Stories about Adoption in Ho Chi Minh City
Homeward Bound: An Adoptee Travels to VietnamJulie Davis - ekuk [104] I wasn't sure what to feel as the flight attendant announced we were beginning our descent into Saigon. It had been more than 20 hours since we began this adventure, but it felt more like 20 years. In...
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Vietnam ImpressionsBrent Babow - bbabow [77] First published in North Bay Adoptions , Reaching Out, Summer 1996 We got the call on April 22, "Get here as soon as you can." After accepting the referral for our daughter Maya on March 21, this was...
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Hanoi |
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The Gift of WaitingTamara Mister - tmister [92] Waiting. Endurance. Stamina. Patience. And the opposing team? Anxiety. Frustration. Tension. Worry. As a writer, I have a love of language. Words to me are rich and resonant. I try to choose them...
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The Velveteen MotherKathryn Creedy - kcreedy [82] This article first appreared Mother's Day, 1998 published by the Washington Post . Reprinted with permission. "Now this is real," I thought as a flexed my hand, stiffened by sewing on the patches to...
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Two? Then Three? In VietnamSusan Hall - shall [82] The decision to take our older children along when we traveled to Vietnam to adopt our son Tien was almost entirely an emotional decision that we will be paying off financially for years. Had we...
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Unsolicited CommentsLeceta Guibault - lguibault [153] When my husband and I became first-time parents in 1991 of our then five-month-old Guatemalan-born daughter, I felt that after the adoption process I was prepared for anything. On our second day home...
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Adoption from Beginning to End!Kristin Zozzaro - kzozzaro [71] Note: Before the entries of this journal, I would just like to mention that we used Holt International. I have noticed over the APV list that other agencies do the paperwork in a different order for...
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Birthfather? Did you say BIRTHFATHER?Leceta Guibault - lguibault [153] A year ago when my Guatemalan born daughter was five, I bought the book Twice Upon-a-Time: Born and Adopted , by Eleanora Patterson. A highly recommended book for adoptive families. One evening,...
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Adoption on the InternetJulie Valentine - jvalentine [55] When I first started looking into adoption in 1992, I went about my research in the usual way. I went to the library, made phone calls, collected brochures and newsletters, talked to people and did a...
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