the first part of my Adoption story can be watched here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IdPtGZ-3oM

this video, chapter 2, offers a brief glimpse into the realm of my post-placement emotions- every one of them has been raw, real and incredible! It has been one year and one week since placement day and it has been an adventure, with high ups, low downs, and everything in between. I wouldn’t change it for anything! The song is Hardest For Me, by Michael Mclean

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Tennessee woman returns 7-year-old boy, claiming he has mental problems.

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I started to think Mr. Rogers was right: Our family really was fancy. [4:09]

Has your life ever taken an unexpected detour? Director Karen Skloss reunites with her biological mother to tell a personal story about Adoption and life as a single mother, while grappling with the definition of family. Young, pregnant, single, and unprepared, Skloss struggles with incredible ironies — that history has repeated itself and that efforts to protect family can sometimes do the most harm.

SUNSHINE premieres May 4, 2010 on Independent Lens, a weekly series airing on PBS. Hosted by Maggie Gyllenhaal, the acclaimed series showcases powerful and innovative independent films. Presented by ITVS, Independent Lens is broadcast on PBS stations nationwide.

Visit the Web site for more:
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/sunshine

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When we got you we didnt have a bed because we found out the day before. [2:08]

Has your life ever taken an unexpected detour? Director Karen Skloss reunites with her biological mother to tell a personal story about Adoption and life as a single mother, while grappling with the definition of family. Young, pregnant, single, and unprepared, Skloss struggles with incredible ironies — that history has repeated itself and that efforts to protect family can sometimes do the most harm.

SUNSHINE premieres May 4, 2010 on Independent Lens, a weekly series airing on PBS. Hosted by Maggie Gyllenhaal, the acclaimed series showcases powerful and innovative independent films. Presented by ITVS, Independent Lens is broadcast on PBS stations nationwide.

Visit the Web site for more:
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/sunshine

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http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/sunshine

Has your life ever taken an unexpected detour? Director Karen Skloss reunites with her biological mother to tell a personal story about Adoption and life as a single mother, while grappling with the definition of family. Young, pregnant, single, and unprepared, Skloss struggles with incredible ironies — that history has repeated itself and that efforts to protect family can sometimes do the most harm.

SUNSHINE premieres May 4, 2010 on Independent Lens, a weekly series airing on PBS. Hosted by Maggie Gyllenhaal, the acclaimed series showcases powerful and innovative independent films. Presented by ITVS, Independent Lens is broadcast on PBS stations nationwide.

Visit the Web site for more:
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/sunshine

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Hello, and thank you for taking the time to view our Adoption profile video! For more information on us as adoptive parents, please contact Bethany Christian Services of Waukesha, WI at (262) 547-6557.

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The American Adoption Congress presents “Adoption Reunion.” Reunion reconnects families and answers questions for adoptees and their parents.

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This is Hank’s Adoption announcement.

The question I’ve been getting the most is “Is he really Chinese?” Yes, he is. Hank has Albinism This site http://www.albinism.org/ does a much better job explaining it than I can!

We were in China for 2 weeks. Hank was from the Suzhou Social Welfare Insitute (orphanage) which we were allowed to visit but we spent most of the time in the cities of Nanjing (for the China paperwork) and Guangzhou (for the U.S. paperwork).

I recently had to change the sound track. It was Solsbury Hill by Peter Gabriel but even though I wasn’t making any money off this, they still flagged the video. His song, he gets to choose so fine…I’ll deal with it. You Tube has pre-approved songs so I switched it to Creed’s “With arms wide open” It doesn’t synch up quite as well but it’s better than taking the whole video down.

Enjoy!

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Adoption is truly amazing and has been such a blessing in my life and in the lives of so many that i love. I wouldn’t take back this experience for anything! i want the world to know how great it can be- for everyone involved – especially the birthmother, so here is my story…

music by Michael Mclean “From Gods Arms to My Arms to Yours”

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