Open Adoption Bloggers

The topic:

Write about open adoption and the holiday season.

The responses:

Adoptive mother Spyderkl at Evil Mommy contrasts an awkward first Christmas with her daughter and their extended families with a warm celebration with her daughter’s grandparents by birth.

Adoptive mother Jess at The Problem With Hope says that adding another family to the holiday mix creates some extra busy-ness, but also a lot of extra fun.

Adoptive mother Mama2Roo at Letters to a Birthmother says that the ritual of gift giving reflects the way open adoption enables her son’s first family to be a real presence in his life.

First mother Jenna at The Chronicles of Munchkin Land shares how the holidays and and her daughter’s birthday are forever intertwined, raising a swirl of emotions each December.

On the first anniversary of surrendering her son, first mother Susiebook at Endure for a Night reflects on how difficult the holiday seasons have been in an otherwise positive open adoption.

First mother Thanksgivingmom at I Should Really Be Working says adoption adds layers complexity and confusion to the holiday season.

Adoptive mother Andy from Today’s the Day! tells the story of her son picking out gifts for siblings who don’t know he exists.

Adoptive mother Robyn at the Adoption.com domestic adoption blog explores the tension in giving–or not giving–gifts when there are economic differences between adoptive and first families.

As she looks forward to a holiday visit with the teen she may adopt, Thorn at Mother Issues begins to think about how they can be working on openness with his family even now.

First mother Leah at O Momma Writes celebrates the holiday traditions she’s created with her daughter’s adoptive family over the last five years.

Adoptive mother Kris at My First Gray Hair considers the the possible meanings in the shifting contact with her daughter’s first mom.

First mother KatjaMichelle at Therapy Is Expensive imagines her son’s Christmas with his adoptive family, while aching over his missing spot in her own family’s traditions.

First mother Jenni at Confessions of a Mean Girl Turned Mommy faces her first Christmas in an open adoption, writing that it is like “dancing on a tightrope.”

First mother Valerie at From Another Mother wonders how to pick the perfect presents for her son and his adoptive parents.

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