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  • 30 Adoption Portraits in 30 Days – 2017

    For the seventh straight year, in honor of November being National Adoption Awareness 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.

    DAY 1: Rising From Loss: I Am Unwanted And Wanted
    DAY 2: I Have a Piece of My Daughter in Them
    DAY 3: I Would Not Give Up Until I Learned The Truth About My Life
    DAY 4: Adoption Is Not A Fairy Tale; It Is Real Life
    DAY 5: My Transracial Testimony
    DAY 6: If I Had Done A Collage Of Me When I Was Young
    DAY 7: It's Our Normal; It's How We Became A Family
    DAY 8: 13 Life Lessons About Love And Adoption That I Learned From My Mom
    DAY 9: If They Could See My Boys Now
    DAY 10: Reading With Clark, Or The Case Of The Missing Parents
    DAY 11: Chase Is My Brother; I Love Him And Protect Him Like A Big Brother Should
    DAY 11: Being Adopted and Inept Parenting: A Lethal Combination
    DAY 13: She Is Free To Be Who Her Mind And Heart Truly Know She Is
    DAY 14: A Letter To My Father
    DAY 15: I Kiss This Boy's Cheeks In Twos
    DAY 16: On Destiny and Complexity
    DAY 17: What Do Hairstyles Have To Do With Adoption?
    DAY 18: 184 Days With You
    DAY 19: This Amazing Young Person Brought Together Young, Old, Black, White, Jews, Christians
    DAY 20: Adopting Never Gets Easier But It Does Get Sweeter
    DAY 21: My Birthplace Became A Reality
    DAY 22: Everyone Has Their Puzzle Completed Except Me
    DAY 23: Faithful In The Process
    DAY 24: I Had Successfully And Safely Brought Him Into This World
    DAY 25: The Kindness Of Strangers
    DAY 26: The Birth Of Adoption At The Movies
    DAY 27: It Is Okay To Be Okay
    DAY 28: What Adoption Means To Me
    DAY 29: A Family Meant To Be
    DAY 30: A Nine Year Old Transracial Adoptee Shares Her Insights And Wisdom
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    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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