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Live Chat Celebrating 12 Years

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12 Years and Counting!

This Sunday, December 20th it will be 12 years since our family was reunited. To celebrate we are inviting you to join us in a live video chat from Panama. Starting at 6:30pm we will be answering any questions you might have about the story or our experiences. This is a chance for you to meet some of the “characters” from my mother’s upcoming book.

Join us:

You can join the conversation by going to http://www.anasmiracle.com/the-story/live or on our Facebook Page. You can RSVP here. Hope to see you there!

Approaching the Search Conference Call

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This past Tuesday night I was on a conference call with Sidney Gaskins and Kevin Hofmann. The call was about how to approach the search as a parent and as an adoptee. Sidney is a mother of an adopted child and shared how she approaches the subject with her 10 year old son. Kevin is an adoptee who recently started searching for his birth family again. It was a great conversation. I would like to thank Sidney for putting this together and Kevin for sharing his thoughts and feelings.

Here are some of the topics we talked about:

  • Adoptive parent fears
  • Adoptee fears of addressing parents with the desire to search
  • Terminology used
  • Process of addressing biological parents as part of the adoptee
  • Non-threatening ways to address biological parentage with adoptees for adoptive parents

We hope this information will be useful for adoptees and parents who are wondering how to approach this sensitive subject. We would love to hear any feedback people have about this conversation.

Approaching the Search

You can also call in and listen to this interview over the phone:

Playback Dial-in Number: 1-218-936-7995 (Midwest)
Playback Access Code: 107559

Event Reminder: Speaking at Wellesley College

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This is a reminder that Wednesday at 5pm my mother and I will be talking about the adoption story and our passions at Wellesley College. We are planning to broadcast live over the web. I hope you all can join us!

You can RSVP for the event here (even if you are joining us online).

Here is the link where you can watch!

http://www.anasmiracle.com/the-story/live

Video From My Talk at Wentworth

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The talk I made at my school went very well. There was a good group of about 25 to 30 people there. We also had another 25 people come and go online.

I was really disappointed because I forgot to press the record button before starting the talk. I wanted to share this with everyone who wasn’t able to make it. However, Vinnie came to the rescue and recorded almost the entire talk, which you can watch below. The video quality isn’t great but I really can’t complain because I’m lucky to have anything.

Thank you to everyone who came and watched online. It was a great experience and I hope everyone enjoyed it as much as I did.

My mother and I may be streaming live from Wellesley College on the night of the 28th. When it’s confirmed I will post the event info.

If you can’t see the video above click here to watch it.

Finding My Family and Finding My Calling

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Next Wednesday October 14th at 12pm I will be speaking at my college, Wentworth Institute of Technology, about my adoption story. I am planning to talk about how finding my family as well as my experiences at Wentworth led me to become an entrepreneur who is passionate about social change. The talk is being put on by MSA and SHPE and will be open to all.

If you are unable to attend the event in person I will be broadcasting live over the internet at this address:

http://www.anasmiracle.com/the-story/live

I realize that this is during the middle of the day and many people may not be able to attend. If you can’t make the event I’ll be recording it and posting it later.

Here is a link to the event on facebook.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=168242060232&index=1

I’m really excited about this and it should be a great event.