“I want to say that, in general, when it works, open adoption is great.” WantAdoptionOpen Adoption Author:Jennifer Gilmore
“I wanted a baby of color, to be honest, because I wasn't attached to the idea that I look like the biological mother. I liked the idea of the adoption being clear; it was and is not something I am interested in hiding.” LooksIdeasWantedMotherClearHonestColorBabyBeing HonestHidingAdoption Author:Jennifer Gilmore
“It would be a lie to say that people are coming to adoption with joy at all times. Hope, perhaps, but it would be disingenuous to say that every part coming to an adoption isn't seriously grieving.” PeopleWould BeJoyLyingAll TimeGrievingAdoptionDisingenuous Author:Jennifer Gilmore
“The process of open adoption is not discussed in the way it should be. Everyone I know who has adopted domestically has at least one tragic story. It was important to me to be able to describe those situations.” KnowsWayShouldImportantStoriesAbleProcessSituationTragicAdoptionAdoptedOpen Adoption Author:Jennifer Gilmore
“With domestic adoption, you get a form, you fill it out, and there are these boxes: African-American, African-American and Hispanic, and you check the boxes that you're comfortable with. Race is completely open in that regard.” FormRaceComfortableRegardBoxesChecksAfrican AmericanAdoptionHispanic Author:Jennifer Gilmore
“I will say in open adoption, all these choices you make about race, about the amount of mental illness you can deal with, about special needs and physical maladies, you have to lay all this out there before you know anybody's story.” KnowsNeedsStoriesChoicesDealsRaceSpecialAmountLaysIllnessMental IllnessAdoptionChoices You MakeMaladySpecial NeedsOpen Adoption Author:Jennifer Gilmore
