Imogen Alternate Ending

I have always been the youngest. I was the youngest of a rather large family of seven. My parents, then two girls, then three boys. Me being the last of the boys. I was five when it all began. I was living in Sheffield, England and my parents had been thinking about adoption for a little while. One day when we all met in the conservatory for devotions, Mom and Dad walked in purposefully and started devotions by saying,”Kids, we have been thinking about adding a member to our family. We want to adopt.” The room got quieter and everyone was still while Mom and Dad waited for a reaction. I had absolutely no idea what in the world that meant, but the word sounded sharp so I liked it. I quickly learned that it meant “finding a kid whose parents couldn’t take care of them, and bringing them into our family and making them our son, or daughter, brother or sister.” I liked the idea and was all for it. Mom and Dad warned us that it would not be easy to adopt. We discussed the what it would take and what it would mean for us. I’ll admit I didn’t understand most of it, but I did understand that I was getting a new sibling, and that some things would change. If I only knew how much…

Shortly after Tessie arrived she talked with the surrounding people. If talking wasn’t enough she even joked with some of her neighbors saying, “Wouldn’t have me leave

Last year their birth mother relapsed. We had not heard from Beth in a while--in fact, no one had. Beth’s friends in Columbus had not heard from her, and she had not been showing up to her job. Everyone was concerned. My family had tried to contact her for weeks before she finally got in contact with us again. She had said that she checked herself into rehab as soon as she relapsed. Rehab was where she had been hiding out. My parents did not want to tell my siblings where she had been. They did not want them to think that their biological mother had chosen drugs over them. Since Beth had taken responsibility and went to rehab, they decided to give her a second chance.

After trying to have kids for 5years, Mark and Vanessa decided to adopt. However, both were left feeling depressed and uneasy about adoption after the birthmother decided to keep their child. Doing a private adoption and hiring a lawyer was a way of ensuring the same thing wouldn’t happen again. They had planned on doing anything in their power so that Juno wouldn’t back out. They even offered Juno an open adoption, but instead Juno wanted the old fashion closed adoption. However, there was still the feeling of uncertainty especially for Vanessa. Vanessa distrusted Juno because the last birth mother got “cold feet” and Vanessa didn’t want to experience it all over it again. This uncertainty is seen when Vanessa asks Juno how sure she was of giving her baby up for adoption. She was desperate to have a child and become a mother. Her wants pushed Mark away causing them to have marital problems and eventually leading to him wanting a

Three books and authors dealing with the subject of adoption are Beating the Adoption Odds by Cynthia D. Martin, Adopting in America by Randall Hicks, and Twenty things adopted kids wish their adoptive parents knew.

For instance, the Grandmother’s son, Ewen MacLeods talks to his daughter, Vanessa, about her mother’s condition at the hospital, who was struggling in labor. To set

There is another TV series I have been developing with Walden Media and Sony called “Big Sky,” based on the series of books by Tricia Goyer. And I have three film projects I’m currently writing: “The Boy from Baby House 10,” a powerful true adoption story based on an internationally acclaimed book; ”Touchdown On the Tundra,” which chronicles the true story of the start of a high school football team for Inupiat tribe members 300 miles north of the Arctic Circle; and “The Case For Christ,” the true story of Lee Strobel, a hardcore atheist journalist for the “Chicago Tribune” who set out to disprove the claims of Christianity only to disprove the reasons for his own atheism.

“I always think that if we’d adopted sooner, I’d have had our kid to focus on. I wouldn’t have gone down the rabbit hole of drinking and depression. If only…” Tristan had taken a sip of iced tea. “Let’s not go there. Let’s talk about you. Your college days, your buddies.”

All three corners of the adoption triad are affected I many ways. Birth mothers are the first to be psychologically traumatized by the adoption. For the adoptees that are a part of the closed era, many of the birth mothers were young, unwed and forced to give her baby up for adoption. No other options were suggested along with no counseling on how to deal with the loss of her child, left a trauma that was not easily forgotten. Some were sent to maternity homes to hide the shame from the rest of the family and the public. The child was to be a very close kept secret mistake to be undone. While giving birth, they were shielded from seeing their child, some not even knowing if they gave birth to a boy

Those who have gone through the adoption process often refer to it as a roller coaster ride. There are moments when you feel you have been climbing forever – working towards a desired result that seems to never arrive. Then suddenly you are hanging on for dear life as you are whipped through major stretches at break neck speed, twisting and turning. You may lose sight of the ground and find yourself reacting instead of relying on your careful plans and preparations. What’s the trick to a successful adoption? You might say that it’s learning how to enjoy the ride for what it is...something you probably can’t predict, but that leads you right where you wanted to go. Struggling to stay grounded during your own roller coaster adoption ride?

Children, have always had a special place in my heart. There is something about the glow in a child’s eyes that makes me want to help them in any way I can. I have always heard about God moving in people’s lives, however after babysitting teacher’s children afterschool when I was in elementary school, to helping teaches a little girl we homeschooled a while back, I had not seen Him move that much in the lives of children’s I came in contact with.

After four years of raising the adopted child, Lucy, he decides that the child’s mother deserves not to suffer with depression while her child is still alive. “I had to do something, Izzy. God knows I've tried to explain. I just wanted her to know her child was safe.” (Stedman 211)

Many children have been adopted throughout the world. While many of them do not know their origins, they grow up wanting to know about their birth parents. An adopted child may want to know if his illness may be genetic. This would be important regarding medical records, and having access to them for medical decisions. An adopted person may also like to learn about his ethnic background since that person may want to know about his roots. A person who was adopted may also wonder what his birth parents are like and why they gave the baby up for adoption. The emotional and practical issues are overwhelming and need resolution. Adoptees should have access to their sealed adoption records because it is their right to know about themselves.

In the last four decades, the concept of the American family has undergone a radical transformation, reflecting society¡¯s growing openness. Among all segments of society, there is a greater acceptance of a variety of family structures ¨C from single parenting to blended families to same sex parenting of children. The introduction of openness into the process of adoption offers new opportunities for children in need of a parent or parents and prospective parents wishing to create or expand their families. Meeting the requirements to become eligible to adopt no longer means being constrained by the conventions of an earlier generation.

Adopting a child is an experience that promises to bring great joy as it changes a couple or individual’s life forever. But what happens if the mother of that child wants to endorse their child? Those are the issues that many adopting parents and birth-right mothers are facing today. Many biological mothers want their child back. There are many concerns for adopting parents to know- that there is the possibly that the birth mother may file for the child. As a birth mother or the adopting parent one must realize consequences that could lay ahead.