Karyn Purvis

There have been a ton of blog posts by fellow conference attendees so if you want to hear some insights from others, here’s some you can visit. Kristen’s is my favorite (Rage Against the Minivan).

Rage Against the Minivan – ” Would we be subjected to watching countless slideshows of shiny happy adoptive families set to (gasp) Contemporary Christian music?”

Owlhaven.net has several

We Are That Family – Miracles Happen when you Speak Up

Abort73.com – Though abortion and adoption are inextricably linked, it’s not a connection that everyone in the orphan care movement sees yet. Mike shares some great things he learned in one session on foster care. Loved this quote “Visiting widows and orphans does not always mean taking them away.”

Kennedy 6

Erica’s thoughts part 1 and part 2

During the Karyn Purvis pre-conference at Together for Adoption she talked a bit about kids from hard places and how they see themselves. She showed us several drawings done by these kids and explained what they meant. There is a real science to this – extremely fascinating.

Some of the pictures showed the adopted child off to the side of the rest of the family – they didn’t feel like they were part of a family. Others demonstrated how they felt trapped or angry or hurt.

Of course all us adoptive moms had a sudden urge to go home and ask all our children to draw a family picture.

Before I could even ask, I got this.

This is me, as drawn by Beza at school.

In real life I have short brown hair. It definitely would not go in pigtails. Does this indicated I’m not the white mommy she really wanted?

She drew me with a crown. Does that mean she sees me as a princess? Or the wicked queen?

I have cape. Am I Superwoman?

Then I asked her about the bikini top. Because I don’t wear a bikini.

“It’s not a bikini mom. It’s those things….”

“Coconuts!”

Um yeah, because I walk around in a coconut bikini top A LOT.

Together for Adoption conference insights from others

Interpretative Art