A New Find about adoption..... and I think I'm in love

I have a new find..... and I think I'm in love and hope that Sara will be tooo.   So, Sara and I have been stuck inside a lot this week.  Tuesday I was sick and then Friday she started getting sick.   I think she's on the mend now; hopefully;  but to be sure she and I stayed home from church today.

Sara loves watching Nick Jr. and as a treat she gets to watch some and so we were curled up in bed this morning and a show that I hadn't seen came on.  It is called Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends, do you know the show?  I am in love with it now.   The mom (Miss Spider) is an adoptive mom!  Today's episode was about her son the dragon fly who she had adopted meeting some other dragon flies and wanted to explore life as a dragon fly.  Even though he loved his mom and dad (who were spiders), he wanted to learn about his own kind of bug (culture).  His parents supportively loved him through his exploration and reassured him with their love.  The dragonfly was shown talking with his brothers and sisters (who were all different kinds of bugs), telling them off his love for his adoptive family and that of his own kind (culture and dragonflies). 

I do believe that Sara and I will be finding out what time this show comes on more often and if we had a DVR; I think it would be recorded.   I loved the postive display of adoption !!!!!!  Looking forward to more....

Bright Star Soaps

Hi Everyone!  I want to share about another friend whose soap business is supporting adoption.  Cheryl, also lived down the hall from me at UNC-Greensboro.  She, her husband, and daughters are currently waiting to be matched for a domestic adoption.  They are actually one of the Christian Adoption Services waiting families (it's a small world- I haven't seen Cheryl and Ted in almost 15 years and now I see them a couple times a year at CAS functions).  Please check out Cheryl's soaps at Bright Star Soaps:  http://www.etsy.com/shop/brightstarsoaps  and help them with their adoption.

I can personally attest the soaps smell great, and are beautiful....

Homemade Soaps support Adoption

I want to share with you all about a great gift idea for Christmas.   A dormmate of mine from UNC-Greensboro has a homemade soap and lotion company that you should check out at http://www.catiebeth.com/.  Catherine and her family adopted a little boy from Ethiopia earlier this year and now she is donating her profits to other families that God has lead to adopt.

It's National Adoption Month- Christian Adoption Services Needs your Help.

Hi Everyone;

As most of you know I work for Christian Adoption Services and it's also the agency that we adopted Sara through.  We are in need of a Spanish Speaking Volunteer.......

Please see Gretchen's post below:

Spanish speaking volunteer needed!

Most of you don't know but Sheryl (another Counselor) and I spent 3 days in Wilmington last week networking at the annual conference for health departments in NC. Well Sheryl did the networking and I assisted (total honesty should be good!). We made MANY great contacts throughout the state and most people were eager to get their hands on our information to pass out to their pregnant clients.

We were asked several times for packets in Spanish and not just English to be able to present the option of adoption to Spanish women/men. We are seeking a volunteer who would be able to translate 5 pieces of papers into Spanish which would help explore adoption as an option.

If you are that person or you know of a person who might be interested feel free to have them email me at gretchen@christianadopt.org