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Laura Boccaleone

Laura Boccaleone is the adoptive mum of a beautiful and extremely funny boy called Ben. Originally from Italy, she moved to the UK in the year 2000. After spending over 10 years working in the financial sector, she would have never imagined she’d become a full-time mum, and write about it on her blog. Her interests include adoption (for obvious reasons), child psychology, attachment theory, and child development. You can follow her on Twitter @lauraboccaleone and on Facebook.
Stage 2: 16 hours before Panel Disbelief
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Stage 2: 16 hours before Panel Disbelief

Laura Boccaleone15th March 201622nd May 20170
It was the beginning of April 2014, 8 months after our first phone call to the Adoption Office. Nothing had …
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Just because I talk with an accent
Life Today

Just because I talk with an accent

Laura Boccaleone11th March 201610th June 20166
I feel like screaming. I’m sitting here: upset, angry, sad, worried. My emotions are all over the place, I don’t …
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Stage 2: The home study Betrayal
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Stage 2: The home study Betrayal

Laura Boccaleone9th March 201622nd May 20170
Stage 1 run uneventfully for 2 months, and by Halloween 2014 we were officially in Stage 2. Our social worker …
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Sleepless nights
Life Today

Sleepless nights

Laura Boccaleone5th March 201616th September 20160
Here I am. Awake. Struggling to fall in sleep, again. No one told me that when you have a child …
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Being a mum is not a part time activity for evenings and weekends
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Being a mum is not a part time activity for evenings and weekends

Laura Boccaleone5th March 201624th October 20162
I’m surely not good at being mum yet, I’m still very new at the job. I had already my fair …
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Stage 1: Introduction to adoption training Kill-joy
Adoption

Stage 1: Introduction to adoption training Kill-joy

Laura Boccaleone5th March 201613th September 20160
I almost changed my mind once during the adoption process, and now that Ben joined our family, I’m extremely glad …
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First appointment
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First appointment

Laura Boccaleone5th March 201623rd June 20160
For the social services, time run at a different pace, and I felt just like another name in a list …
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Adoption starts with a phone call
Adoption

Adoption starts with a phone call

Laura Boccaleone5th March 201614th April 20160
I heard that for many people the adoption process is a long and draining period, a roller-coaster of emotions, setbacks, …
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