Journeymama is incomplete without including the experiences of those who have chosen to adopt children. Because I do not yet have first-hand experience with adoption, I ask readers who would be willing to contribute their experiences and relflections on adoption to Journeymama to email share@journeymama.net.

My hope is to collect the following resources:

• Adoption stories from parents, including infants, older children, international and domestic adoptions, adoptions by single parents and gay/lesbian parents
  
  
• Adoption stories from people who were, themselves, adopted
  
  
• Other websites, books, magazines and general information to help parents navigate the adoption process, including the legal and bureaucratic aspects