by Bambi Wineland | Apr 19, 2018 | Adoption related issues, Our Children
How does being adopted impact your child? I’m going to warn you right up front … this blog post is going to be heavy. If you’re not up for it right now, put it away, but please come back to it when you are able. What I’m going to talk about today is why I do what I...
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 | 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 | 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...
