When did you know that the child you adopted became your child? At the pre-adoption training they tell you it’s …
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We met Ben’s foster carers, John and Diana, during the Introduction period. The first time we stepped inside John and …
It’s Saturday afternoon, sunny and warm for a change. I look at my son playing cheerfully in the garden. “Come …
The adoption process can terminate at any time. Many aspiring adopters drop out during the early phases of training, while …
I love Easter. I have plenty of good memories around this holiday. It always brings surprises and unexpected events. I …
This week I kept busy writing our contact letters, one addressed to Ben’s birth parents and one to his brother. …
There are undoubtedly many good, committed, caring and sensitive social workers in the field, and those individuals are worthy of …
I feel like screaming. I’m sitting here: upset, angry, sad, worried. My emotions are all over the place, I don’t …
Here I am. Awake. Struggling to fall in sleep, again. No one told me that when you have a child …
I’m surely not good at being mum yet, I’m still very new at the job. I had already my fair …