'm not sure that I will be blogging for quite a while.I have a night job. Yes, I took it. For the benefits of course. Not easy to come by around here.Kids are BUSY. The two little ones are REALLY testing boundaries and are having attachment issues.Hubby working almost 7 dys a week while I am at home during the day w/ the

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A Childs Light - Ukrainian Orphan Hosting Program

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Weekly News Summary - National Center for Adoption Law & Policy

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FYIAzbukaDear CA Momma,I am the editor of the only literary magazine for Russian-speaking children and their families living in the US. The magazine called "Malenkaya Kompaniya" (ISSN 1933-6020) is printed in NY and mailed to subscribers all over the country (and to some other countries, too). It encourages young kids and teens to read, both in Russian and English, and helps families that are

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Canada Bans BPA From Baby Bottles - washingtonpost.com

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In the season finale of Eli Stone, the main character is representing a man who has decided to forgo another chemo treatment and die "with dignity". David Green talks of having a better life because of his cancer. Of receiving peace and clarity.The scene really spoke to me because that is how I feel about my own life and the decisions I have made because of the diagnosis of cancer a few years

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Barnes & Noble.com - Books: Gotcha Capitalism, by Bob Sullivan, PaperbackSo after my fiasco at the bank - yeesh, I noticed this book in the newly arrived display. Grabbed it and while paying a late fee (ahem) my daughter looks at the receipt and laughs as it has the words fee/call smashed together as her friend's doctor father had just told the girls something re: a dog's fecal matter blah blah..

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It pisses me off that I can't make the children on my Yahoo Avatar a different race than I am. Is anyone aware of how to do that if it IS possible?

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We found out that the builder of our addition did not caulk the widows when it rained the other night. Hubby was NOT happy. When calling his "buddy" re: this, he said, "Well, you left me alone!"This is a man with a contractor's license. You would think that he would know better. Since we were paying him you would think he wouldn't need DH there babysitting him the whole time. As it was, we lost a

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So, its been 20 days since I last posted. I am so TIRED!! Next week N (I can't think of a cute little name for her right now) the oldest sister turns 4. For some odd reason I found that I was thinking by some miracle that particular day would help me with her behavior. K the younger one is even more set on testing me EVERY SINGLE MOMENT of the day.I am keeping K in a sling with me. Things go a

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Thank You for the concern my friends. I still have a cough, especially in the cold air but am MUCH better thank you.The girls have been here for a week and are soaking up so much love and attention that we have little time for anything else. The pile of unfolded laundry on the couch is getting higher and higher.Tomorrow I have to drive 3 hours to see the girls' SW and get their Medi Cal cards

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Sicker than Sick!!! Mother has arrived with antibiotics. Hope to breathe better soon and post about being in perfect shape. Hope ya'll are well.

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My youngest has Verbal Apraxia of Speech. This gives an easy way of explaining the issues to family and friends.

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You know those ladies who tell you that after the third child you don't even notice when more come along? They LIE! Lie, lie, lie!!!I was so exhausted Monday morning I though I was going to die.The little one fell and did a faceplant on the Lego box. Put her tooth through her bottom lip. I freaked. She bled. Other kids shrieked. Her foster mother was fine with it. Couldn't even see the

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I have a bone to pick with my mother. Ever since I told her that my kids are going to Waldorf School she has run hot and cold with me. She has now withdrawn again. When I say withdrawn I mean that she will talk to me in very short, very CONCISE sentences without looking at me. She will not acknowledge ANYTHING that I have to say. It's like having a conversation with a concrete wall (not even as

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I was a happy girl a second ago when I got off the phone with C and the only days we could get together to drop off and pick up were Friday and Sunday. So.. the whole weekend with the girls at our house... yaaaaaay.........Then DH reminded me that the plumber will be here again and we won't have water all day Saturday. Oooops. Oh well. We'll spend the day at the State Parks that are dotted all

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So, I've just decided that C and I are on our own regarding the visits. I've been leaving messages re: where the girls are and what we are doing but I hear nothing.I am trying to be able to get the girls to stay the night with us this weekend as last weekend went so well. Caught us a bit off guard that the girls were calling us Mommy and Daddy. I kept calling DH his name and he was calling me by

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This was fun to watch!

