Caroline's Story Part II

This continues the story of Caroline, now 17. Six years ago, Caroline and her 2 younger sisters were adopted from Russia.

Did someone pick you up at the orphanage when you were going to be adopted? Who? Susan and Doug (adoptive parents). It was raining. The orphanage got us ready, dressed in yellow dresses. Then, we went out in the rain and got soaked. We got in their car. Then, we went to get our littlest sister from a different orphanage. After that,... more

Caroline is my amazing, beautiful, adopted, 17yr old daughter. She was born in Russia. At age 11, an American family adopted her with her two younger sisters. The original adoption disrupted two years later. Caroline (13) and her sister (12) were then adopted by our family.

With mom asking some questions, this is Part I her story of an international adoption.

Tell me who is in your birth family? Mom, Dad, Marina (older sister; sent at birth to live... more

So, I'm sitting here cranking along writing a thought provoking post about the role of parenting with adult adopted children when Tropical Storm Ernesto blows through my little tiny subdivision and knocks out our electricity--for hours! Although everything was completely back to normal by later on that very evening, it has taken me this long to make my way back to the computer to recover my thoughts. Argh! I hate it when stuff like that happens!

Of course, this post won't even come close to communicating the deep and profound thouhts of the... more

Today's post was dictated by my daughter and typed by me.

Hi. My name is (Ashley) and I'm gonna tell you what adoption is like for me. I had two other moms before I was adopted. Their names were (Jackie) and (Miss Kim). When I was born they took good care of me. My first mom was happy that I was born cuz she wanted a kid. She couldn't take care of me because she was really sick. So she decided I needed to get adopted. My other mom (Miss Kim) took care of me and my sister until we got adopted by my mom. This is me now!

When children get adopted it's fun, cuz... more