Adoption Books

Our book group was lucky to have Kari Grady Grossman attend our discussion of "Bones That Float."

Even though our group is known for our lively discussions, I have to say that the discussion of "Bones That Float" was probably the most passionate meeting we have ever had. She made us think and feel and examine our obligations as citizens of a world community and it was uncomfortable, revealing and empowering. For each one of us, this story brought out a myriad of powerful emotions and opinions that some of us have never expressed in public before. To my mind, that is the mark of a good book crafted by a good writer. Thank you, Kari.

-Paige

My husband and I have four beautiful children who joined our family through international adoption. One of our children is from Cambodia. I bought this book to learn more about Cambodian adoption, but came out learning a lot more.

I truly enjoyed this book on many different levels. Bones That Float is an amazing story of Kari Grossman's adoption experiences in Cambodia, and how she embraced the history and culture of her son's first country. The book really spoke to my heart. It is so important in our family for both parents and children to learn about the children's first countries (China and Cambodia) and to try to understand the circumstances that led to their adoptions. As an adoptive mom, I found this book invaluable. I also think it would be appropriate for parents of children of other countries - my friends with children from China are eager to read it too.

The book really has three stories - the adoption story, a story of how the Khmer Rouge harmed/hurt/almost destroyed a family in Cambodia (and their ultimate survival), and the story of Kari's driver, who yearns for a better life. Because of Kari's personal connection with the latter two stories, they are quite real and affecting.

Finally, Kari was able to establish a school in a rural mountainous area of Cambodia. This book is also about the ability for all of us to make a difference in this world.

I ordered this book because the author is going to visit our church for a discussion this Friday. It is moving, painful, and unbelievable and it will grab your heart. The simalarities of what happened in Cambodia to what the invasion of Iraq has started is startling.
I don't think I will be able to forget the people in this book.

With unflinching honesty and well-researched facts, Ms. Grossman details the plight of Cambodia's children as well as her personal story of advocacy for them. This book emphasizes that heartfelt, direct action addresses what meaningless political rhetoric cannot.

This book will prick your conscience and will have you asking "what's *my* Cambodia?"

Very highly recommended.

I thoroughly enjoyed the individual stories woven throughout this book. The life stories of the main Cambodian characters were so powerful I couldn't stop reading about their lives. As a parent to children adopted transracially and internationally I could relate to many of the emotions and questions that Grossman raises. However, I do not believe this is a book that will resonate with most adoptees, birth/first parents or astute adoptive parents. Grossman takes liberties where she shouldn't frequently stating opinion as fact. There are no references listed or sources cited in this book. For example, she states that half of adoptees choose to search for birthparents and half do not. However, there are no references to back up that statement. Most troubling was the following on page 140 where she talks about the US ban on adoptions from Cambodia stating, "Yet after more than four years of State Department investigations and ample gossip of brokering stories, no birthmother has come back to reclaim an illicitly procured child. The women of Cambodia are poor, not stupid." Again, no citations or references are provided. As it turns out the first statement is not true, birthmothers did return to reclaim their children thankfully before they left Cambodia. Anyone can read about it in official public documents. The second statement is so offensive, Grossman owes an apology to all birthmothers globally who have been duped out of raising their children. One only need to attend a CUB meeting or with human rights organizations in countries like Cambodia, Vietnam, Nepal, India and elsewhere to discover that intelligent women have in fact lost their children to adoption following empty promises from unscrupulous facilitators. While I enjoyed much of the story, in the end I was disappointed.

I have used suggestions in this book many times when issues came up with my daughter, and even used ideas here to come up with some of my own. The ceremonies were fun, easy to adapt and effective ways to raise issues for discussion. They were suprisingly effective at getting us unstuck so we could move on.

I have recommended the book to several parents, both adoptive and biological.

As an adult adoptee, I can say I needed this book when I was younger. The title is deceiving. It tackles all the issues adoptees and even foster kids can relate to. I wish my parents had done these ceremonies with me. Some of them would have helped a lot. The ones around fear, loss, transitions, and self-esteem would have been especially helpful. Get this for your family today -- don't waste another minute thinking about it.

This book is a treasure. So many of the books I've read on adoption offer advice that isn't from the real world. This book is full of practical, easy-to-follow, helpful information. A true gift for adoptive parents!

