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Diego Boccaleone22nd April 201629th December 20162
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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Project Scotland
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Project Scotland

Laura Boccaleone15th April 201629th December 20162
We met Ben’s foster carers, John and Diana, during the Introduction period. The first time we stepped inside John and …
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Obviously not
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Obviously not

Laura Boccaleone8th April 201629th December 20160
It’s Saturday afternoon, sunny and warm for a change. I look at my son playing cheerfully in the garden. “Come …
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Freedom
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Freedom

Diego Boccaleone1st April 201629th December 20160
The adoption process can terminate at any time. Many aspiring adopters drop out during the early phases of training, while …
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Hopping north
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Hopping north

Laura Boccaleone30th March 201615th April 20160
I love Easter. I have plenty of good memories around this holiday. It always brings surprises and unexpected events. I …
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A tale of two letters
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A tale of two letters

Laura Boccaleone25th March 20166th December 20160
This week I kept busy writing our contact letters, one addressed to Ben’s birth parents and one to his brother. …
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In loving memory
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In loving memory

Laura Boccaleone18th March 201610th June 20164
There are undoubtedly many good, committed, caring and sensitive social workers in the field, and those individuals are worthy of …
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Just because I talk with an accent
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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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Sleepless nights
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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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