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We are so so so so so in LOVE with these girls!!!! Today's visit was great! So much for keeping my heart safe until the .26

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Transracial Parenting BooksInside Transracial Adoption – by Gail Steinberg & Beth HallWhy are All the Black Children Sitting together at the Cafeteria – by Beverly Daniel TatumThe First R: How Children Learn Race and Racism – by Debra Van AusdaleI’m Chocolate, You’re Vanilla – by Marguerite WrightBlack Baby White Hands – by Jaiya JohnIn Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories -

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So, it took until Thursday Night to get ahold of my SW. Now, I kind of understand. With all this snow, her pipes froze and broke and had a terrible leak inside her house. She has a slab foundation and as an ex-REALTOR I don't recommend those (if you can help it). So she had to move her family into a temporary home. While doing that she got into a car accident. A "flatlander" who had never

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2008 Childhood Apraxia of Speech Workshop - San Diego, CA, with Dr. Shelley Velleman - Apraxia-KIDSSan Diego 2008 CAS Workshop Childhood Apraxia of Speech: A Comprehensive Approach to Assessment and TreatmentUniversity of San DiegoManchester Conference CenterSan Diego, CAFeatured Speaker: Dr. Shelley VellemanAuthor of Childhood Apraxia of Speech Resource GuideClick here for BrochureClick here

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After being handed directions we got into our truck and followed two white generic cars through miles of new roads surrounded by stucco buildings and houses. Just two years ago this land that had been working farms.DH says its a good thing we had a V8 as the first SW was driving like a bat out of hell. If we would have missed one light we would have been lost forever.When we stopped I was

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Well, I'm not sure what is going on. My SW is incommunicado. Yesterday was so confusing to me and I truly have no idea what to do. I will start at the beginning and hope to wrap my mind around this as I go.We woke up at 4:30 am on Wednesday and left quickly for "big town" before the snow got too bad. We actually found the building with no problem, it was the parking space that was hard to

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S.O.S. is a non-profit organization committed to maintaining relationships between our internationally adopted children and their siblings that were left behind. We encourage adoption when appropriate, but also work to raise awareness about the plight of orphaned siblings and how to create alternatives to adoption in order to foster sibling relationships, when adoption is not feasible.Save

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I want to post an e-mail sent to Tony and Tanya Carruthers (the searchers who found my son's birthfamily- link to right "Post Adopt Birthparent Seek") by a young lady who was adopted from Russia and now lives in the US. She has given me permission for this post. Many people often wonder how a child will feel about receiving this kind of information. This may be a little window into our

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Hi all-The meeting went well. DH is very excited. I am too scared to get excited. SW's are talking to each other. The girls are the sweetest things on earth. Will update soon.

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Study: Caffeine may boost miscarriage risk - CNN.com

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I'm sitting down to write this post to keep myself from tearing my kitchen apart. I've ransacked the place trying to find something, anything, salty enough to satisfy my needs. Those who know me are quite familiar with my stress eating.I've finally had to settle for pickled green tomatoes that my Dad put up this Summer. I'm cutting them with baby carrots. There is absolutely NO junk food in the

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Op-Ed ContributorSex and the Teenage GirlBy CAITLIN FLANAGANPublished: January 13, 2008The unfair truth of sexuality is this: female desire can bring with it a form of punishment no man can begin to imagine.THE movie “Juno” is a fairy tale about a pregnant teenager who decides to have her baby, place it for adoption and then get on with her life. For the most part, the tone of the movie is

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Its an adventure opening my mailbox these days. Scattered among the bills and sale ads are postcards from Postcrossing, movies borrowed from Netflix and just yesterday two letters from our ever growing family.Ian's sister Natasha sent us a letter enclosed with two Russian stamps and a picture. I am happy to post that her "new" mother, who is also named Natasha, and her new Babushka are pleased as

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No Stinkin' Way!!!!! This is soooo way out there. Brings a pretty good case for always telling your kids they're adopted and maybe at least having the adoption open enough that you know there are siblings!!!! Holy Mackerel!!I'm having a really hard time thinking this is true, it is such an "old" story that this could happen. I guess it did!FOXNews.com - Marriage Annulled After Separated Twins