This book shows families how to honor and cherish simple and complex acts of every day life. The authors lead readers through real life situations with compassion, knowledge, empathy and personal stories. It's an educational read for potential parents of adopted children and a must read for those who have already welcomed children into their homes.

I bought this book because a friend suggested it. It sounded like a lot of fluff.

It turned out to be a lifesaver!

There were times I was at the end of my rope and I found a way to turn a rough situation around because of this book.

During calm periods I used other ideas to teach or enhance self-esteem in my two children.

Do yourself a favor and buy this sooner rather than later. I wish I had. It is a jewel.

PARENTS WANTED was chosen as the young people's ONE BOOK, ONE COMMUNITY title this past summer in North Andover, MA. Once a few of the middle schoolers had read Andy's story the word got around town: "It's a great book, read it." Young people and their parents both read about Andy's sad, but often funny efforts to secure himself a set of parents. The voice of Andy is very believable and the world of foster children is presented in a way that's accessible to both young and old. I am happy to report that as a result of the ONE BOOK, ONE COMMUNITY event PARENTS WANTED is now a popular book club choice for the middle schoolers. As an adult you end up rooting both for Andy and his parents whose own story, "child wanted" ends very happily. Harrar writes beautifully as the voice of Andy and never sounds like an adult trying to sound like a middle schooler. I highly recommend this novel to young and old alike.
Marina Salenikas, Head of Youth Services, Stevens Memorial Library, North Andover, MA

I am the mother of a fourteen year old boy diagnosed many years ago with ADD. He struggles with every aspect of life - learning disabilities, social issues, behavior issues etc. He, also, does not enjoy reading. Therefore, I am always looking for interesting books for him, in the hopes that perhaps they will entice him to read.

By chance, I stumbled on this book, Parents Wanted, at our local library. The jacket piqued my interest and I began to read the book myself. The book brought tears to my eyes. The author sincerely understands these children, as only a parent of a child with ADD could. How insightful! I appreciated every nuance of this story!

Of course, I insisted that my son read this book. He, too, enjoyed it, and reluctantly admitted he saw much of himself in the book.

I wish there were more novels about children with ADD. (There isn't much fiction written about this topic for children.)

Parents Wanted is an excellent book for middle school students. As a middle school reading teacher I found Parents Wanted to be a great choice for the students. The book provides the inner thoughts of 12 year old Andy Fleck as he is transitioning from sporadic foster care to living with his new adoptive parents, Jeff and Laurie. As Andy has ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) and biological parents who do not care for him, he has a large amount of challenges to overcome.

Andy makes many mistakes and is very honest with himself allowing the students to easily relate to his thoughts and actions. The students enjoyed keeping a journal of their reading of the book and also loved illustrating favorite events in the book. The book's Boston area setting additionally appeals to those students living in and around Boston.

Though the book's focus is about an adolescent boy, the story appeals to both boys and girls. Many of the studetns were relieved that Andy expressed thoughts that they too feel. The students connect so well with Andy that it is hard to believe that Andy is fictional.

I highly recommend this book for pleasure reading as well as for part of any middle school reading program.

The picture of the boy on the cover of this book is strongly reminiscent of a very young George Harrison, circa 1962. That is what caught my attention.

When Andy Fleck's natural parents declare him a ward of the state, the boy, then 12 is placed in a Boys' Home. The place sounds more like a hospital/institution than any kind of home. The "school" the boys attend is, in Andy's words "a pretend school" where they are not given age appropriate activies nor work commensurate with their ability levels. There is even locked seclusion rooms for out of control moments.

Andy's natural parents drank and fought; Andy even says he remembers them throwing things at each other over his crib. He had the crib until age 5 because "they didn't have money to buy me a real bed until then." Although he voices loyalty to them, each memory he shares about them paints a very bleak life indeed. Andy responds by lying, stealing and truancy. He also has Attention Deficit Disorder and takes two medications.

Once at the Home, Andy goes on trial foster homes, none of which work out. Some of the homes, such as the one with "Dumb Donald and Weird Joan" were abusive. Each time, Andy manages to get returned to the Home. His angel of a social worker, Alison, works tirelessly on his behalf to find him a suitable placement. Andy also, along with the other boys gets to meet prospective adoptive parents. It is during one of these Sunday gatherings that he meets the Sizeracys.

