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Our Agency: OAB Roundtable #18

Published on July 30, 2010 By spyderkl

This latest prompt from the Open Adoption Roundtable deals with some things I’ve been reluctant to write about (hard to believe, I know). I have learned the hard way not to talk trash about people online – it’s never a good outcome. But…well…here’s the prompt: We each interacted with at least one professional during the [...]

OAB Roundtable Anniversary Interview: The Birth Mother Voice

Published on March 22, 2010 By spyderkl

For the Open Adoption Bloggers Roundtable anniversary this month, Heather came up with a great idea, the Open Adoption Bloggers Interview Project. The rest of the blogger pairs are up here. Go over and browse the other ones too, because they look really interesting. I’ll wait. My interview subject was Kelsey Stewart from The Birth [...]

Our List: OAB Roundtable #13

Published on January 28, 2010 By spyderkl

This fortnight’s question for the Open Adoption Bloggers Roundtable is hosted by Andy from Today’s the Day!. It’s something that doesn’t affect us every day anymore, but is still a sensitive topic for me (and job security for my therapist). Here it is: We often hear about open adoptions where the two sides don’t want [...]

Open Adoption Roundtable #12: Resolutions

Published on January 7, 2010 By spyderkl

The new OAB Roundtable is up at Heather’s blog. It’s all about New Year’s resolutions for open adoptions: Call them resolutions, commitments, changes, or choices–how will you be proactive in the area of open adoption in 2010? I’ve been thinking about this since our last visit with M&C. A couple of things come to mind: [...]

Holidays: OAB Roundtable #11

Published on December 8, 2009 By spyderkl

This bi-weekly installment of the Open Adoption Bloggers Roundtable is about the holidays, and it goes like this: An open-ended prompt this round, because it’s always interesting to see where each of us takes it: Write about open adoption and the holiday season. Previously written posts work, too. I don’t think I’ve ever written specifically [...]