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		<title>Fielding questions about adopting &#8212; what you should say, and what you should avoid</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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Suggestions for both parents who are planning to adopt, and friends who are surprised by their "We're adopting!" exclamation.
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		<title>Building a family through semi-open adoption</title>
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		<dc:creator>Stephanie</dc:creator>
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One story about how an adoptive family came to be.
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		<title>I&#039;m a stay-at-home sister. Let me tell you about The Look.</title>
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In traditional terms I wouldn’t be considered a parent. I have never given birth, I hold no legal guardianship over another life, but I was born a mother. My maternal instinct kicked in early. I love taking care of people and kids absolutely melt me. So when my mom started talking about wanting to become [...]
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		<title>I saw my birthdaughter, she loves me</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ariel</dc:creator>
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I recently saw my daughter for the first time in about a year. She turned 6 this past fall, is going to school, and looks just like me. She calls me by my name. I think if she ever called me her mother, I’d cry as I corrected her. She may be my daughter, but [...]
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		<title>Los Angeles family portraits from Fusaro Photography</title>
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Los Angeles family photographer Lori Fusaro told me, "I love what I do!" and holy crap does it ever show in her work: Fusaro Photography is a boutique inspired photography studio in Los Angeles. Lori is a former offbeat bride who eloped and explains, "I think non-traditionally about the concept of 'family.' I have photographed [...]
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		<title>An open-adoption birthmother&#039;s ode to a supposedly 7 pound baby</title>
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		<dc:creator>offbeaterika</dc:creator>
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He was 9lbs 10oz, 23 inches long, 10 fingers, 10 toes. Perfect.  His adoptive parents cut his umbilical cord together, his adoptive mother was the first to hold him after me.  
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