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Learning How To Keep Your Open Adoption Open

20.2.2024

Adopting! The Podcast

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"Expect your plans to change. You don't know what your open adoption is going to look like for a lifetime. Don't worry about making plans for a year, or two years, or three. Just worry about the next three visits instead." - Linda Sexton, Open Adoption Pio...

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