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DH and I are still seriously considering "moving on down the road". We can't leave our lives in limbo much longer. I certainly see the heartbreak in my children. I think I should have NEVER told them that a sister was in the works. Three years of waiting is just too long for a child. In fact it is now almost half of one of their lives.DH asked the kids how they felt about a little baby coming

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Chou-Chou at Sprout Asked,58%How Addicted to Blogging Are You? I happen to like this quiz better though-25 In other news.....Of course my agency called me with questions for me re: a possible placement while I was helping our kindergarten teacher move the furniture out of her class because of a rather severe water leak from the last storm. I've been sitting on the damn phone trying to hatch the

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I must admit, I am a total freakfest regarding Diana Gabaldon and her Outlander Series. I love those books. LOVE them. LOOOOOOOOVE them.She is working on the seventh book right now and plans on it being out in 2009. It is amazing to me that I have been reading this series since before I was married which is about 11 years ago. I have a slavish adoration that is almost unbearable, almost a LUSTING

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Russians rescued after missing for 3 months - Yahoo! News

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Things have been a little hairy here regarding the weather. I am just glad we have a wood stove to cook on and keep us warm when our lights go out. As we live on a hill no worry for flooding at the moment. Our road however, is a different story.Quick news.I took a cooking class with my mother yesterday. Fun! It was at a small winery here in the county. The instructor is a retired teacher from the

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The Associated Press: Spears Taken in Ambulance After StandoffThis poor, poor, poor girl. I'm sure it is in vain, but I keep hoping she gets the help she so desperately needs. Maybe a year in a sanatorium can help her. Her life is just crumbling before our eyes. I feel guilty when links to her story come up on my computer as I certainly don't want to feed off her misery like the paparazzi. I

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Innocence on SALE-Poor Indian children are being freely traded across the globe.A merciless adoption mafia's overdrive leaves authorities back home clueless even as Dutch Parliament initiates probe after a child from Tamil Nadu reaches Holland.Geetha DevarajanThe recent judgment of the Madras High Court directing the CBI to investigate into the kidnapping of three children for inter- country

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I always kind of freak out a little bit at New Years. I look back and see all the things I HAVEN'T done and look in the mirror and see time marching FAST.Yesterday I had a positive outlook and HOPE for the New Year. Today is ... different. Luckily my friends know this and have been sending me funnies. Luckily my horoscope (which I see as a pick me up more than a "fortune") was apropos.My major

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November 20, 2007, 9:52 pmReunionBy Lynn LauberIn the shady side yard of the adoption equation are birth mothers — silent, mostly invisible women who have given up their children without fanfare and often with considerable grief.Adoptive babies aren’t hatched in factory farms or dropped from the sky straight into the laps of happy families. They are born by real women — often without counseling,

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My honey and I get along pretty well. We better after almost 18 years. There is one thing though that gets him upset and stomping out the door.My daughter has very fine, long hair down to her rear. She has a pretty wave in the front. Everyone remarks on how beautiful it is. THEY do not have to take care of it. My husband does not take care of it but he is adamant that her hair does not get

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From an E-mail I rec'd-The bows have been untied, the presents unwrapped—and now the cleanup begins. When you consider all of the extra shopping bags and packaging materials used during the holiday season, it's not surprising that Americans throw away 25% more trash between Thanksgiving and New Year's. Here are a few easy things you can do to reduce your impact as you gather up the gift wrap,

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Where we are today! The kids are beside themselves with joy. I hope I can hold them back from running under the feet of a Mama T-Rex!Walking With Dinosaurs -Geekdad's Review-I just returned from the new touring show Walking With Dinosaurs: The Live Experience. Ninety minutes of life-sized animatronic robot dinos, lots of smoke, and puppetry—yeah! It's the closest thing you'll get to seeing real

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My Holiday Soundtrack is blaring. My kids have made paper airplanes and are attempting to have "dogfights" with them in the air while singing "Peace on Earth".My big dog is bumbling around, running into furniture because he can't see a thing with the huge funnel collar on his head. He's knocked over the Christmas tree twice.The little dog is following behind the big dog barking because he

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On a lighter note:This is DH on his way to the pre-school the kids used to go to. Even after we leave a school, teachers still call us for things like this. I think he looks so cute!

