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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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LOVE IT. Thank you for sharing this!
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