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    My time with Lucy, the lovely Lhasa Apso during Irene

    AUGUST 31, 2011 11:21AM

    By Lavanya Sunkara


    Topics: best friends animal society, hurricane irene, pets, lhaso apso, dogs, hempstead animal shelter, adoption

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 2303 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    Taking Inventory

    AUGUST 14, 2011 9:02PM

    By Kristina Lakes


    Topics: prejudice, identity, children, family, adoption

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 2777 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Inconceivable

    AUGUST 6, 2011 9:40AM

    By Kristina Lakes


    Topics: miracles, family, nightmares, dreams, infertility, adoption

    • 2 Ratings
    • 203 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    My Fake Family Tree

    JULY 22, 2011 10:03AM

    By Mark Van Aken Williams


    Topics: comedy, satire, family history, adoption, ancestry

    • 3 Ratings
    • 308 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    BigBoy

    JULY 13, 2011 9:40AM

    By LammChops


    Topics: guatemala, adoption, celebration day, mom is sentimental, growing up, family

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 2802 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Lucky Duck

    JULY 6, 2011 12:24AM

    By teendoc


    Topics: adoption, infertility

    • Editor's Pick
    • 32 Ratings
    • 3188 Views
    • 31 Comments
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    D: The Scarlet Letter

    JUNE 21, 2011 7:58PM

    By divorcedpauline


    Topics: high-conflict divorce, divorce, adoption, huffington post divorce section, nora ephron, new york times, trends, molly monet, peaceful divorce, ice storm, personal fulfillment, children of divorce

    • 11 Ratings
    • 998 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    So You Don't Forget Me While I'm Gone

    JUNE 17, 2011 12:52PM

    By caroline marie


    Topics: adoption, back of the yards, royals, summer, winter, poem, stream of consciousness, fairy tales, catholicism, father's day

    • 8 Ratings
    • 1355 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    The Day My Father Asked Me to Feel His Bicep

    JUNE 17, 2011 11:19AM

    By divorcedpauline


    Topics: incest, james galway, reunion, metropolitan opera, flute, birthfather, adoption, my father as a person

    • 0 Ratings
    • 417 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    It's Not Easy Being a Black Dog

    JUNE 7, 2011 8:54AM

    By spcaLA President


    Topics: expert opinion, animals, family, news, black dog syndrome, dogs, pets, discrimination, adoption, spcala

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 1941 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    Take Me to the River

    JUNE 3, 2011 12:44PM

    By divorcedpauline


    Topics: visit, grandmother, divorce, reunion, birthmother, adoption, hudson river

    • 6 Ratings
    • 745 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Sweet Relief at 10,000 Feet

    MAY 19, 2011 10:46AM

    By LammChops


    Topics: guatemala, children, mother-in-laws, family, adoption, open call mortifying disclosures

    • 15 Ratings
    • 1051 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    Coming Between a Girl and Her Mom

    MAY 14, 2011 1:23PM

    By caroline marie


    Topics: the system sucks, foster care, adoption

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 1354 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    The Trouble with Boys

    MAY 3, 2011 9:53PM

    By Jessica DelBalzo


    Topics: family, adoption, father's rights

    • 0 Ratings
    • 281 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Compassion Through Foster Care

    APRIL 29, 2011 4:50PM

    By Brie Walter


    Topics: health, compassion, suburban life, family, prison, drug babies, adoption, foster care

    • 33 Ratings
    • 719 Views
    • 38 Comments
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    Missy's Legacy - fiction Friday 6

    APRIL 7, 2011 9:34AM

    By FusunA


    Topics: open call, adoption, loss, death, euthanasia, value of life, a sudden goodbye, fiction based on true story

    • Editor's Pick
    • 20 Ratings
    • 2399 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    The Home for Friendless Women

    MARCH 31, 2011 8:48AM

    By divorcedpauline


    Topics: adoptee, birthmothers, the girls who went away, ann fessler, vermont birth registery, lund family center, original birth certificate, amended birth certificate, adoption

    • 2 Ratings
    • 217 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Catholicism, Adoption and me.

    MARCH 29, 2011 11:28PM

    By Woody.King


    Topics: belief/religion, politics, adoption, racism, republican, catholic

    • 21 Ratings
    • 755 Views
    • 31 Comments
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    Stop Thinking About the Baby!

    MARCH 29, 2011 2:48PM

    By caroline marie


    Topics: adoption, teen pregnancy, babies, homeless teens, aging out, foster care

    • 14 Ratings
    • 485 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Fiction Friday IV - Open Call - Shifting Sands

    MARCH 25, 2011 9:32AM

    By Rita Bourland


    Topics: open+call, being different, adoption, lies, i never knew the truth until today, open call, fiction friday iv

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