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Yesterday I took advantage of a break in the rain to pick up a few stray toys in the front yard before it started to snow on them. I had left the door slightly open (I tend to lock myself out a lot). While I was bent over I heard some growling and barking. As I looked up I saw the two dogs from across the street bounding toward me. These dogs are NOT nice and are usually confined to a fenced yard

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I've been having fun setting up our favorite Holiday tunes for the "big day". You can tell when the kids or my hubby chimed in on what songs should be included. I've tried to mix 'em up a little bit so I can hack the soundtrack of Christmas Day.CA Momma Family Christmas Soundtrack - (just press the little play button and enjoy)have any other suggestions?Project Playlist

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True StoryFamilies ReunitedA website set up to help Russian children adopted by American parents find their original families has yielded emotional stories of families reunited. Here are some of them.BY IRINA TITOVAStaff WriterThe St. Petersburg Times - Giving Magazine 2007

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In January of 1981 when I was seven, I begged my mother into buying me an Old Fashioned Country Diary from the bargain bin. I still have it. In January that year my sister-in-law had a little baby named "Travis Scoot" A new friend named Bobbie moved in next door and "she is a girl!" My friends Buck and Carel were going to have a garden wedding in 6 months. I had asked them if they were going to

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I know, I am so sad. I'm pining for my summer garden already.I'm still in the stage of "I can't eat one more tomato" though.The following link has some great LOCAL and ORGANIC seed companies. Take a look and join me in the hording of seeds for this spring.Best Garden Seed Companies

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The State News: MultimediaEight-year-old Zoya Shevchenko is one of about 15 students of Russian immigrant Natalie Smith who came to the U.S. in 2005 from Khabarovsk, Russia. Smith spends her time teaching Russian to adopted Russian children in Michigan. Apart from the challenges of learning the language, the transition into American culture also poses difficulty for the children.

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I am aDaffodil What FlowerAre You? You have a sunny disposition and are normally one of the first to show up for the party. You don't need too much attention from the host once you get there as you are more than capable of making yourself seen and heard.

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Thanks to the ladies that commented on my last post. I needed the support.I'm thinking that this whole thing is just turning out to be a huge lesson in patience and humility.Like Denise at Life With Ivan, pregnant women have surrounded me. EVERYWHERE I go I see women with bright shining faces and swollen bellies. I'm being inundated with e-mails that have pics of sonograms and newborns and baby

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Hello? Echo echo echoAbsolutely nothing here.....Spoke with a placing supervisor for the State and she said that over 200 new families were approved for adoption here last month.Don't get me wrong. Happy as heck to hear there are people out there who want to adopt foster children. But.....Hubby and I have been talking about breaking down and making a "homemade" child. Could I still do that with

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My friend Veronica sent me this:"Due to a power outage, only one paramedic responded to a call at a very dark house where a woman was giving birth. Because he was alone, he asked the lady's 3-year-old daughter to hold the flashlight while he assisted the woman. She gave birth to a bouncing baby boy and the paramedic lifted him up and spanked him on his bottom. The baby began to cry, and the lady

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I love this idea- I know its not new but..... I still LOVE it.I found this idea at iGo Green but for some reason Blogger wont let me post a link so here is the write up.iGo GreenHoliday Cards That Last Till SpringThe annual influx of holiday cards makes for a nice change from what's usually in the mailbox: 50,000 Victoria's Secret catalogs (seriously, do they really need to send a new one every

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CASE: Annual Postcard ContestPostcard Contest - What I Want the World to Know about Adoption...Contest RulesWho: Kids 6-18 are invited to celebrate National Adoption Month and enter to win cool prizes!What: Using your own words, feeling and/or artwork elaborate on this year's theme: 'What I want the world to know about adoption'Now that the entry deadline has passed (November 15), we are ready to

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DH and I were referred to a "Fair" for"families and social workers to get to know each other in a relaxed andcasual atmosphere."We went armed with our homestudy and a "family photo page" looking forward to introducing ourselves to the men and women who will hold the number of our family members and our future in their hands.Full of hope and all smiles we hold hands as the elevator moves up......

