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Sunday, May 4, 2008

And what they said, 2008

"What happened to their real family?" they ask, while looking me straight in the eye.
Never biological, birth, genetic, Russian--always real.

About Real World Adopt Founder, Meredith Resnick

I'm the mom of 2 young women (it's true; they're women now!) from St. Petersburg, Russia. My husband and I adopted them back in 1999 when the process was far less excruciating than it is today, and the wait for older kids was much shorter. Today those little "girls" are 19 and 22 now (they were almost 11 and 14 when we got them--oh, and did I mention?...they're sisters).

Professionally speaking, I'm a licensed clinical social worker, an editor, and have written personal stories on adoption for Newsweek, The Orange County Register, Adoption Today, and OC Family, and on healthcare for hundreds of physicians, agencies, healthcare practices, organizations and institutions including The Guidance Channel, The Bureau for At-Risk Youth, Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles, PacifiCare, and St. Joseph Health System.

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Sunday, May 4, 2008

And what they said, 2008

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