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What To Consider Before Adopting Traumatized Children - Guest Post by Nancy Farrell

This is a guest post written by Nancy Farrell, a freelance writer and blogger. She regularly contributes to the criminal justice degrees , which discusses child abuse, human rights, divorce, and crime related articles. Questions or comments can be sent to: nancy.farrell13@gmail.com.  Thank you, Nancy, for taking the time to share your thoughts with the... Read more »

By Carrie Goldman,
July 20, 2011 at 11:10 am

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Separation Anxiety Goes Both Ways

Girls at Disney in ’09 My daughter Katie is six-and-a-half years old, and she has never spent more than one night away from both my husband and me, except during the months when she was in foster care as a newborn.   Those early months of separation, once so agonizing to me, have softened and... Read more »

By Carrie Goldman,
March 7, 2010 at 10:40 pm

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• 30 Adoption Portraits in 30 Days

  In honor of November being National Adoption Month, Portrait of an Adoption is running a special series called 30 Adoption Portraits in 30 Days. Designed to give a voice to the many different perspectives of adoption, this series will feature guest posts by adoptees, birth parents, adoptive parents, waiting adoptive parents, and foster parents-turned-adoptive parents. Painful and beautiful, these stories will bring you a deeper understanding of what adoption looks like, allowing you to appreciate the many brushstrokes that comprise a family portrait.
  
  Nov. 1: The Waiting is the Hardest Part by Merrin Donahue
  Nov. 2: Lost Connections by An Anonymous Birthmother
  Nov. 3: Being the Adopted Kid by Kim Wilkes
  Nov. 4: An Unpredictable Journey of Faith by Debbie Mumm
  Nov. 5: I Drove Home Without Her by Jill Barber
  Nov. 6: We Nearly Decided To Give Up by Rob Duval
  Nov. 7: Adoption Would Protect Her by G, birthmother
  Nov. 8: If Not Me, Then Who? by Dawn Berger
  Nov. 9: I Found Out I Was Adopted Because of Facebook by Andrew Cadieux
  Nov. 10: I Had Missed the Call by Cathy J.
  Nov. 11: Pain Among Beauty by Gretchen Helgeson
  Nov. 12: The Lifelong Detective: Still searching for my birth family by Marian Rogers
  Nov. 13: What Dreams May Come by Diana Perrone
  Nov. 14: Katie's Custody Day: A Strong Girl from the Start by Carrie Goldman
  Nov. 15: Real Life, Not the TV Version by Kat Szmit
  Nov. 16: A Strange Bird Cry Announces Our Daughter by Jeremy Cressman
  Nov. 17: My Oldest Daughter And I Shared Our First Hug by Amy Conn
  Nov. 18: Afraid of Being Left Behind by Melissa Miller
  Nov. 19: The Reality Started to Set In That I Was Never Going to Be Pregnant Again by Jodie Tallman
  Nov. 20: When the Name "Mother" Has Multiple Meanings by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser
  Nov. 21: A Cast-Aside Child Comes Home by Alice Bengel
  Nov. 22: Where Are The Babies? by Jennifer Allwood
  Nov. 23: Could I Open My Heart to Trying Adoption Again? by Deb Bart
  Nov. 24: He Can Make You Smile Even On Your Worst Day by Josh Graham
  Nov. 25: Not All Adoptees Find a Happy Home? by "Rachel"
  Nov. 26: We Are Not Complete by Dana at Life Unexpected
  Nov. 27: I Had To Do What Was Best For All Of My Children by M, Katie's Birthmother
  Nov. 28: An Adoption Postcard From My Side of the Edge by Kim Strickland
  Nov. 29: The Big Problem Facing Foster-to-Adopt Families by Betsy White
  Nov. 30: When Adoptive Family + Birth Families = Happiness by Collen Walsh
  Dec. 1: We Did It! Surviving the First Year . . . by Candice Warltier
  Epilogue: Wrap-up of the 2011 Adoption Portraits guest series by Carrie Goldman

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  Carrie Goldman

  I am a writer and artist living north of Chicago. My husband Andrew and I have three daughters -- Katie, Annie Rose and Cleo. My first book, which is an exploration of bullying, will be published by Harper Collins in 2012.

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