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MySpace was the social media site of the time, and I thought maybe she had one. I began one evening to look for all the 16-year-old Nicoles in a 50 mile radius of where I was from
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When I decided to get a pup for my new pet-friendly apartment, little did I know I would be racing against the clock to save a sick doggie's life.
Mandy in

Dec 3, 2012 at 1:00pm | 310 comments

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Tima had spent the first year of his life in the care of neglectful and alcoholic parents and the second institutionalized with hundreds of other children, never having a toy or shoe or caretaker that was his own.
Kim H in

Nov 6, 2012 at 10:00am | 82 comments

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I believe that it shouldn’t matter who adopts children in the foster care system, as long as they’re given a chance to get out of the system, but I do feel that if a couple does venture out to adopt a child or another ethnicity, there should be some type of ethnic & cultural sensitivity training involved.
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Fact: sometimes tearful family reunions are a bit...awkward and disappointing
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When it’s been emotionally or financially taxing, I’ve still felt nothing but extraordinarily fortunate to share my home with such wonderful friends.
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My boyfriend and I would go to our hotel early and order Pizza Hut, trying to come up with excuses to get out of seeing Betty the next day.
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As an adult, I have never doubted that my biological mother made the decision that she thought was best both for her and for me.
Marianne in

Dec 6, 2011 at 11:00am | 0 comments