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Open Adoption, Open Heart (Complete Series): A Seventeen-Year Journey Through the Eyes of an Adoptive Father - Couverture souple

Elkins, Russell

 
9781950741250: Open Adoption, Open Heart (Complete Series): A Seventeen-Year Journey Through the Eyes of an Adoptive Father

Synopsis

People think they know what open adoption is. Very few actually do.
Seventeen years ago, stepping into an adoption agency with his wife meant stepping into the absolute unknown. Following the heartache of infertility, the path forward was filled with unanswerable questions. How long would the wait be? How does a relationship with a birthparent actually work? And how could a family be completely sure they were making the right choice without a map to guide them?
In this four-part series that covers seventeen years, told through the eyes of an adoptive father, Open Adoption, Open Heart captures the raw, beautiful reality of redefining the modern family. Navigating open adoption wasn't a one-time decision; it was a moving target of boundaries. Making the best choices in the moment often required difficult, emotional reversals later to find the right balance. At the center of this journey was the delicate act of managing four distinct relationships with birthparents—one frequent and close, one quietly healthy, one fractured, and one completely absent. As the children grew from infants into teenagers, every single one of those relationships shifted.
Consolidating a multi-decade journey into a single volume, this memoir sheds light on a reality far harder—and far more rewarding—than the closed adoptions of the past. Through every bump in the road, the ultimate realization became clear: the constant, difficult work of open adoption was never about the birthparents or adoptive parents. It was always for the best of the children.

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