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- Adoption—Fighting for your Destiny
- Adoption—Time is the allegorical Father of Truth
- Adoption—What is the meaning of énouement?
- Adoption—How does it feel?
- Adoption – Street Smarts or Book Smarts?
- Adoption – The importance of Communication
- Adoption – Staying afloat
- Adoption—Life in a Snow Globe
- Adoption detectives help adoptees find their way home
- Adoption—The Extraordinary Power of Expectations
- Adoption—Striving for the Brass Ring
- Adoption-Children in Greenland were taken from their homes for a social experiment
- Adoption searches are not just for young people
- Adoption—Life as a Country Song
- Adoption—Harbor Lights
- “Adoption—Life is a Challenge”
- Adoption—Bubbles in Time
- The History of Adoption
- Adoption – The Sublime Confidence of Youth
- “Adoption—Blest Be the Tie That Binds”
- “Adoption—Infants remember more than you think”
- Similarities between Golf and Adoption
- Adoption—On a Wing and a Prayer
- Pets benefit adopted children…
- “You’re Adopted!”
- Adoption—“The Best of Times…the Worst of Times”
- Adoption—Self-discovery and Moral Character
- The Stigma of Adoption
- Adoption—Shadows of Ancestors Past
- Adoption—Individual Choice verses Collective Action
- “Woo Hoo!—I found my Grandparents.”
- Adoption—Its Pub Weather Today
- Adoption—Parents who live vicariously
- Empathy is more than a simple act of kindness, sympathy, prayer, or pity
- Adoption—Robinson Crusoe Syndrome
- “Adoption and Behavioral Foxhole Syndrome”
- “Adoption—A thousand reasons to be angry”
- Adoption—Are you burned out?
- “Adoption—An Affair of the Heart”
- Reactive Attachment Disorder – RAD
- “Adoption—Stowaway Orphan from Peru found in London train station”
- Adoption Detective—Judith Land Quotes
- Adoption—“Letting Go!”
- Adoption—“The Point of No Return”
- Adoption—Can you die from a broken heart?
- Adoption—How similar are you to your Mother?
- “Adoption—communicating with poems, songs and love letters”
- “Adoption—the exhilaration of accomplishing something extraordinary”
- “Adoption—Don’t be a worrywart!”
- Adoption—a warm blanket of complacency
- “Adoption—Internal fears lead to procrastination”
- Are you planning an adoption reunion?
- Have you ever dreamed of reconnecting with someone from your past?
- “Adoption reunions and personal confidence”
- “Adoption—Fairytales and Tarradiddles”
- “Adoption—Do writers live a dog’s life?”
- “Adoption—we cry because we are human”
- Adoption—can happiness be learned?
- “Adoption and self-determinism”
- “Adoption—concealed carry!”
- A radio Interview with Judith Land
- “Adoption—Life is a Dance!”
- Adoption—Are you an egghead or a potato head?
- Adoption—I found my “foster parents!”
- What’s a “Foundling Wheel?”
- “Adoption—picking up the pieces from here on after”
- “Adoption stories are like bad knees and sore backs!”
- “Adoption—saints, sinners and the salvageable”
- “Adoption—life is like riding a bicycle”
- The adoption narrative—what is the thematic conflict of your adoption story?
- “The legend of the twin boys adopted by a wolf”
- “Adoption—life is like a zip-line; it just goes whizzing by…”
- “Adoption—ancient yearnings for a true sense of belonging”
- “Adoption searches—make no small plans, they have no magic to stir your blood”
- Mother and child separation induces severe psychological stress in animals
- “Are you an adoptee who feels like a weed, out of place and unloved?”
- “Adopted—going topless in Tahiti”
- “Adoption story—the old wedding shoes”
- Adoption—Last Will and Testament and Inheritance
- “Adoption search—a sense of urgency!”
- “Adoption—the Santa Claus Syndrome”
- “Adoption stories—my mother’s oil paintings”
- “Adopted? Metamorphose yourself into a butterfly.”
- Adoption—a course in miracles! —Judith Land
- “Adoption—forgiveness and second chances”
- “Adoption—the sentimental value of mementos and heirlooms”
- “Adoption Discovery—I have a brother and two sisters?”
- “Adoption—I pity the babies in the back row”
- “Adoption—the only thing adoptees have is hope” Judith Land
- “Adoption—The Prophet Muhammad was adopted and the father of an adopted son”
- “Adoption—how far can you see?”
- “My adoption involved a wild car chase—just like in the movies…”
- Scared speechless—adopted children with selective mutism
- Adoption and “Xenophobia Parentis Syndrome”
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Judith Land Blog
Monthly Archives: September 2012
“Adoption—fear of the unknown, trepidation, foreboding angst and powerless”
“Fear of the unknown leaves some adoptees paralyzed in a bewildered state of trepidation, quietude, and foreboding angst—openmouthed, impotent and powerless to act decisively or rationally, the enigmatic value of their biological fortune remains an obscure mystery—an eternally suspended fantasy.”—Judith Land … Continue reading
Posted in Adoption, Children, Life, Parenting
Tagged adoptee, ADOPTION, Adoption Detective, Adoption Search, fear, Judith Land, nefarious
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“Good adoption stories convey eternal wisdom and teach values”
“Good books are like dinosaur tracks in the bedrock—they leave impressions that last forever.”—Martin Land A good way to evaluate the worthiness of a story is to determine the intensity of the emotional responses that are evoked by the author—the … Continue reading
Posted in Adoption, Books, Life
Tagged ADOPTION, Adoption Detective, adoption story, dinosaur tracks, Judith Land, Martin Land, self-identity, writers
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“Adoption—the Joy of a young love” Judith Land
“Writers throughout the centuries have tried forever to capture the unsophisticated, immature, and naive, yet charming emotions of young love. Every generation warns of the perils, heartaches, and heartbreaks of unskilled adolescents—propelled through uncharted waters in a rudderless boat with … Continue reading
Posted in Adoption, Life, Parenting, Relationships
Tagged ADOPTION, Adoption Detective, joy of young love, Judith Land, Judith Land Blog, Love
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“Adoption story—what makes a book socially relevant?”
“When Christopher Latham Sholes invented the typewriter in 1923 he had no idea that he was the innovator of a dazzling social revolution that dramatically changed the world by giving women jobs, economic power and a voice in business.” —Judith Land … Continue reading
Posted in Adoption, Books, Life, Parenting
Tagged ADOPTION, Adoption Detective, adoption story, book clubs, Christopher Latham Sholes, Judith Land, life's trajectory, mass relevance, Memoir
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Adoption Reunion—”Are you my sister Cindy?”
“Are you my sister Cindy?” —Judith Land I had never met my sister or even seen a picture of her…my heart skipped several beats as we instinctively reached across the counter and hugged each other tightly for the very first time. … Continue reading
Posted in Adoption, Books, Life, Relationships
Tagged ADOPTION, Adoption Detective, Adoption Reunion, adoption story, Judith Land
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“Adoption stories—public libraries are a great achievement of American society”
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”– Dr. Seuss Public libraries are a great achievement of American society and an essential part of having an educated and … Continue reading
Posted in Adoption, Books, Life
Tagged Adoption Detective, adoption story, Dr. Seuss, Judith Land, Libraries, life's trajectory, Memoir, paradigm shift, read
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