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Ethiopia Adoption Blog, Ethiopia Adoption Blog Ethiopia Adoption Blog Adoption Blogs >Ethiopia Adoption Blog Go to Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next 01/14/08 Our Reponsibilities as Adoptive Parents Posted by : Mary Owlhaven in Ethiopia Adoption Blog at 12:51 am , 491 words, 1754 views Categories: A Message For New Readers I want to summarize some of the things I think it is important that we do as adoptive parents to help our children thrive. Acknowledge that our children have experienced loss in their lives We adoptive parents have gotten such a great gift from the presence of our children in our lives that sometimes we forget that great loss and sadness is also involved. We need to acknowledge that loss so that if and when our children exhibit sadness, we will be able to listen and be prepared to help... more Leave a comment SPONSOR 01/13/08 Book Review: Our First Amharic Words Posted by : Mary Owlhaven in Ethiopia Adoption Blog at 10:28 pm , 303 words, 2086 views Categories: Shopping/Books/Movies When I was straightening my daughter s bookshelf this evening, I realized that I have one more fun book to tell you about before I end my stint here at Adoption.com. Stacy at www.amharickids.com was kind enough to send me a review copy of one of their new books a few weeks ago. It is called Our First Amharic Words and in 20 pages it teaches 75 Amharic words in a kid-friendly brightly colored format. I gave this book to my 5-1/2 year old for Christmas, and she was just thrilled. She has been... more 1 comment 01/11/08 Mary’s Favorite Posts Posted by : Mary Owlhaven in Ethiopia Adoption Blog at 12:08 am , 305 words, 2257 views Categories: A Message For New Readers Did you just stumble upon this blog recently I hope you ll go back and read the archives -- just click the links to the right. However I realize that is a huge undertaking. As I’ve been preparing to say goodbye here at adoption.com, I’ve been looking back at...