Resources and Links
Web site for St. John's Congregational Church: www.sjkb.org
Lisa Sweet RN
Sweet Beginnings Adoption Services
www.sweetbeginningsadoptions.com
www.sweetbeginningsadoptionconsultant.com
2008 recipient of "The Congressional Coalition on Adoption - Angels in Adoption Award"
Books About Adoption
Twenty Life Transforming Choices Adoptees Need to Make, by Sherrie Eldridge
The Primal Wound: Understanding The Adopted Child, by Nancy Newton Verrier
The Book of Sarahs: A Family in Parts, by Catherine E. McKinley
A Wealth of Family: An Adopted Son’s International Quest for Heritage, Reunion, and Enrichment, by Thomas Brooks
Ambiguous Loss: Learning to Live With Unresolved Grief, by Pauline Boss
Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew, by Sherrie Eldridge
Birthmothers: Women Who Have Relinquished Babies for Adoption Tell Their Stories, by Merry Bloch Jones
Books about Multiculturalism
The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother, by James McBride
Fade: My Journeys in Multiracial America, by Elliot Lewis
Multicultural Child Resource Book: Living Complex Realities, Maria Root and Matt Kelly, Ed.
Christian Literature
In Pursuit of Peace: 21 Ways to Conquer Anxiety, Fear, and Discontentment, byJoyce Meyers
The Power of a Praying Woman, by Stormie Omartian
The Power of a Praying Parent, by Stormie Omartian
The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?, by Rick Warren
The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language, by Eugene H. Peterson
Books About Healing
Healing the Child Within: Discovery and Recovery for Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families, by Charles L. Whitfield, M.D.
Healing for Damaged Emotions, by David A. Seamands
Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself, by Melody Beattie
Boundaries and Relationships, by Charles L. Whitfield, M.D.
Beauty for Ashes: Receiving Emotional Healing, by Joyce Meyers
Web Sites
www.adoption.com - An independent adoption center with links to many other sites.
www.adoptionweek.com - Register here for a weekly e-magazine.
www.adoptioncrossroads.org - Search and support network for adoptees and birthparents seeking reunion.
www.adoptionjewels.org - Faith-based, quarterly e-newsletters and a bulletin board.
www.adoptionregistry.com - The largest on-line adoption reunion registry
www.christianadoptions.com - Faith-based site offering daily devotionals and articles.
www.tapestrybooks.com - On line catalogue of adoption books
Organizations
The American Adoption Congress (AAC)
P.O. Box 42730
Washington, DC 20015
202-483-3399
Seminars, networking, support groups, and conventions for adoptees.
Association of MultiEthnic Americans, Inc. (AMEA)
P.O. Box 341304
Los Angeles, CA 90034-1304
www.ameasite.org
Bridge Communications, Inc.
221 N. LaSalle, Suite 2020
Chicago, IL 60601
312-377-2748
www.bridgecommunications.org
Mavin Foundation
600 First Avenue, Suite 600
Seattle, WA 98104-2215
206-622-7101
www.mavinfoundation.org
Pact, An Adoption Alliance
4179 Piedmont Avenue, Suite 330
Oakland, CA 94611
510-243-9460
www.pactadopt.org
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