Sentences with phrase «adoptive kid with special needs»

I've cheerfully burned a few professional bridges by standing up at the mic and saying, «Hey, you're an asshole and here's why...» I have fond memories of an evening during which a woman stood up ahead of me and told a story in which the humor depended on the collective assumption that she should be horrified that her internet date turned out to have an adoptive kid with special needs.

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Filed Under: Adoptive Families, Family, Jillian Lauren Tagged With: Jillian Lauren, kids, parents, Special Needs

* enabled needy birthparents to attend GED classes; * helped soften the blow of financial loss in the wake of disrupted adoption plans; * assisted with burial costs in cases of fetal demise; * offered assistance to Abrazo families affected by hurricanes and natural disasters; * sponsored Mother's Day mailings and our biannual Homecoming event in honor of our loving birthmoms; * subsidized unanticipated medical and equipment costs for families with special needs kids; * powered Santa's sleigh for the forwarding of donated Christmas stockings to indigent families; * sent parents of special needs kids out on much - needed dinner dates; * provided filled goody - bags for birthfamilies and adoptive families attending agency reunions; * sponsored an in - office wedding for a birthmom and a birthdad who was about to deploy; * offset unexpected legal expenses in contested cases; * subsidized Camp Abrazo costs for disadvantaged attendees; * enabled adoptions of hard - to - place children;

He is also the co-author with Regina Kupecky, MAT, LSW of Parenting the Hurt Child: Helping Adoptive Families Heal and Grow (2009), Parenting Adoptive Adolescents (2009) and Adopting the Hurt Child: Hope for Families with Special Needs Kids (2009).