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Re: Adoption to sonnet
From: vicki (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 8 Nov 2000 17:24:52 -0600 (CST)
There this wonderful book that I would recommend you read if you are
thinking of adopting from another country its called ten thousand
sorrows, its a autobiography. Don't be thrown off by its title, its a
wonderful book about a young girl from Korea who was adopted by a
American family and her struggles with western culture, it might give u
some insight if you aren't Asian.
--Just a thought!!--
Take care enjoy!
Vicki
At Wed, 8 Nov 2000, Sonnet wrote:
>
>Stacy-
>
>Many of the people in my family are adopted. My husband and I are also
>looking into adoption as a way of creating our own family. While our
>situation is a bit different than yours in that we would like to adopt
>kids with special needs, I've been involved with adoption agencies just
>about forever and I know that yes, there are many kids out there who
>need homes who don't come with very severe mental/emotional/physical
>problems. You may have to wait a bit longer than you would otherwise,
>but please don't give up!
>
>I would look into adopting internationally, as a start. (If that is
>acceptable to you) Particularly in Asian countries such as Korea and
>China, newborn babies are fairly commonly adopted to the USA. If you
>are interested in older children, without health problems, many other
>countries in Latin America and the former USSR have US adoption
>programs.
>
>Something else that may be an option if you are looking to adopt
>domestically that my husband and I have found to be a WONDERFUL resource
>is Catholic Charities. Don't be fooled by the name - they adopt to
>anyone regardless of race, religion, creed, marital status, whatever.
>They can organize an adoption for you of a newborn baby with no health
>problems. The fee is 10% of your annual income, whatever that is. (No
>more than 10K)
>
>Also don't forget to just work your own connections. Tell everybody you
>know that you are interested in adopting. It seems that sooner or
>later, almost everyone we know who has tried this approach has had a
>"friend of a coworker's great aunt's daughter", or something like that,
>get back to them and want to give up their pregnancy.
>
>I'm sorry this got so long, I should have emailed you probably! Please
>feel dree to drop me a line if you are interested in any more info okay?
>I really do wish you the best of luck with everything.
>
>--
>Sonnet
>
>At Wed, 8 Nov 2000, Stacey wrote:
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>>I'd be interested in other people's thoughts on this. I have no
>>intention of spending thousands of dollars on medical procedures I don't
>>need when that money could be so much better spent on a child who needs
>>a family. However, when looking at options, it seems that most of the
>>kids in my state are all loaded with physical or mental/emotional
>>handicaps. I'd love to help, but I am far from being in a financial
>>position to take care of a child with such severe problems. Am I just
>>looking in the wrong places?
>
>--
>Email always welcome to: sonnet_fitz@hotmail.com
>
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