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Secrets, Shame and No Regrets: Adoptee Reunion
Welcome to 30 Adoption Portraits in 30 Days, hosted by Portrait of an Adoption. This series will feature guest posts by people with widely varying adoption experiences. By Lisa Coppola I met my birthmother, Margaret, on her sixty-ninth birthday, November 24th 2012. I was thirty-one years old, two and a half years into recovery from... Read more »
The Adoption Story Nobody Talks About
In honor of November being National Adoption Awareness Month, Portrait of an Adoption is hosting the fifth annual acclaimed series, 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 people with widely varying experiences. By Anonymous We hoped... Read more »
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Meet The Blogger
Carrie Goldman
I am a writer, artist, wife and mother of three fantastic girls! My new children's adoption book is Jazzy's Quest: Adopted and Amazing, and my adult nonfiction book is Bullied: What Every Parent, Teacher, and Kid Needs To Know About Ending the Cycle of Fear. And I LOVE chocolate!
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Call for Submissions: 30 Adoption Portraits in 30 Days 8th Annual Series »
Carrie Goldman on Portrait of an AdoptionPosted July 2, 2018 at 1:04 pm -
Send a Parcel of Love on Mother's Day to help babies born in Syrian refugee camps »
Carrie Goldman on Portrait of an AdoptionPosted May 6, 2018 at 6:05 pm -
The Power of Narrative: Making Sense of Your Adoption Story - March 15th »
Carrie Goldman on Portrait of an AdoptionPosted March 1, 2018 at 1:04 pm -
Stand With Keaton Jones AND Teach The Bullies How To Repair the Damage »
Carrie Goldman on Portrait of an AdoptionPosted December 11, 2017 at 10:58 am -
A Nine-Year-Old Transracial Adoptee Shares Her Insights and Wisdom »
Carrie Goldman on Portrait of an AdoptionPosted November 30, 2017 at 5:30 am
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