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Adoption Spotlight: Focusing on any adoption or women's issues related web site, organization, individual, or issue.
Ideas and Insights: Some ideas for gifts to your birth child or adoptive parents, creative ways to deal with being a birthmom, insight on things to do or say with your buddy, and ways to shed some light about being a birthmom to those who just don't get it.
Cards for Friends Now that Mother’s Day is behind us and Coley has been working madly, to get everything back up and running, it is time for some new traditions or even thoughts. I love to send out cards to my supportive friends, for no real reason at all, for “just because,” and to just let them know I care. I will think of a friend and just drop a quick line in the mail and send it out. Yes, snail mail. Have you ever received a card or note in the mail and it made your day? Just imagine how someone else feels when they go to their mailbox, open it up and find a card from a friend. You may not know it but your friend may have had a bad day and hasn’t told anyone about it and there is a card and it puts a smile on her face. ü
Do you have to do
on every holiday? No. Just knowing that a friend cared enough to just drop something in the mail and thought to send one to me makes my day. In this world of high tech computers: snail mail does come in handy once in awhile.
Father’s Day is also ahead of us. Do you send cards to your dad? I don’t
have a relationship with my father but for the past 16 years I usually
send a card to my Grandfathers, my Uncle and for the past few years my
brother. I also send one to my mother. Why my mother? For a number of
years growing up and after my parents divorce I thought it would be a nice
thought to show my mom just how much I thought of her as both parents. So go buy some cards and spread the love!
Prayers Please ~ We added this section because so many of you have asked us to remember you or your loved ones in our prayers. We have never wanted to force religion on anyone, so if you don't pray, then skip this section and go on to the next! And if you do pray - add the people listed here to your prayer list. Mary (Snowprincess in our chats) has agreed to be in charge of this section, so please send your prayer requests to her - just put "BBuds prayer request" in the subject so she won't think it's junk mail! :)
Birthday Buds:
Founder's Corner: A little section to help keep you up to date with Coley and Lani as they share their lives, their thoughts, and what they're doing with BirthMom Buds. Coley's Recap of Birthmother's Day 2007 Ladies, Ladies,
Ladies!! For those of you who were not there, let me recap the day for you. We always begin our day with introductions and give the ladies a moment to tell everyone a little bit about themselves, their children, and their adoption situations. This brings up a few tears for some of the moms, but don’t worry we had plenty of tissues on hand this year! During the introductions, we also had them answer a fun, icebreaker type question so the mood didn’t get too heavy so early in the day. Since this year’s theme was Hollywood and the movies, the questions all had to do with movies, such as “if your life was made into a movie, what would the title be?” Or “What actor would be your leading man in your life movie?” Listening to all the different and funny answers was interesting! We moved on to crafts where we each lady made a jewelry box and a bracelet. Some of the gals put these up for their children, one was going to share hers with her child’s adoptive mother, and others planned to put them in memory boxes that contain some of their adoption related memorabilia. Next we had a very yummy catered lunch. Then our afternoon session began with three different speakers. One was an adoptive mother, Nancy Fisher, whose children each have open adoptions. It was neat to hear about the biological connections amongst her children and their birth families. We also had birthmother, Cindy Abrams, share her adoption testimony with us. It was interesting to hear how she now works in adoptions. And last but not least, was a social worker, Rebekah Hardison who has worked with birthparents for many years. She talked about dealing with guilt and regret and sang a beautiful song that I absolutely fell in love with. Tamara Hamlin also read a beautiful poem for us. We ended the day with a very
touching and moving
candle light ceremony. Each birthmother went around the room and
shared her wish, dream, or prayer for her birth child as she lit her
candle. It was such a great day
Ladies! We've already started making plans for next year, it's going to be
bigger and better so you will want to be there!
Inspiration: Little things to inspire a birthmom from poems, stories, and quotes to encouraging words.
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