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Category: Open Adoption

Reunion in an Open Adoption, Part 2: Telling Tessa

Recap of Part 1: After a long email courtship, Roger and I met Tessa’s birth father for the first time and decided to take the

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Reunion with Birth Father in an Open Adoption

It sounds like an oxymoron. After all, one reason we chose open adoption was to avoid the difficulties in reunion. We’ve always had an open

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De-freakifying open adoption…wherever you are

For a few years, Crystal (my daughter’s birthmom) and I have offered classes to hopeful adoptive parents about the ins and outs of creating a

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