A kind, loving couple, the Sizeracys agree to take Andy for a trial. Andy, despite his man-of-the-world exterior, still is attached to his stuffed toys and loves being read to at night. He appears to thrive at the Sizeracys, although he continues his pattern of lying, stealing and truancy. Each time the Sizeracys go to bat for him and in an especially touching scene, the boy's foster father gives him the benefit of the doubt when Andy is accused of stealing $20.00 from a teacher.

Despite the bumpy road and the predictable ending, it is still an entertaining read. One will be cheering for the Sizeracys.

I loved this book and I keep reading this over and over I can never get enough of it. I really dont like to read but I picked this book up at a store and just read it over and over til it was time to close, which was about ten. So at the end I bought it because I just wanted to keep reading it. I have read the book at least 32 times. I love it because I wish I had a family like that. I might not have been in foster homes but I dont like where I am so to me this is a book that I wish I was in. I hope whoever reads the book realizes it is a very good book. 5 stars all the way. I am only 15 and I have not read too many books but this book got me into reading so it has to be good. I think I am repeating myself so I am gonna go. Later.

The book kept me in suspense and could hardly put the book down. I look forward to more books in this series.

Just like the previous reader, I couldn't put the book down! It was such a wonderful story I only wished that I had read the first two novels! I'm a first time reader to author Jannette Oke and I'm happy that found her! It was wonderfully written and very warming to the heart. I was glad to see Virginia's strength renewed during her toughest times. May God continue to bless Mrs. Oke.

Virginia is so anxious to be married to Jonathan that she does not fully count the cost. When reality hits her, she is angry and disallusioned. Her home is finally built and just as life looks promising, an old friend drops in and with her a little waif daughter who ends up being Virginia and Jonathan's. Raising horses is risky and not without long hours - again leaving Virginia to fret. With a baby on the way and an wounded child to heal, horses take priority and Virginia loses her perspective on what is really important. The last straw is when Grandmother breaks her leg and must come live with them. Virginia is ready to throw in the towel when she allows God to speak to her heart and she finally listens. She is able to sort between fact and fantasy, romance and committment and wakes to the real reason for being a family. She is changed forever. Another Janette Oke thriller. Off to book 4!

I loved the first two books, but this one is the best yet! Virgina has now grown up. At first I was sad that her teen-years adventures were over, but reading about her as an adult has been thrilling. So many things, including an abused child, her own children, a husband, struggles, and her grandmother, happen to her. Through the whole thing she realizes that her relationship with Christ is not what it should be. I think that this book has a great value to it!

I read the first two stories in this series and loved both of them. The plight of young Virginia in the first, and the older Virginia in the second gave us a glimpes into the life of a girl in that time period, I'd say, around the turn of the century. This third book introduces us to an adult Virginia, a married woman, caring for an elderly grandmother and an abused child as well as her husband, her own child, and household chores. Life for her was not easy, but she had God by her side, and He is the only one who can give you the stregnth and endurance to make it through the tough times. This book was really inspiring, and I hope Ms. Oke takes pity on us and writes the next one soon.

I have read and reread this book and I also recommend it to other people. The best book I ever read about adoption and I've read a lot of them. I adopted two foster children and this book was the best preparation I found. If you're considering adopting older children, it's a good preparation. Don't pass it up!

I read this book about a year after my daughter joined our family, at age four. It is the only book I have read like it. It takes you step-by-step through the process, from applying with an agency to the new child's adjustment - and the family's adjustment to their new arrival.

I wish I had read it before we started, although I read many other good books. I like that Adopting the Older Child addresses some of the feelings people don't like to talk about...like the adoptive parents doubting whether they made the right decision. I also like that it explores older child adoption among different types of families (those with bio kids, those without, etc.).

My only 'complaint' is that it does kind of wrap up the case studies a bit too neatly at the end...as if the issues are all gone after a few years. Most who have adopted older children will agree that some of the emotional issues will be life-long issues, to an extent. Other than that, I thought it was great! Highly recommended!

Christine Mitchell
Author and Illustrator of Welcome Home, Forever Child Welcome Home, Forever Child: A Celebration of Children Adopted as Toddlers, Preschoolers, and Beyond

My husband and I are in the process of adopting an older child from the ages of 3-8. We went through our adoption classes and received alot of great information we will need but I was also reading this book at the same time. I was able to ask questions to our instructor that I would never have thought of without the book. I loved the way the author put in characters of the adoptive child awaiting adoption, Parents waiting to adopt, The case workers point of view, and all the emotions they were going through. I told our instructor about this book and she said she would let other adoptive parents know about it. This book was so informative and fun to read that I found myself not wanting to put it down.

