After becoming an adoptive parent I became more aware of ‘Adoption Language’. Sometimes, as an Adoptive Parent or Adoption Advocate, we need to step in and tell people the correct words to use for adoption. Most people mean well, but are just not familiar with the words that are less offensive. Here [...]
Posts Tagged ‘child’
29 Aug
Want to help some orphans? Try Operation Christmas Child!
Our church in Gurnee, IL does Operation Christmas Child each fall. We collected almost 300 shoe boxes this past year and I’m sure it’ll be a lot more this year. Each shoe box goes to a poor, needy child…many of them orphans. Maybe you should consider getting your church or school involved in this worthwhile [...]
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