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A Revealing Blogging Survey

11/10/11 5:00am by Lavender Luz
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Blogging Survey

One respondent said: Sometimes posts that I took enormous pains over sank without a trace. Sometimes posts I dashed off (usually in a temper) garnered dozens of comments. And sometimes, vice versa. I still don't quite understand it. And this comment is quite insightful: It seems to be more the amount of EMOTION and energy, rather than time and energy. Bottom line for a 84% of us? Don’t try so hard!  Read more >

Facing Birth Mother Discussions Without Fear

11/4/11 9:00am by Lavender Luz
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Birth mother discussion

My 8 year-old son, Reed is the smooth-sailing and resilient type, able to roll with life’s punches and not have a lot of “issues.”Yet we recently had some revelatory conversations about his birth mom that shows how deeply in his psyche he is processing his adoption. I expect that as my children grow they will, at stages, deepen their understanding of their adoptedness through wondering and questioning. And I will encourage this every chance I get.  Read more >

Blog Hop: Dollars and $ense of Family Building

5/21/11 5:43am by Lavender Luz
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Mother and Daughter

This project started with a debate that I facilitated for the Open Adoption Examiner about potential adoptive parents using billboards to connect with expectant parents considering adoption.  Read more >

Celebrating My Birthday By Honoring All of Me

12/29/10 2:03pm by Lavender Luz
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I wait in the clearing for them to join me. It is my celebration, after all. The sun is shining, bathing the lea in a warm glow. There is an entire meadow of soft greenery for us to dig our toes into. Nothing sharp, nothing dangerous, nothing to mar our time together. There is just the slightest breeze. The sky is the most pleasant timeless blue imaginable.  Read more >

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The stories of how I became a mom

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Full Name
Lori Lavender Luz
Member Since
November 2007
About Me: 

Yogini and yin-yanger. Wordsmith and wine-sipper. Wife of one and mom of two. Blogger at Write Mind Open Heart. Author of the book, The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption, to be published by Rowman & Littlefield and available in mid-2013.

Lori was named a Must-Read Mom by Parenting and Conceive magazines, and is an occasional contributor to Adoptive Families magazine. She is passionate about de-freakifying open adoption and ending discrimination against adoptees regarding access to original birth certificates.

 

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Denver, CO
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blogher, infertility, adoption, spirituality, adoptive parenting, trivia, mindful, open adoption, perfect moment, mommyblogger, product review, travel

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Freedom, both economic and personal, plus the personal responsibilities that go with freedom.

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