This book is a must have for anyone thinking of adoption. It may have been written 20 years ago but you couldn't tell since the information is mostly about emotions and how to work together with the child but also with your case workers. I was already excited about adopting an older child but this book helped me to prepare for the best and worse of situations that may occur adopting an older child. If you buy this book you won't regret it!

As we move forward in the adoption process of a 17 yr. old, I am thrilled to have just read this book. It was an easy read, full of insight, with just the right balance of warmth and challenge. Best of all, as both a professional counselor and adoptive mother (seven times over!) the author is truly credible, including a nice mix of research and personal experience. I give this book my highest recommendation.

This book dicusses the adoption of older children. Through a series of stories told in the viewpoint of the adoptive parents, adoptive children, and their social worker, readers gain insight into what they can expect during the process. This book put to ease some of my fars about adopting an older child, and makes me feel more equipped to handle situations when our time to adopt comes.

very good book, could not put it down, great insite into what goes on the the adoption process

This is a good book for anyone interested in international adoption. It goes through her personal story and the process of adopting from another country.

I loved this book, the writer has a positive outlook on life. She explains things about adoption very well. One of the only books that I have read where the adoptive couple are not infertile but just feel the need to have a child through adoption. Intresting read!

When I read about the author first meeting her baby in China I cried, on the bus. I couldn't believe how emotional this moment must be. I can't wait to be able to adopt a little baby girl.

The author dealt with the issues of adoption with a lot of tact and was honest about some of the negative things that her family went through, from bureaucratic delays to their daughter's health problems. I was fully resigned to the fact that it would be a totally sappy story, but surprisingly it was just sweet but not overly emotional, so that's a plus for me. This book is informative not just for those in the adoptioin process (which I am not) but anyone interested in child welfare in general, or just a nice story about becoming a mother. All of the profits go towards the non-profit organization that the author founded so in addition to enjoying this book I am happy to be helping her cause.

Thank you, Lori Paris, for weaving such a sentimental and enriching read. The reader is literally swept away and becomes a part of Sara Martin's heartfelt search for her birth parents -- people she only just found out about at the age of 21, on the sad occasion of her last remaining relative's death. Lori Paris does such an excellent job with rich detail that for the timeframe that you are reading the book, you morph into Sara's close friend, cheering for her to find her happy ending. And she does find a doozy of one -- not without her share of struggle and conflict, but the author wraps everything up very well at the rewarding and satisfying end.

Follow Your Heart is not only suspenseful, but also heartbreaking and hope-filled at the same time. Lori Paris is at a place where many dare not go, and through writing this book, the blessing that she received was to reveal the secret of the human heart, and that love fills our emptiness and loneliness. She took on a difficult subject in a sensitive manner. Because of its uncalculated emotions, she explored the fragility of not only adoptees but also their families with tender care. And in a gentle, loving manner, she brought out the hidden message of her book; that is, to teach the reader to take a chance on the feelings of their heart. She walks the reader down the path of pain, and in the process, discovers love and being loved by a new family, and encourages the reader to take a leap of faith and go on to a hope-filled future.

Paris has written a sweet and fictional love story about adoption. But this is not just a sappy love story. It is about loving and losing, loving again, and loving forever. This is also a must read for any Late Discovery Adoptee (LDA). There are very few books out there that touch on LDA's and their unique circumstances of finding out their adoption status as adults. Paris has a great command of the language and she carries you along. You feel like you are there with her and I had trouble putting it down. It has an incredibly beutiful ending that makes one hope for a better life. "Follow Your Heart" reminds us to do just that...follow our hearts!

Kasey Hamner, M.S., adoptee and author of "Whose Child?" and for LDA's, "Adoption Forum"

Follow Your Heart is a beautifully written novel. Sara has been living with her aunt since she was eight years old. When her aunt dies, Sara discovers the family secret. She was adopted. Lori Paris draws you into Sara's search for her birth parents. This is an inspirational and compelling story. A must read.

Sara Martin was orphaned at the age of 8 and lovingly raised thereafter by her Aunt Reni. Shocked to her core by Reni's sudden death shortly after her college graduation, Sara has yet another, potentially more monumental shock to come. A letter in Reni's safety deposit box addressed to Sara reveals the devastating news that she was adopted as an infant.

With a copy of her original birth certificate her only clue to her origins, Sara hires charismatic private investigator Dennis Miller to search for her birth parents.