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Why have I never heard of this? It is a great idea. When I took a self defense class when I worked at the DA's office, the instructor says that you should have a code word for your children to run to a safe area if you are being attacked.With this program you could show them places in the area with this sign so they would know a safe place to go.McGruff House

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Looking for their Children's BirthmothersOpen International Adoptions? China, Guatemala etc.Adoptions - Babies - Families and Children - New York Times

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Ok, I LOVE Lost. I happen to really like the character Jin. He seems to be growing A LOT in a positive direction. Maybe the actor needs to do a little more growing in his personal life.The trend for Lost actors who get arrested? They die very soon afterward on the show. Killed off.I do not condone drunken driving as my sister-in-law and cousin were killed by drunk drivers but if the trend

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I have not posted for a while; A true post anyway, as I really have nothing to say.I've been wanting to write about the picnic but with my blog loading oh, so incredibly slow and I have no idea why- etc., etc., etc. ........We just haven't been "picked".I've been e-mailed the last month about horrible severe situations, most that we've said: "Please send in our homestudy".All to no avail. We

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I do not know where you left your keys. I have a basket at the door for you to put them in. I do not wear your hat or glasses, I do not hide your underwear or wallet. I don't put peas in the soup because I want to poison you.I don't conspire with the kids to put the wooden blocks where you may try to walk in the middle of the night.I did not eat your stash of mayonnaise and bologna.I was not

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Senate Passes Bill to Increase College Student Aid Headed for President's desk.WASHINGTON -- The United States Senate today adopted 79-12 theconference report on a bill, HR 2669, that increases financial aid forcollege students. The bill includes several provisions championed byUnited States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., including an amendmentproviding $228 million for Upward Bound and $500

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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, birth defects at NOFAS

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Have heard nothing from our SW except for an invite to a "placing" picnic. This picnic is three hours away. I have NO IDEA what to expect. Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?DH and I are talking about putting on armor. How can we mingle with these children without EVERY SINGLE ONE of them tugging at our hearts? What REALLY are we supposed to do there?I've heard one person describe it as a "meat market". I

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delawareonline ¦ The News Journal, Wilmington, Del. ¦ Russian siblings reunited at last

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DH and I are leaving for a tropical isle on Monday morning and all I want to do is throw myself on the floor and scream and pound and kick. Spoiled Rotten.I want my child!!!!! I want my SW to get back!!!! I want, I want I want. What a frickin' brat I am! I KNOW it! I can't stand myself!!!I've been reading this book:Another Place at the Table: A Story of Shattered Childhoods Redeemed by Love by

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Russia Allows Citizens Time Off to Have Babies as Underpopulation WorsensYeeesh!!!Thanks for the link Russian Adoption DVABetween this and the Youth Wedding Camps I'm just speechless.

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After Space Junk Goes Up, It Must Come Down, Alaska Science ForumWas it space junk that made all that racket?Is mystery object space junk? - Newstalk ZBOregon Star Party 1999: Space Debris Falls Near OSP, article by ...Space Junk? - Backgrounders - Reference - Christchurch City LibrariesSpace debris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaNASA's nagging fear: Space junk floridatoday.com Serving ...

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Ah! That was THE hardest thing I've had to do in a long time! Saying "No" just about killed me.I wrote to the SW that without our own SW's assessment and some pre-placement meetings we would have to pass on the privilege of having those two children in our home.This comes with a VERY well timed call from my vacationing SW saying that if these kids can't wait and we have reservations then "just

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SPACE.com -- Viewer's Guide: Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks Aug. 11-12Found this too.Guess who's gonna be outside tonight?Happy stargazing ya'll!

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Last night around Midnight I was slammed back to wakefulness by a loud boom and the house shaking. As always, my brave husband who was watching TV ran into our bedroom and yelled "Did you hear that? Maybe you should go see what it was!"Well, lets see, we are digging out beneath the house for another room, did the foundation get damaged? Nope, wasn't it.We DO live in California, was it an

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Everyone stop on by and congratulate Steph on the placement of an 11 week old boy!!! She is a former SW adopting through Foster Care. She's pretty dang cool. Her sister in law is adopting from China (I think I have that right) "Different Dirt" - she is waiting for a travel date to bring her little Thor home.*******************I am sitting here just kind of cautious but calm (thank goodness for DH

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See if you can find a way to keep yourself from leaping -- whether or not you look first. It's a good time to just sit tight and let others take all the risks. You need some time to replenish your reserves.---My horoscope for today.

