Life with Adoption as told by those who lived it.. the Mothers of adoption loss speak out. Spanning over a 40 year period, we see that the more adoption has appeared to change the more it has stayed the same – still separating babies from capable, loving mothers.. and causing much destruction in it’s wake. An Origins-USA.org production.
Duration : 0:7:55
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Our 19 day trip to China to adopt Abigail distilled into 3 1/2 minutes.
Duration : 0:3:35
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Over the time we have been making our videos we have recieved many questions about how and why we adopted. To date, we have not directly answered these. This was because we really wanted to tell the story as a whole..not in pieces, and because we want to do the topic justice. This will still have to be a multi part story…but at least it will have the benefit of context.
If you havent watched parts 1, 2 & 3 please watch first.
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geMSIt…
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiCCcT…
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9CYMqQ6L1A&feature=response_watch
Part 4 Deals with your questions that you had for us, the Leffew family:
Question #1 By Jeffr41858: Were Selena & Daniel The Only Prospective Children That You Met?
Question #2 By Sommersonset: Does A Social Worker At Times Still Come To Visit?
Question #3 By Sdwyer1: My Partner & I are Considering Adopting, How Was The Decision To Have A Multi-Cultural Family?
Question #4 By MRDAHOFF: Do Selena & Daniel Have Contact With Their Biological Mother?
Question #5 By KIRILLEWXXI: Do Your Kids Have Contact With Their Other Siblings?
Question #6 By BearPaul: Have You Considered Adopting Another Child?
I hope we answered all of your questions in these Adoption videos. If not, please ask and we will try and answer in the comment section of this video.
Please join our Gay Adoption Group & Please feel free to add other gay adoption stories. The more we learn from each other, the stronger all of our families will be.
http://www.youtube.com/group/gayadoption
One of the hardest parts of adoption is finding an agency that has worked with gay couples before. We have tried to help in that search on our website by adding a list of gay friendly adoption agencies.
http://www.gay-family-values.com/gaya…
Read Bryans Blog on what we left out of the video:
http://gayfamilyvalues.blogspot.com/2…
Duration : 0:19:58
Families who have adopted from Korea through the services of Children’s Home Society & Family Services (CHSFS) in St. Paul, Minnesota share their experience and about their children.
Duration : 0:5:53
Over the time we have been making our videos we have recieved many questions about how and why we adopted. To date, we have not directly answered these. This was because we really wanted to tell the story as a whole..not in pieces, and because we want to do the topic justice. This will still have to be a multi part story…but at least it will have the benefit of context.
Our Friends Adoption Box Story:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt0bGEDp71g
If you havent watched part 1 & 2 please watch first.
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geMSItCT1Bk
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiCCcT9g-oA&feature=response_watch
Part three talks about finding our kids Daniel & Selena. We had to act really fast to get our kids in our home before they where shipped of to another foster home.
One of the hardest parts of adoption is finding an agency that has worked with gay couples before. We have tried to help in that search on our website by adding a list of gay friendly adoption agencies.
http://www.gay-family-values.com/gaya…
Read Bryans Blog on what we left out of the video:
http://gayfamilyvalues.blogspot.com/2…
Duration : 0:19:11
In upgrading to my newest version of Pinnacle STudio (from 10 to 11 Ultimate) I found I could no longer access any of the movies I had created with ver 10. Something that I think Pinnacle STudio needs to address. However, I had to re-create our adoption video, which was extremeley difficult (I have been working on doing so since early this summer). It was difficult not because the program is hard to learn (it is quite easy to use and fairly intuitive) but because there has been so little time to mess with my computer.
Anyway, I wanted to redo the video, and I have used some of Studio 11 Ultimate’s new features. I’m really pleased with the results, and I have learned a lot more about video editing and using the program by taking some extra time to redo the video.
I use the same music, but have added different transitions, extra pictures and extra video clips. I don’t know how it will compare to the other two – but I’m now going to have to recreate a lot of other videos at home (which – not to worry – I’m not going to reload them!) but it will cut down on the time I have for creating new stuff. I’ll try to squeeze the new in here and there. But this video turned out so good (at least in my opinion) that I had to put it up on my channel.
Yeah, you could say I impressed myself. LOL! Not hard to do, though.
Music: Tu Jia (Hunan Lullaby) by
Beijing Angelic Choir
Amarantine by Enya
Watermark by Enya
Duration : 0:9:43
Join us on our journey back to Russia to bring home Sveta and Anna.
Don’t forget to check out our first trip video too!
http://smilesandtrials.blogspot.com/
Duration : 0:5:58
This video depicts the start of our family, My partner and I of 16 years adopted 2 children, 2 years old and 4 years old. The video tells our adoption story.
Duration : 0:4:12
If you havent seen Part one yet please watch first.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geMSItCT1Bk
Over the time we have been making our videos we have recieved many questions about how and why we adopted. To date, we have not directly answered these. This was because we really wanted to tell the story as a whole..not in pieces, and because we want to do the topic justice. This will still have to be a multi part story…but at least it will have the benefit of context.
Part two of our adoption series talks about the steps you must take to get qualified to adopt children in California. Everything from Background checks, Personal profiles, Financial Checks, Health Records, Home Studies. Pretty much all the hoops you must jump thru to get qualified to adopt children in the state Of California.
Part 3: Meeting Our Kids:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9CYMq…
Part 4: Your Questions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMcL_U…
One of the hardest parts of adoption is finding an agency that has worked with gay couples before. We have tried to help in that search on our website by adding a list of gay friendly adoption agencies.
http://www.gay-family-values.com/gaya…
Read Bryans Blog on what we left out of the video:
http://gayfamilyvalues.blogspot.com/2009/12/0-to-parenthood-in-60-seconds.html
Part Three will be about finding our kids…
Duration : 0:16:18
Peter adopts 30 puppies without consequences.