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...
by Bambi Wineland | Feb 28, 2017 | Adoptive Family Travel, Birth Country Travel, Birth Mother Search, Heritage Journey, Heritage Travel, Our Children
The Birth Mother Search First, let me begin by telling you that this newsletter is very personal. I want to talk about an ongoing discussion I have with my son about finding his birth mother. You may have already had this discussion, made a determination on how to...
by Bambi Wineland | Dec 22, 2016 | Adoptive Family Travel, Birth Country Travel, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Guatemala, Heritage Journey, Heritage Travel, Our Children, Thailand, Travel, Vietnam
The Spirit of the Holiday Season! I love this time of year! The holiday season fills my spirit with love, hope, joy and gratitude! I have so many things to be grateful for – family, friends, good health, that I get to have a business where I combine my two...
by Bambi Wineland | Dec 14, 2016 | Adoptive Family Travel, Birth Country Travel, Heritage Journey, Heritage Travel, Our Children, Travel
Today I was on the phone with an old client and we were talking about our children. It was so good to catch up with her but it reminded me of our first couple of conversations — when she was trying to decide how to plan a Heritage Journey for her son. She had...
by Bambi Wineland | Nov 17, 2016 | Adoptive Family Travel, Guatemala, Our Children
Forgive me for a moment while I give this election a face… —the face of my son, Jac – who was adopted in 2004 from Guatemala. Jac called me last week from school during his lunch. He was clearly distraught and trying to talk very softly. He asked me...
by Bambi Wineland | Nov 10, 2016 | Adoptive Family Travel, Our Children
This morning I went for walk with my pooch to clear my head. I realized the best thing I could do was smile and walk. It’s always been my motto — “Smile and the world smiles back”. I have it written on sticky notes that are placed all over my...
