Paul and I created this blog to share our international adoption story with our family and friends. Our decision to adopt was made after struggling with the unexpected loss of fertility. We attended an informational session at Children's Home Society and Family Services (CHSFS) and we knew right away that the journey of adoption was our chosen life journey. We contemplated the different countries we might want to adopt from, but our hearts were pulled to Asia. As a child, I often asked my parents to adopt an older brother from Asia. My parents were puzzled by this request, but now, 20+ years later, it all makes sense.
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Our international adoption journey as we adopt from South Korea
Children have a right to their privacy
All children have a right to their privacy.
* Reasons and circumstances about why a child was adopted is their story.
* It is their choice if they choose to share this personal information.
* Reasons and circumstances about why a child was adopted is their story.
* It is their choice if they choose to share this personal information.
What it means…putting it in perspective
* Natural child: Any child who is not artificial
* Real parent: any parent who is not imaginary
* Your own child: any child who is not someone else’s child
* Adopted child: a natural child, with a real parent, which is all my own
Adoptive families begin in a different way, but they are families, just the same as other families.
* Real parent: any parent who is not imaginary
* Your own child: any child who is not someone else’s child
* Adopted child: a natural child, with a real parent, which is all my own
Adoptive families begin in a different way, but they are families, just the same as other families.
Timeline
June 2006 - Started adoption process. Attended classes and met a wonderful and supportive group of friends at class.
November 2007 - Restart homestudy process. A homestudy or adoption study is where parents who want to adopt meet with a social worker. It involves lots of homework and paperwork. This is the part of the process where parents-to-be get the OK to move forward with the adoption. It takes 1-4 months COMPLETE
May 19th 2009 - Three year marriage requirement met for Korea program. Homestudy submitted and the journey begins. COMPLETE
Nov 09/March 2010 - Receive referral for child. (If the timing stays as it is currently - about 6-9 months). A referral is where the parents-to-be are matched with a child. WAITED SINCE 5/19/09. COMPLETE 12.22.2009 at 8:48am
May 2010/June 2010 - Paperwork goes to the S Korean Ministry for 2-4 weeks. COMPLETE 6.09.2010
June 2010/July 2010 - Paperwork goes from the S Korean Ministry to the US Embassy, in the US Embassy for 3-7 days.
COMPLETE 7.19.2010
Mid to End of July 2010 - Travel to Korea to bring home Minsoo. We need to arrive within 10 days of travel news, they recommend arriving in 3 days to ensure they know we are coming. COMPLETE 7.30.2010 at 11:42am
August 13th 2010 - Back in the USA with our little one. YEAH!
November 2007 - Restart homestudy process. A homestudy or adoption study is where parents who want to adopt meet with a social worker. It involves lots of homework and paperwork. This is the part of the process where parents-to-be get the OK to move forward with the adoption. It takes 1-4 months COMPLETE
May 19th 2009 - Three year marriage requirement met for Korea program. Homestudy submitted and the journey begins. COMPLETE
Nov 09/March 2010 - Receive referral for child. (If the timing stays as it is currently - about 6-9 months). A referral is where the parents-to-be are matched with a child. WAITED SINCE 5/19/09. COMPLETE 12.22.2009 at 8:48am
May 2010/June 2010 - Paperwork goes to the S Korean Ministry for 2-4 weeks. COMPLETE 6.09.2010
June 2010/July 2010 - Paperwork goes from the S Korean Ministry to the US Embassy, in the US Embassy for 3-7 days.
COMPLETE 7.19.2010
Mid to End of July 2010 - Travel to Korea to bring home Minsoo. We need to arrive within 10 days of travel news, they recommend arriving in 3 days to ensure they know we are coming. COMPLETE 7.30.2010 at 11:42am
August 13th 2010 - Back in the USA with our little one. YEAH!
That's what being adopted means.
I didn't come out of my mother.
I don't have my father's green eyes.
No one in my family looks like me.
People are always surprised.
I think we're a happier family
Than if we were all kings and queens.
We're so lucky we all found each other.
That's what being adopted means.
--- Pamela Espeland and Marilyn Waniek
Carried on the wings of destiny and placed among us
We witness a miracle every time a child enters into life.
But those who make their journey home across time & miles,
growing within the hearts of those who wait to love them,
are carried on the wings of destiny and placed among us
by God's very own hands. -Kristi Larson
Adoption and other fun links
- Adoption glossary
- Anti-Racist Parent
- Attachment Advice
- Attachment Parenting International
- Baby Name Wizard
- Childrens Home Society and Family Services
- Daily Dose of Mama
- Family Attachment and Counseling Center
- Jean and Jims Blog
- Korean American Adoptee Adoptive Family Network
- Korean Quarterly Newspaper
- Life in Korea
- Modern Tots
- Portable Placemat
- Seoul’s Main Tourist Attractions
- Speak up against Bigotry!
- The City of Jinju (Where Minsoo was born)
Weather in Korea
Days since we started the adoption process until we brought home our son Minsoo - 1524
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