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Got a call yesterday from a SW from my agency. Not mine because of course she's on vacation until the 20th. She told me she faxed our homestudy to a county looking to place a sibling set of a boy and girl both under 4 yrs. They are being disrupted. The SW didn't seem too informed because she was not at the disclosure meeting. Ummm... who WAS there?Does this sound a little familiar to you? It

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Thank You Walternatives

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Nada, Nothing, Zip, Zero-I realize it has only been a week so..... I just wish my SW would send me an e-mail or a quick call to let me know that she had submitted our homestudy for the children we were interested in... something. She DID call me back and tell me that the people decided to take the other two children that she called me about.The Family and I went to our orientation for our

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Your Inner European is Swedish!Relaxed and peaceful.You like to kick back and enjoy life.Who's Your Inner European?Thanks to China Calling

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Well, I guess no news means that the couple decided that they could handle two toddlers. I'm not sure how I feel. Relieved at not reliving the two children in diapers thing though it would not have killed me, or sad at our family still not being complete.This is where you KNOW I am a desperate crazy woman. I have had a reoccurring dream of a little girl with big black curls and her infant or

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Editorial ReviewsBook DescriptionPsychology of Orphans is written by Dr. Lyudmila Shipitsyna Rector of the Institute of Special Education and Psychology Saint-Petersburg, Russia. She has a Doctorate in Science and Biology and worksas an honored professor in this specialty in the Russian Federation. Consideredan expert and pioneer in this field in Russia, she has authored over 400publications.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/portal/main.jhtml?xml=/portal/2007/07/16/nosplit/ftiran116.xmlA voyage to find my father in IranLast Updated: 12:01am BST 16/07/2007Given up for adoption at birth, Katharine Rayner spent two decades tracing her Persian roots before travelling to Teheran on an emotional journeyI was born in Leeds and grew up in rural Norfolk but have spent almost half my life searching

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Well......After a couple hours I find I am able to look at things a bit more objectively. We have been waiting for this day for a long, long time.*************(We interrupt this post to bring you a call by my SW........)There are two children under 3 yrs old that need to be placed by Thursday. Would we be interested in submitting our homestudy? Um........ We just signed our homestudy and went

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Posted by: "Karen Holt" on a list serve I belong to.Please read and write letters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Wed Jul 11, 2007 8:47 am (PST)You have my permission to forward this post.Many of you are familiar of the Masha Allen story.. the young woman who was adopted at age 5 from an orphanage in Russia by a single pedophile named Matthew Mancuso.He sexually abused her and posted thousands of photos of her

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The last one still in Russia. Isn't she beautiful?

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The Daddy Dance-OffVote for the Best!!!

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This August our youngest will be with us for 3 whole years. Today I received my first spontaneous ENTHUSIASTIC hug. I am so moved by this. EB still disassociates when strangers talk to him and sometimes when extended family try to guide him. There is still work to be done.But....... he has always been so compliant and kind of... just there when I hug him. He's obviously enjoyed it most of

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http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2007/06/08/003.htmlFriday, June 8, 2007. Thousands of Babies Left in Hospital LimboBy Svetlana Osadchuk Staff WriterphotoOne of the rejected babies looking out the window at the Pskov hospital. Seven hours after Kristina Smirnova, 17, gave birth to her son, the doctor came into her room and said she should hand the baby over to the state. "The baby is ill. He

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Hey All,I know- I'm a total flake. So much to do lately.The last week of school and I will be FREE!!!!!!My youngest "graduated" from Preschool yesterday. Talk about a cute little chicken dancer.Observed daughter's birthday at school today. What a beautiful little ceremony they have at Waldorf. Can't wait 'til EB goes.Oldest son's b-day is on Thursday- what a birthday present he gets! Last day of

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Debbie Riley, M.S.,C.A.S.E. ExecutiveDirector, Author andTrainerLoss and grief among foster and adopted children.This workshop addresses the unique lossesexperienced by children in foster care andadoption, and will include factors that influencechildren’s reaction to loss, the four psychologicaltasks of grief work, and healing therapies forchildren and teens. What are the critical aspects of

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