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Greatest Gift Surrogacy Center NW

Submitted by GGSCNW on Mon, 08/23/2010 - 9:26pm
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The Greatest Gift Surrogacy Center NW, lllc was created to make the surrogacy journey a wonderful experience for all involved.
My experience as a Gestational Surrogate all three times was wonderful. However, the agencies that represented myself and the Intended Parents, was not.
This got the gears going inside my head that I could create the "ultimate agency," and I have.
I can't imagine not being a part of the amazing process of Surrogacy and I have the ability to work each day at a job that I honestly love.

Waiting

Submitted by hools2001 on Thu, 08/12/2010 - 9:39pm
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Wow, I never knew how long 8 months felt until now. The 11 years my husband and I have been together have flown by like the blink of an eye. It has been 8 months since we have been officially accepted to be adoptive parents and have been waiting for a match. We knew going in that the process would take at least 18-24 months but in our minds we were hoping that it probably wouldn't take that long.

National Press Release August 10th 2010

Submitted by The3Bs on Thu, 08/12/2010 - 7:32am
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Philanthropist-Author Releases Second Book Benefitting We Hear The Children Inc.

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How to Choose an Adoption Agency (Hint: It’s Not Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Moe)

Submitted by caf on Tue, 06/01/2010 - 4:32pm
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Picking an adoption agency is hard, confusing and often anxiety provoking. It doesn’t help when so-called experts—like me—tell you that it is the second most important decision you’ll make when adopting. Talk about pressure! I often get asked if there is a “best agency”. The answer, of course, is “yes”, but not one best agency for everyone. I think the enormity of the decision often blinds us to that fact. So how should you go about picking this all important arbiter of family making?

Farewell to my Proud Parenting Blog-Like Life We are Moving

Submitted by The3Bs on Tue, 05/25/2010 - 9:28pm
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I started writing here what seems long ago and as life has changed and moved it is time for me to move this ongoing diary as well. With one book out, The Greatest Wish, another The Intentional Father due in August and a newly launched Charity, We Hear The Children (www.wehearthechildren.org) I am moving my ongoing diary to that site. In the continuation to reach out to people who desire to become parents and to assist them in any way that I can.

From Midsummer’s night dream to Nightmare!!

Submitted by The3Bs on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 7:18pm
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So, I just finally logged into my blog to see how much time has slipped by since the last entry and I realize it is coming up on a year. I am amazed to mark the time and wonder how I have survived. The kids are playing out back and laughing and happy. I am trying to convey all that has happened to our family since the last entry in July of 2009, as the true nightmare began not long after that and it is just now that I feel like I can breathe. So, in my usual format I will take you through our journey and bring you up to date in snippet form.

Who Wears the Black Hat in Haiti?

Submitted by caf on Tue, 03/09/2010 - 2:56pm
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I wasn’t going to blog about Haitian orphans again. Really, I wasn’t. I figured I had worn my audience thin on the subject; it was time to move on. My resolve wavered, but held firm even when last Friday’s mail brought Time Magazine and the Wall Street Journal both running stories on the “Haitian orphan crisis”. But after reading both articles I couldn’t get them out of my mind, try as I might. Oh, what the heck, as long as I’m obsessing on this subject, why should I suffer alone.

Voices of adoption - Speaking our truth, restoring our rights - American Adoption Congress

Submitted by Donor Conceived on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 3:02pm
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Source: http://www.americanadoptioncongress.org/pdf/AAC_2010_Conference_Program.pdf

The 31st Annual
Registration and Information Book
American Adoption Congress Conference
VOICES OF ADOPTION
SPEAKING OUR TRUTH, RESTORING OUR RIGHTS

Thursday, March 18 through Sunday, March 21, 2010
Sheraton Grand Sacramento
1230 J Street
Sacramento, California 95814
(916) 447-1700
In conjunction with PACER
Post Adoption Center for Education and Research of California

More information here:
http://www.americanadoptioncongress.org/pdf/AAC_2010_Conference_Program.pdf

Having Your Cake and Eating it Too? Continuing in Infertility Treatment While Applying to Adopt

Submitted by caf on Tue, 02/23/2010 - 7:53pm
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Sitting as I do with one foot in the infertility world and one foot in the adoption world, a question I hear a lot from people is whether they have to stop infertility treatment before they can apply to adopt. I suspect adoption agencies and social workers don’t hear this question as much since most people aren’t comfortable asking them this question. Quite frankly, it is a bit of a sensitive hot topic in adoption circles.

The Road to Hell, Haiti, and the Baptists

Submitted by caf on Tue, 02/09/2010 - 3:21pm
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When the American group was arrested for trying to bring Haitian children over the border into the Dominican Republic last week I literally screamed at my television. Among my shouts were “Are you nuts” and “Think before you act”. Their actions played right into the “international adoption equal child trafficking” argument that I railed against in last week’s blog. Everything about this case is confusing, and the more I learn, the more the actions of this group don’t make sense. What is clear is that their actions were ill informed (read: stupid) and may well have been illegal.

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