Cherish every step. Remember every chapter. Love every moment. Celebrate your unique adoption story with this gently guided journal designed with adoptive parents in mind. Open-ended and playful prompts--perfect for any age or experience Lots of spots for notes, photographs, announcements, and other mementos Beautiful, simple design to make your own Every child, every family's story is unique... and now every story can be told. This beautifully designed keepsake journal captures all of the emotions, history, hopes, dreams, and surprises that each adoption journey entails through guided prompts that encourage parents to enjoy and reflect on their own experience. Created specifically for adoptive parents, I Wished for You celebrates each unique adoption story, where every milestone is remembered, every moment is cherished, and every child is wished for.

"Mama," said Barley. "Tell me again how I'm your wish come true."Thus begins this beautiful story for adoptive families. I Wished for You: An Adoption Story follows a conversation between a little bear named Barley and his Mama as they curl up in their favorite cuddle spot and talk about how they became a family. Barley asks Mama the kinds of questions many adopted children have, and Mama lovingly answers them all. With endearing prose and charming watercolor illustrations, I Wished for You is a cozy read that affirms how love is what truly makes a family.

This adorable baby adoption journal is the perfect way to capture and record each and every precious memory of your beloved baby's adoption journey and first years to gift to your child as a wonderful keepsake. ***USE AMAZON LOOK INSIDE FEATURE TO CHECK IT OUT*** Pages include: Family Tree Layout Birthday Layouts Baby Milestones Our Journey Love Letters from Mommy & Daddy Forever Family Page Photo layouts 8.5 x 11 size handy size for daily commute 125 pages packed with interesting and fun ready-made layout for you to fill in Paperback with cute matte finish cover

"Includes research on adoption documents rarely open to historians . . . an important addition to the literature on adoption." ---Choice "Sheds new light on the roots of this complex and fascinating institution." ---Library Journal "Well-written and accessible . . . showcases the wide-ranging scholarship underway on the history of adoption." ---Adoptive Families "[T]his volume is a significant contribution to the literature and can serve as a catalyst for further research." ---Social Service Review Adoption affects an estimated 60 percent of Americans, but despite its pervasiveness, this social institution has been little examined and poorly understood. Adoption in America gathers essays on the history of adoptions and orphanages in the United States. Offering provocative interpretations of a variety of issues, including antebellum adoption and orphanages; changing conceptions of adoption in late-nineteenth-century novels; Progressive Era reform and adoptive mothers; the politics of "matching" adoptive parents with children; the radical effect of World War II on adoption practices; religion and the reform of adoption; and the construction of birth mother and adoptee identities, the essays in Adoption in America will be debated for many years to come.

Adoption Baby Book: Adoption Day Memory Record For Newborn, Your Story Keepsake, Adoptive Parents, Journal This Adoption Baby Book is a perfect way to preserve your new baby's milestones and memories as you celebrate and bring your child home. Fill the pages of your story and let them know how much they are loved. The interior includes pages to fill in: Contact Page Your Story Family Tree Yours For Always All About Mommy Love Letter From Mommy All About Daddy Love Letter From Daddy Memories Of You Milestones You're Our Greatest Gift Watching You Grow Your 1st Birthday 1 Year Photo 1st Year In Review 2 Year Photo 3rd Year Photo 4th Year Photo 5th Year Photo Our Journal of You Notes Also makes a great gift for adoptive parents. Simple and easy to use. Size is 8.5x11 inches, 48 pages, white paper black ink, soft matte finish cover, paperback.

"Written from the perspective of a child, Adoption is a Lifelong Journey provides insight into emotions and thoughts an adoptee or foster child might encounter while also equipping caregivers with timely responses and resources" -- cover, page [4].

This adoption memory book is a great way to celebrate your adoption! The carefully designed prompts and blank spaces for you to fill in make it suitable for a child of ANY AGE you adopt and ALL TYPES OF FAMILIES - heterosexual or gay couples and single mothers or fathers. It's a great way to remember the details you want to share with them about the adoption when they're older or use it to bond with them as they grow. Pages Include: A story page for you to describe your adoption journey. Family pages for you to add small photos or sketches or notes about your family unit. Message pages for family and friends to write personal messages welcoming and celebrating your child. Pages for two people to write key details about themselves they want to share with the baby, love letters to baby (this could be for two parents or a single Mother and a Grandmother or Aunty/Godparent etc), And Many More Including; Memories pages, First day we met and 'Firsts," Hopes and Dreams For Your Child, Watching You Grow and Photo Pages. Also, there are 12 sections of 6 pages each (undated) for you to journal with lined pages, a photo or sketch page, and checklist/boxes page for you to note down information you'd like to remember or share in your memory book. This section could be used to journal over one year (12 months) or use one section each year for 12 years. This is a lovely gift for a loved one who is adopting. For a variety of cover designs please click on the author name. SIZE: 8.5x 11 inches (approximate A4) PAGES: 106 COVER: SOFT GLOSSY COVER