As the novel unfolds, Sara eventually meets her entire birth family, including her taciturn and enigmatic father and his young son.

This is a charming, upbeat story about what COULD happen in these types of searches and the fantastic results Sara achieves, results which will enrich her life even as she herself breathes fresh new life into the lives of those she meets.

Lori Paris's characters, including the 4-legged ones, are warm and 3-dimensional, and I guarantee you will fall in love with them as you read this well crafted, uplifting story.

This is a 'must read' for anyone contemplating giving up a child for adoption. It's a 'hard read' but tells the truth about how some women were forced to give up their children in the 50's 60's and 70's just because they were unwed and tells of the anguish these women lived with inthe following years after relinquishment.

Ann Fessler did an incredible job researching and presenting the secretive facts behind out-of-wedlock pregnancies during the 40's, 50's & 60's. This book is a MUST-READ for any one who's life has ever been touched by adoption. It reaches out to birth mothers who were never able to share their dark secret....it presents understanding to the rest of us who simply didn't know what they went through and still struggle with.

A history that has not been shared until now, this book provides understanding and insight into the lives of women who were forced leave their children. It is the birth mother's story as well as a story of life in the United States not so long ago. I have given this book to the library as well as to friends. As an adoptive mother, I also give it as a gift every year on the day our daughter joined our family. Her birthmother is not to be forgotten.

This is an important contribution not only for the stories of mothers who reliquished their children for adoption but for the analysis of the culture of the time between 1930 and the early 70s. The shift from church groups who helped mother and child stay together to the more "professional" social worker who separated mother and child is well documented. The rationale created by the "professionals" is scary. This book is a must read for all those mothers who relinquished thier children and for their families and friends.
I was one of those mothers who got caught in this in the late 50s and after living a life of secrets and shame, this book offers an alternate insight into what had happened.

For whatever reason, Amazon has not incorporated the reviews from the hardcover edition of this book onto the release of the paperback, which gives me the opportunity to again encourage everyone to READ THIS BOOK, especially now, when many schools are prohibitted from, and many parents refuse to, teach basic sex education. And the Supreme Court is hanging by a thread contingent on the next Presidential election. This reviewer is shocked, chagrinned, and embarassed by generations of females behind me, like Elisabeth Hasselbeck on *The View,* who totally "don't get" the ramifications. This could be where Yogi Berra says: "it's Deja Vu all over again!"

Between the end of World War II in 1945 and the 1973 United States Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, many unwed girls and women were forced by society to "go away" during unplanned pregnancies - < to "hide" the physical evidence of their perceived moral turpitude, while the fathers, blameless and shameless, were free to roam about their usual lives and wild oat sowing> - and surrender the baby to "good homes" (2 parent households.) Now, adding insult to past psychological injuries, the Men in power continue to refuse to allow adequate access to birth and adoption records such that the members of the "adoption triad" (birth parents, adoptive parents and adoptee) can't find each other. Thus is created a large segment of the "Baby Boom" generation without medical/genetic history.

Ann Fessler found her history and has written an excellent, empathetic, anecdotal and well-researched history of her mother and other mothers who "gave up" their babies and the confluence of forces in the age of Ozzie and Harriet, McCarthy, and beyond. As this reviewer has cautioned in other reviews, a lot of younger women take for granted the great strides made in the brief period between the 1960's and now. This book and In Our Time: Memoir of a Revolution will remind those of us who lived through this period of the progress we've made - and teach the younger generations that they must be eternally vigilant, lest those rights be taken away. Rosie the Riveter, paragon of "We Can Do It!" womanhood in the 1940s, was shuffled off to June Cleaver's kitchen in the 1950s. As Santayana said: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

/TundraVision, Amazon Reviewer

A treasured stretch of land and a lonely 14 year old named Hope lie at the heart of this exquisite story of the ties that bind us to the earth itself and to each other.

Hope has spent her life being shuffled from one foster home to the next - until she finds herself with Sarah. A kind and undemanding woman, Sarah takes Hope to her family's farm in Nebraska where, through a series of letters and journals, we come to know the former inhabitants who also loved that same plot of ground. We meet the teenage girl who helped build the original sod house, a mail order bride's daughter who comes to work the land as a hired hand and others, who found pain and hardship as well as peace and joy, under that same Nebraska sky.

