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  3. NEW PARENTS NEEDED!

    in Looking to Adopt

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    My personal opinion...

    I agree that the first option would be to do a full orientation. We signed with another agency after Abrazo because we were too impatient to wait for the next orientation. Paul and I could not connect with the staff at the other agency and ended up being told the process as we went. (Every agency has a different process).

    With Abrazo, I greatly appreciate the person to person contact before the "roller coaster" ride really takes off. I knew very clearly what the core values of Abrazo were and felt confident that my hopes and expectations matched their expectations.

    That being said, we were a "tweener" with our second child, Carter. We went to Camp Abrazo because of being a tweener. We would have never experienced one of the greatest weekends of our lives without it.

    My advice...

    1) Match up the tweeners. Do a Skype call to get these people to meet and talk.

    2) Talk about the core values of Abrazo verbally to ensure that the hopes and expectations are clear.

    3) Perhaps increase the "waiting reading" to enhance the information sharing. Perhaps, also match them with families who have been through the process to be a sounding board and review the reading homework. (We would be happy to be one of those families).

    That's it...

    Good luck and God Bless!!

    Michelle

  4. NEW PARENTS NEEDED!

    in Looking to Adopt

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    I too hope that the orientation weekends do not change...I am not sure how we could have made it through the experience without the wonderful people we met at orientation!! Oh how I wish we had that money tree in our back yard...every penny of it would go to Abrazo.

  10. Nursery Notes

    in Looking to Adopt

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    I think with so many adoptions, one must take the "leap of faith". So many of us don't have any information on our children's birth fathers. Would this information have affected some of the decisions we've made had it been available on paper? Only each individual can dig within themselves and no for sure. Praying that this family finds a loving home that will welcome the known and unknown into their hearts!

    Leap of faith...I always say that adoption is not the time to listen to reason...it is time to listen to your heart and what God is saying to you..When we "signed papers" for Carter, we had not yet met him and really wasn't sure what the future was going to bring...but now we have a healthy happy incredibly active 4 year old...and wouldn't have changed a thing. The way I look at it is love can't cure everything but it sure does help.

  11. ORIENTATION

    in Looking to Adopt

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    Welcome smithgonefishin!! Get ready for the weekend! It is a wonderful weekend that you will never forget!! :D Where are you from in the MidWest? Can't wait to follow your journey and hear all about Orientation from all the folks going in June.

    Blessings,

    Tracey

    Hi, we are from Wisconsin. Are you also in the Midwest? Brandy

    Hi! We are from WI too - Green Bay! Welcome.

  19. In Memoriam

    in Abrazo's Chapel Potluck

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    This time every year is met with joy and sadness...

    This memory goes to my uncle Arnold Marice. He was like a second father to me and taught me 3 life lessons...Think twice, never make the same mistake twice, and be yourself. Uncle Arnie and I have birthdays a day apart and on the following day, he passed away making it to his 98th birthday.

    Unk, I wish you could be here to meet your namesake, Chloe Marica. You would love her spirit and her wisdom beyond her years!!!

    Thank you for all you have done for all of us...

    All my love,

    Michelle

  22. APPLICATION

    in Looking to Adopt

    Posted

    Needing some extra motivation to get through that stack of paperwork called the "application"?

    CLICK HERE if you're a registered member of our Forum... it's sure to inspire! ;)

    This would inspire me!!! My husband and I made "a game" of our homestudy - we treated it like a scavenger hunt. In fact, I had to buy him an expensive dinner because he was done with his list before I was!!

    :D

  24. When Agencies Turn People Down

    in Looking to Adopt

    Posted · Edited by Paul and Michelle

    I have fielded so many comments like, "How much did your children cost?" Part of me wants to respond, "not bad, I had a coupon." But I resist...my head says, "Now is your time to educate." And then I go on to say things like, "Nothing. The legal and agency fees are typically where the cost is." (This is only if they are truly interested in adoption...)

    The reason why we chose Abrazo??? Children are Abrazo's first priority and they will not make a placement they do not feel comfortable with!!

    Thanks Abrazo!

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