If adoption wasn’t hard enough!

April 9th, 2010
Posted By: Marie J on LDS Adoption

My blood seriously starts to boil when I find out about people being beyond stupid in regards to parenthood. Do I think I have all the answers? No. Do I make mistakes? A ton! But there are certain things that you would assume people would never do. Then you turn on the computer and read [...]

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TLC series “Kids by the Dozen”

May 4th, 2007
Posted By: Tana W. on LDS Adoption

The Learning Channel is airing a new series called “Kids by the Dozen,” which showcases families with 12 or more children. Several episode air this month, and show times and synopses of the episodes can be found on TLC’s website.
Not only can you watch the series, but if you happen to have 12 [...]

How to share your adoption: alternatives to blogs

May 2nd, 2007
Posted By: Tana W. on LDS Adoption

If you’re not interested in maintaining a blog but would still like to make your adoption experience available to the public, or just to friends and family, there are other options.
The first is to set up a private discussion group, such as a Yahoo group where you can post pictures and information about [...]

How to start an adoption blog

May 2nd, 2007
Posted By: Tana W. on LDS Adoption
Categories: Blogs/Groups, HOW TO...

First, decide where you want to host your blog. There are a variety of free blogging sites with blogging packages that will suit most beginning bloggers. Below is a list of some of the more popular options:
Blogger
Word Press
Type Pad
Live Journal
There are even blogs for people with specific interests or lifestyles, such as:
Homestead Blogger
Homeschool [...]

Sharing your adoption experiences through blogging

May 2nd, 2007
Posted By: Tana W. on LDS Adoption
Categories: Blogs/Groups

If you’re reading this, you know what a blog is. You may even have one of your own. If you don’t, perhaps you’ve thought about creating one but worried that you wouldn’t have enough interesting things to say, or that no one would read it, or maybe that too many people would read [...]

Michael McLean and adoption

April 21st, 2007
Posted By: Tana W. on LDS Adoption
Categories: MEDIA

This weekend, a few friends and I headed to the big city to attend one of Deseret Book’s “Time Out for Women” conferences. I was excited to go and hear the speakers (including Mary Ellen Edmunds, Dean Hughes, Emily Watts, Camille Fronk Olson, Carolyn Rasmus, and even a surprise visit from Sheri Dew), but [...]