by Stephanie | Articles, Blended Life, Guest Bloggers
I find great joy in the fact that Blended features perspectives and stories that don’t often get heard in the adoption community. In this vein, I am happy to share this space today with my friend Glen Braden. Glen, an adoptive dad, shares openly about how...
by Stephanie | Articles, Blended Life, Guest Bloggers
I am happy to share this space today with my friend Sara Specter. Sara is a fellow adoptive mama and part of the greater Blended community. As part of an open adoption I have been amazed at the lengths Sara goes to in order to stay in touch with her daughter’s...
by Stephanie | Articles, Blended Life, Guest Bloggers
November is National Adoption Month in which we remember the over 101,000 children waiting in foster care and hoping for placement with families. I am happy to share this space today with my friend Amy Brownell. Amy is a fellow adoptive mama who also works in the...
by Stephanie | Articles, Blended Life, Guest Bloggers
November is National Adoption Month in which we remember the over 101,000 children waiting in foster care and hoping for placement with families. I am happy to introduce you to Sarah Baker. Sarah is a fellow adoptive mom who blogs over at Cincinnati Parent Magazine...
by Stephanie | Articles, Blended Life, Guest Bloggers
Lately I have been thinking quite a bit about the power of gifting our children’s birth language to them post adoption. This can be a dicey subject among adoptive parents and just so you know, I have landed firmly in the belief that parents of adoptees, whether...
by Stephanie | Articles, Blended Life, Guest Bloggers
Last year I wrote a post called What I Would Say to You about transracial adoption that turned out to be one of the most popular posts on The Blended Life. From the questions I received and the overall response I wanted to ask a few friends to guest post for me about...