The author deftly captures the voices and tones of these predecessors - I fell into their worlds so deeply that when the story switched back to Hope, I found I'd forgotten her. This isn't meant to imply that Hope's story isn't as meaningful as those who homesteaded there - what struck me about Hope's modern story is the way that Gray has woven these other loves and lives into Hope's experiences as she unknowingly tries to find a place where she truly belongs.

Without getting sentimental or sappy (the end comes right to the edge, but I think she pulls it off), Holding up the Earth deals with the issue of loosing a loved one with a gentle hand, while also inspiring in readers a love of the earth and the power of belonging. Highly recommended for teenage girls, especially.

Five teen girls are separated by decades but united by their love of a Nebraska farm: this focal point ties their lives together in this first novel centered around powerful female protagonists who are searching for a powerful place in the world. Letter entries explore their very different worlds and the concerns that connect them and make for gripping reading.

Hope's mom got in an accident. Ever since then she's been in a series of foster homes. Every time she goes to a foster home she takes a keepsake with her. She keeps all of her stuff in an old backpack. When her mother died, at that time, she was living at a foster home with a beautiful meadow, she took her mmother's urn and spread it across the meadow. The meadow was so beautiful! She saved a ziplock baggy with some of her mother's ashes in it. When she left that foster home, she was bound and determined to find it again. A few years after the meadow, Hope finally found the perfect family. Anna and Sarah. When Sarah wanted to take Hope to the meadow, Hope didn't realize it was the same meadow she spread her mother's ashes in.

I think that this book was really exciting and interesting. There like mysteries in the letters that "Hope" reads. It really got my attention while i read the first pages. When i started reading this book i actually didn't want to stop. I would recommend this book to other people.

The book, Holding Up the Earth, was about a girl, Hope, whose mother died when Hope was six. She went to seven foster families before she went to a lady's named Sarah. This is about how Hope overcomes her mother's death, and learns to live with Sarah. I think that this book is well written,because about every other chapter the author has a diary or a journal explaning what has happened at the farm where they live in the past. I think that this helps you better understand the book. I would recommend this book to someone who likes Realistic Fiction. As far as age groups go I would recommend this book to children ten and up because there are words that younger children probably shouldn't be reading. If you love books that will lift your spirits this is the one for you!

"The author provides a touching glimpse into some of the most profound areas of life: candidly and clearly setting out not only the rough spots in her road to having a child, but the joyous moments, too. I was impressed not only with the personal aspect of the story, but with the political and social aspects, as well- the author is clearly a force to be reckoned with."
Writer's Digest

This well-packaged, straight forwardly told and ultimately poignant journal of Kari Gilliam Palmer's determined effort to adopt a child movingly captures the twists and turns involved and makes clear the toll the process can take on the prospective mother and those around her. We never lose sight of the authors supportive family- We keep track of them through diary entries as well as letters they send to Kari to help maintain her spirit and perspective. In large part, active ingredients in the author's ultimate success come down to faith, courage, focus and hope, and the happy ending will provide comfort and encouragement to others in a similar situation.

One Tiny Hope is an interesting chronicle of a woman's struggle to overcome both infertility and the adoption process. The journal format provides the reader with a candid look at very private issues surrounding one's ability to conceive or the frustrations surrounding adoption. The journal format also provides a "report" format for a very emotional situation, as a result, giving the book a more objective, narrative feel. While the book is valuable in that is shows the reader the value of perseverance, it is quite moving to think of the author's two children reading this book in twenty years and understanding the tremendous love that fueled their mother's efforts.

This is just amazing on what all you have accomplished in your life Kari. From being raised in wonderful family that you have to having family you always dreamed of and I know what a wonderful mom you are. I have not read the book just the breif discriptions of it from the site and I know you have given so much hope for women and men out there who are looking for that family and you also make those who are not sure on having a family really think about it. I am going to get this book so I can read all about your little hope.
Both of your girls are very precious and blessed to have you and your family they are great people.
Thanks for sharing this with me.
Congraulations!

"One Tiny Hope" is as gripping as a great novel! Kari Gilliam Palmer's words powerfully communicate her painfully real dreams and despair--and love. Kari's gentle heart and her faith in God shine through her writing, but her straightforward prose is often jarring, reminding us that this is her life, and not just a story. This book altered the way I perceive adoption, as well as how I think of families and babies. Kari's story is a moving reminder that every baby is precious, and all children should be cherished. "One Tiny Hope" touched my heart.