by Bambi Wineland | Dec 5, 2018 | Adoptive Family Travel, Birth Country Travel, Birth Mother Search, Guatemala
December 11, 2018 is International Mountain Day #IMD2018. In honor of IMD2018 I’m celebrating my favorite mountain by recounting tales of climbing her! Climbing Pacaya – by Bambi Wineland Published in Adoption Today February 2015 I was recently in Guatemala...
by Bambi Wineland | Jan 17, 2018 | Adoptive Family Travel, Birth Country Travel, Birth Mother Search, Heritage Journey
Should we try to find our child’s birth family? I get asked that question a LOT! And there is no easy answer. As an adoptive parent, you know as well as I do, that the questions, if they haven’t already popped up, will come. How do you feel about a search? Are you the...
by Bambi Wineland | Dec 7, 2017 | Adoptive Family Travel, Birth Country Travel, Birth Mother Search, Heritage Journey, Our Children
I have spoken to many families over the last few months that are struggling with one simple question … When we go to our child’s birth country should we visit our child’s orphanage and/or foster family or birth family? So many parents struggle with this issue. There...
by Bambi Wineland | May 3, 2017 | Adoptive Family Travel, Birth Country Travel, Birth Mother Search, Guatemala, Heritage Journey, Our Children
Back to Jac — Juan Antonio Contreras — revisiting the conversation about searching for his birth mother. A few weeks ago, just before I headed to China, I was in a bit of an existential crisis over my son, Jac, feeling the need to find his...
by Bambi Wineland | Mar 21, 2017 | Adoptive Family Travel, Birth Country Travel, Birth Mother Search
The Birth Mother Search. Hold on just a minute and let me catch my breath! There are times when life seems to punch you in the gut, over and over and over again. We all have those moments so I will not lament the fact that I’m getting...
by Bambi Wineland | Mar 7, 2017 | Adoptive Family Travel, Birth Country Travel, Birth Mother Search, Guatemala, Heritage Journey, Heritage Travel, Our Children
The Birth Mother Search Continues. Last week I wrote about a conversation my son, Jac, and I had while eating lunch over the weekend. The conversation was about Jac being intent on finding his birth mother. As I explained, I have some reservations because it’s been a...
