Baby Veronica

Supreme Court rules 5-4 to reverse 'Baby Veronica' decision

An Oklahoma man's parental rights as the biological father of a 3-year-old girl known as “Baby Veronica” can be terminated despite his Indian ancestry, the United States Supreme Court ruled today. 

Special Needs Placement

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I am the new director of Special Angels Adoption. We are an advocacy group who look to help adoption professionals find families for special needs babies. Due to our recent outreach we have had several situations and now have openings for new families.

If you are homestudy ready, approved for special needs, and have current background checks we invite you to go to our website and request an intake form.

Our services are provided at no charge. It is about finding homes for these special little ones.

Sara Deaterla
www.specialangelsadoption.org

Austin Moms Group

New Adoptive Moms Group
Janie McMahan, MA, LPC-Intern, LMFTA will be facilitating an eight week group for adoptive moms this summer in Austin, TX.   
Fridays, June 21 - August 16*
10-11:30am
*No Meeting July 5

Join other adoptive mothers in this weekly group to discuss the joys, frustrations, successes, and challenges of parenting adopted children. Whether you are a new adoptive mom or have years of experience as an adoptive parent, bring an open mind and heart as we talk about a variety of topics, including expectations before adopting, the realities of post-adoption life, understanding adopted children and their hurts, and seeking balance for family and self.
Contact Janie McMahan atjanie@janiemcmahan.com
or call 512.739.2494 to reserve your place in the group.
$30 per session for eight weeks.
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Janie McMahan, MA, LPC Intern, LMFTA
(supervised by Russ Adams, PhD, LPC-S, LMFT-S),
with the Central Texas Attachment & Trauma Center will facilitate the meetings.
Janie is a mom to two sons, now young adults, that she and her husband adopted from Russia.

www.JanieMcMahan.com
www.CentralTexasAttachmentTrauma.com/groups/

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Waiting Child

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LOOKING FOR a Family to adopt an Biracial Girl Due November 2013 --- Code: STEPHANIE
Name & Due Date: November 5, 2013
Sex (If Known): Girl
Race: Biracial - AA-Hisp
Location: Mid-South Region - AR, KS, LA, MO, OK, TX -
Health: no drugs, alcohol or tobacco – she is healthy
Other Info: She is sure that this is what she wants. She is unable to care for a child at this time. We are looking for families that are open to Biracial. 
Total Estimated Fees: $20,000 - $25,000 includes finalization
Case Worker: l

IF YOU ARE PAPER READY AND INTERESTED, please contact Sarah sarahjdalia@gmail.com (sarahjdalia @ gmail.com - No spaces) or Adam adambodily@gmail.com (adambodily @ gmail.com - No spaces)

IF YOU ARE PAPER READY AND INTERESTED, please contact Sarah sarahjdalia@gmail.com (sarahjdalia @ gmail.com - No spaces) or Adam adambodily@gmail.com (adambodily @ gmail.com - No spaces)

****NOTE**** We also have many Caucasian, Hispanic, African American and Biracial situations that never get posted. We are working with several birth mothers and are looking for families to match them with. – If you are interested and paper ready Email Sarahsarahjdalia@gmail.com (sarahjdalia @ gmail.com - No spaces) or Adam adambodily@gmail.com (adambodily @ gmail.com - No spaces)

You may also go to our webpage WWW.Adoptionadvertising.org, download the adoptive parent intake form, fill it out and email it toadambodily@gmail.com (adambodily @ gmail.com

Kathy Finch kathrynmfinch@hotmail.com
"Adoption Advertising" Adoption Administrative Assistant
WWW.Adoptionadvertising.org

Goodbye

This happens to be my 1000th post.  I wish I was posting anything but this goodbye.  If you have been reading AM3 for a while you have read my posts about Road Trippin' Granny and how she was One Tough Cookie.

I am sad to say my grandmother passed away yesterday.  She became ill months ago and moved in with my parents while trying to regain her strength and independence.  Unfortunately, she was unable to overcome and went into the hospital in April.

The kids and I visited her the week before she was hospitalized.  She was all smiles and enjoying her time in Texas.  She told me she knew it would be time to go home when my dad packed her bags and they were sitting by the curb (proud to say sense of humor runs deep in this family).  We played dominoes and sat on the porch soaking up the sunshine.

I am so thankful she was my grandma.  She was a kindergarten teacher.  She loved to play dominoes, cards and watch westerns.  She knitted and sewed more afghans and quilts for all her kids, grandkids and great grandkids than you could imagine.  If anyone in this family ever catches a chill it is no one's fault but their own.  She loved to drive the big old boats she called cars and probably never drove past a Whataburger or Dairy Queen without stopping. She was always smiling and had a laugh I'll never forget.

I will have memories forever.  Hugs and squeezes so tight you couldn't breathe.  Watching her butcher chickens then fry them in a pan.  Gathering eggs.  Shucking corn.  Playing dominoes and Spades.  I will always remember visiting her classroom in the summers.  Bottle feeding baby calves on the farm. I will never forget walking into her pantry and seeing enough canned goods to support a small army.  She was so cool and hip she even had Facebook and email at age 86.

Grandma left us yesterday evening on Avenn's birthday.  Ironically, she left this world at the same hour Avenn entered it two years ago.  I know for sure our daughter will have a very special guardian angel on her shoulder.

Goodbye Road Trippin' Granny you sure will be missed.

 Hiking in the mountains of CO just a couple years ago

 Our last visit

 4 generations of tough cookies

Nice catch!

 Teaching my mom how to use a cell phone.

Avenn's angel

Happy Father's Day

Happy Birthday Avenn!

Today our sweet little girl turned two...

It's Summertime!

Summertime is in full swing here at the Mitchell abode.  The boys started their summer off with two weeks of riding camp at two different stables.  Now that camps are complete things have slowed down a little.  They will plan to spend a week with their grandparents and hopefully we'll squeeze in a family vacation before summer ends.

The news around here lately has been the crazy Oklahoma weather.  We have managed to escape the nasty storms.  We have been very lucky.  The rain has been excessive but that is the worst we have experienced.

I finally sat down to download photos from my camera that were taken at the end of the school year and send those to the grandparents.  I have become a slacker as far as sending pictures around.  I hope the summer allows me more time to get snapshots of the kids or the grandparents may hurt me.

Next week we will be celebrating Avenn's second birthday.  How is that even possible?