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A Chosen Family: November 2006
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A Family by Choice. Tuesday, November 28, 2006. Thanks, The View. Featured foster children today, in support of National Adoption Month. While I am fully committed to my own agency's China program, I have to wonder whether or not the husband and I would ever consider fostering and eventually adopting a foster child. I'd sure like to think we would. Posted by Merrin Donahue at 10:26 AM. Thursday, November 23, 2006. Posted by Merrin Donahue at 8:49 AM. Tuesday, November 14, 2006. Problem: My favorite word ...
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A Chosen Family: March 2006
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A Family by Choice. Friday, March 31, 2006. Holy Paperwork, Batman! Wow I mean wow. We received even more paperwork today. Email is a wonderful thing, but oh my! Posted by Merrin Donahue at 2:06 PM. Thursday, March 30, 2006. It's All Part of the Fun. Did you know that there are written characters that contain up to 64 strokes? Can you imagine writing a note? It could take days. We both plan on learning at least enough to get by; you know, "Where's the bathroom? Posted by Merrin Donahue at 11:15 AM. Yeah,...
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A Chosen Family: August 2006
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A Family by Choice. Wednesday, August 30, 2006. Meet and Greet Update. As always, we're eager to share any and everything we know (because we're so damn excited we're about to jump out of our skins), so if you have any questions or thoughts, shoot me an email or leave it in the comments. Posted by Merrin Donahue at 2:10 PM. I'm just so excited for you guys and I can't wait for you to tell me EVERYTHING! Friday, August 25, 2006. It's all starting to seem real now. Posted by Merrin Donahue at 12:19 AM.
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A Chosen Family: July 2006
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A Family by Choice. Monday, July 24, 2006. In an online discussion today, Emilio Gonzales (Under Secretary of Homeland Security Director, USCIS) had this to say:. Donald, from Anaheim, CA writes:. With international adoptions taking much longer to complete, how is the USCIS addressing requests to lengthening the time that I171H and other related documents are valid? Posted by Merrin Donahue at 3:30 PM. Thursday, July 20, 2006. American to offer DFW-Beijing service. Posted by Kevin Donahue at 3:00 PM.
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A Chosen Family: October 2006
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A Family by Choice. Monday, October 30, 2006. Oprah had the guy that started the "Free Hugs" movement on her show today. Apparently, however, this guy would not be quite so welcome in China. Posted by Merrin Donahue at 10:10 PM. Friday, October 27, 2006. How's this for discipline? I have actually trained myself to check the CCAA website before. I check RQ. I am so proud of my self-control. Posted by Merrin Donahue at 9:31 AM. Wednesday, October 18, 2006. The Importance of Birth Culture. As such, I get to...
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A Chosen Family: April 2006
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A Family by Choice. Wednesday, April 26, 2006. New Gladney NY Office Address. The Gladney NY office will move on April 27th. New York, NY 10001. Posted by Kevin Donahue at 7:53 AM. Friday, April 21, 2006. Invasion of the labels. Since we're learning Mandarin (and she's learning it faster than me, obviously. Many of our household items now bear a little yellow label with the name in Chinese and the pronunciation. There's been a little confusion (for example: is that oven, stove, or clock? You couldn't wai...
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A Chosen Family: December 2006
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A Family by Choice. Wednesday, December 27, 2006. If you have a couple of minutes, you might want to check out this article. It chronicles a family who adopted from China, and it includes all the good and bad details. Good: Gotcha Day. Bad: Night terrors once you get home. We feel pretty well prepared at this point, especially since we've been reading everything we can get our hands on, but it's reassuring to read real-life stories of people who have already been there, done that. Can't wait to see you!
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The Nerves, oh, the nerves… « The Singing Bird
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The Nerves, oh, the nerves…. We have a bit of an update, adoption-wise…. It’s a very minor part of the whole process, but it was amazing to think that the CCAA had their hands on our dossier this week, and that it isn’t getting lost in some dark corner of despair for months on end. Someone on the SN board with an LOI of 10-22-06 got their TA on Monday. Can you believe it? R, on the other hand, worries about this:. This is our Build-@-Bear. So, what’s the problem? Now R is calling it the “strumpet r...
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Nic’s Questions… « The Singing Bird
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Nic’s Questions…. Nicole over at The Moon Is Always Female. Tagged everybody to do their duty on this meme…I am feeling so BLUE and happy today, that I have obliged:. 1) What side of the heart do you draw first? 2) Can you dive without plugging your nose? Yes I was on the swim team as a kid because I would only participate in individualized sports. 3) What color is your razor? Green It’s a men’s Gillette. I only use men’s razors. They’re better. Trust me. 4) What is your blood-type? Faint I have claustro...