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National Adoption Awareness Month
by Melanie Mosberg

During a time of thanksgiving, it is appropriate for National Adoption Month to be positioned in the month of November. Using white ribbons to raise awareness, National Adoption Month celebrates families touched by adoption, honors birth mothers for their courageous choice and remembers children who still need permanent homes. 

White ribbons worn during the month of November serve as reminders of the lifelong benefits adoption offers to young women in crisis pregnancies, children in need of permanent homes and families built through the miracle of adoption. Adoption directly impacts the lives of virtually millions of people.

Here are some great ideas on how to celebrate: 

• Get thirty sheets of paper in multiple colors. Daily write something about your adoption journey. On Nov. 30th, assemble into a collage.
• Share with someone close to you how adoption has affected your life.
• Work on a life book for your child or your own journal.
• Rent a video that shows adoption in a positive way.

Everyone has their own way of celebrating National Adoption Month.  Whether you are a new birthmother or placed many years ago we all share a common bond; the love for our birth children and that is something to be THANKFUL for.

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