Blogging Your Adoption Journey

A blog is a fantastic way to chronicle your thoughts about adoption, whether you're a pre-or post-adoptive parent, a birth/first parent, an adopted person, or an adoption professional. 

In the October issue of Adoption World e-zine, we'll profile several adoption bloggers and provide tips about how to get started blogging.

If you'd like your blog to be included or you want to nominate your favorite adoption blogger, e-mail me your responses to the following questions:

1. Blog's name:
2. Blog URL (address):
3. Your blog's primary reader:
4. One-sentence description of your blog:
5. How often do you update your blog, on average?
6. What do you enjoy most about adoption blogging?
7. What is the most challenging aspect of adoption blogging?
8. What is the most interesting thing you have discovered/learned as you've blogged?
9. How does blogging about adoption help you create a sense of community?
10. What's the best piece of advice you can offer a person considering starting an adoption blog?
11. Anything else you'd like to add?

Be sure to sign up for your free subscription to Adoption World, so you get the survey results. Just send a blank email to adoptionworld@aweber.com or use the form at the top of this blog.

Comments

[Lori Sams]

I agree. I think that blogging about adoption is a catharsis for the person doing it. I keep trying to talk my friends into doing that.

They're going through the adoption process right now. It's getting tough for them. The only easy part was getting their paperwork done through the Rapid Adoption Web site. Other than that, it's been draining. I wish that they would follow your advice.

[Jason]

I think that Lori's right. I wish more people would share their stories. I think that it would help them deal.

P.S. Lori, I checked out that site. Not bad.

[Kimberley]

I have had my adoption blog for over a year now and I can say that it has been invaluable to me. There is a wonderful community of parents who have been a tremendous source of information and support. We pass around the latest information that is happening in the adoption world. We pray for each other. We have on-line baby showers. It just is a tremendous network. I would encourage anyone who is going through an adoption to create a blog.

[Laura Christianson]

Thanks, Kimberley. Love your idea of online baby showers. How does that work?

[Laura B. Woodruff]

I just wanted to let you know about my blog, I have adopted three children, have told my stories of adoption on my blog. I update almost daily---it is a Mamablog about our experiences. I just thought I would share, laurascoop.blogspot.com