A few weeks ago I special ordered two books on Adoption Lifebooks. I originally thought they were just fancy words for baby books, but instead I found they are much more. Lifebooks serve as a way to document for our children what happened in their lives before joining our family. Apparently they started in the foster care system as a way to document important events for children moving from one state home to another. Today they have morphed into complex and challenge tools to share some painful and poignant information with our children. These books help address abandonment as well as provide a connection to geography and social roots. I am learning more and more that clues to her past not matter how small will be appreciated by my little girl.Adoption Lifebook: A Bridge to Your Child's Beginnings by Cindy Probst, MEd, MSW, LCSW
Lifebooks: Creating a Treasure for the Adopted Child by Beth O'Malley, MEd
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