Adoption Stories, links and info

I just got my ugly cry on! You know that cry, where something moves you so deeply, it's like an eruption from within that just explodes. The tears flow quick and fast, and the noise ... oh the noise. It's uncontrollable yet liberating. It's not the kind of cry that can be hidden, you know, the silent one where you can wipe away a tear before it's even noticed. It's the ugly cry! Luckily I was home alone :)

My friend just sent me a link and the note along side it said "Watch this if you want to cry. Especially when the guy is playing how he loves." So I watched the link and sure enough, had a cry. I thought I'd share it on my blog this week, along with some other links and things that have been inspiring and helpful when it's come to our own adoption journey. Some of the resources I've only discovered recently, but have been really useful.

If you are adopted, have adopted, are considering adoption or just want to be inspired check this stuff out (be warned though, you may or may not get your ugly cry on).

• Here's the first link which is about a family who have adopted children from all over the world and simply love ... it's really moving.

• Here's another video which is about a family in New Zealand who are innovators in my opinion when it comes to adoption. Massive hearts filled with love and there's no sign of them stopping any time soon. Steve was actually a key player in our own journey when we first started considering adoption.

• The Huffington Post has recently done a series 30 adoption profiles in 30 days. There are stories of every kind of adoption you can think of, it gives a broad range of experience and opinion.

• This is a website with support networks for those involved in adoption.

• Another website offering support and a huge number of articles regarding adoption.

• "God found us you" is a book that we purchased to read to our kids to encourage discussion about Evy's adoption. It's a beautiful story with illustrations that the kids love. For us it's important to know that Gods plan is for Evy to be a part of our family, and this book really emphasises that.

• This is an article about creating a life book for a child who has been adopted. The focus is to help the child understand their story including information about their birth parents, their adoption and all sorts of other details.

• The Do's and Dont's when writing a life book.

We've just recently finished writing Evy's life book, you can check out a little more about ours here.

If you're serious about finding out about adoption in New Zealand, head along to Child, Youth and Family's website or to Adoption Options website which is specifically aimed at Pregnant women considering adoption.

I also recommend a couple of movies: "Like Dandelion Dust" (also a book) and "October Baby". Both are powerful stories of adoption.

Hopefully, by checking out a few of these links you'll be as inspired as I've been.

SamMe