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Name and Identity
davevincent.com Written in 2020 I have a snapshot in my mind of Dave and I driving through the intersection at Lougheed and Gaglardi Way in Burnaby testing out names for Yasik. His birth name was Gurin, Yaroslav Nikolayevich –the surname, his given name and the patronymic. Out Of Line: growing up soviet[i] says this about…
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The Adoption Process Officially Begins: choosing a child
Written in 2018 I have kept a diary since my 20s. When I finally obtained a satisfactory level of cool, I started calling it a journal. Now when I am wanting to understand more about becoming and being a family via adoption, turning to my journals is like cautiously pulling the thread novelist Isabel Allende…
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An Update
June 6’20, a Saturday morning. Translation: in no rush to get out of bed, time to run a finger over my tablet, indulging in online newspapers. It wouldn’t have entered my head to check for any activity on my website. But Gmail, yes. I check it daily. A tap on my Gmail alerted me to…
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Preface
A hair stylist tipped my head back and told me ever since she was six, she wanted to style hair. Apparently it would surprise us to know how many people become aware of their life focus/purpose quite early in life. My desire to become an adoptive parent, as I have written earlier, began with a…
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From Dream to Reality
Posts Written pre-2018, the beginning of my original blog, Adoption As Family Listening to the radio on my daily commute, a rather over the top lead-in question caught my attention. What is being done for someone who has had ‘his soul ripped out’? My thoughts picked up the question and moved it to my context…