Thanks to the Boston Globe, there is a link where you can view a slice of one and hear participants talk about it:
http://www.boston.com/news/loc…
Maybe one of the tech types could embed it for me? (Sure! -David)
A bunch of would be adoptive parents and legal orphans are scheduled to all be in the same place with a bunch of free activities [like Deb the Bead lady and Pizza] and maybe the chemistry will lead to a would be parent adopting a legal orphan. Stressful? You bet. But they leave me decked in beads and looking like pirate kings and queens – on my dime – this is a volunteer gig and I donate all the beads too.
I have been seeing the same kids for more than five years, sometimes, they look for me and it is like … an island in time.
Please share widely!
After a nightmare of a time negotiating the adoption-from-foster-care system, we’re finally certified to adopt and hoping to find the child that fits with our family.
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p>So we’re looking forard to our first adoption party and curious about how productive that environment will be.
Good Luck to you Patrick! I hope it all works out great for you.
A quiet one-on-one conversation ensues, on an equal basis, in a quiet place, with no pressure. Both the child and the potential parent look to me as a kind of village elderess who helps with their project, puts on ear wires, or catches, etc. It is the calmest place at an adoption party, almost an oasis. So if the event you are going to is M.A.R.E. organized, I will probably see you there – I almost never miss one because – as I said – I feel like an oasis where the kids can forget they are, in many ways, on display like merchandise in a consignment store.
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p>Sadly, though, for many of these older kids this is their best chance to find a home. So I create a place of neutral turf, and abundance.