My top 12 posts of 2007 – numbers 4 through 1

To celebrate the end of 2007 on the transracial adoption blog, I am sharing my 12 favorite posts from the year. I have already shared posts 12 through nine in my countdown and posts eight through five, and now I am going to wrap it up by sharing posts four through one.

If you have a favorite post of mine from this past year that I didn’t mention, please leave a comment.

#4 – Breaking the Rules – Many agencies have strict “rules” about what families can adopt what children, and limit the possibilities with rules about ages of children, ages of parents, number of children, birth order, time between adoptions, etc.

I agree with many of the rules and certainly feel strongly that adoption agencies have a responsibility to not just find a home for a child, but to find the best possible home for every child they are entrusted with. At the same time I think some of “the rules” can and should be broken under the right circumstances. In this post I wrote about how we have broken many of the “adoption rules” and how well it has turned out for our family, and I hope that it gives some confidence and support to other families considering adoption outside of the rules.

#3 – Transracial Adoption ABC’s – This is actually not just one post, but an entire series of posts. It took a lot of time and a ton of effort to put it together, but I hope that it serves as a useful tool for parentings looking for general informational about transracial adoption. There are many, many topics covered in the Transracial ABC’s so remember to check them out when you are looking for some adoption information.

#2 – Why I Support Transracial Adoption – This post really sums up how I feel about transracial adoption. There are many critics of transracial adoption and there are many legitimate concerns regarding transracial adoption. While I do not discard the concerns or the critics, I do believe with all of my heart that transracial adoption is a good thing at it’s core. I feel very strongly that until the state of the world changes and there are not millions of children living without parents, that skin color should not be a deciding factor in choosing adequate parents for an orphan.

# 1 – Those Left Behind – One of the biggest differences between our domestic adoptions and our international adoptions is that our domestic adoptions were very private, involving only our family, the child’s birth family and the adoption agency, and our international adoptions were much different and “bigger” experiences. With the travels that we have done for our international adoptions, we have seen and experienced much that we otherwise would not have. What has stayed with us the very most, are the images of the children left behind. The older children, the special needs children, the siblings groups and every child we met who was waiting and waiting to be chosen and all of the millions of other children waiting for a family, will forever be in our hearts.

I hope you have enjoyed this recap of my favorite posts from 2007, and again, feel free to leave a comment if I missed one of your favorites.

Stay tuned for my next posts on what I have planned for 2008, and my “transracial adoption wish list” for 2008. Happy New Year everybody!

*Picture from Liquid Library

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