Megan's Birthday Tree - A Story About Open Adoption

This is one children's book that about makes me cry every time I read it. The illustrations are beautiful and capture the child's many emotions. The story itself is just as beautiful. Megan's Birthday Tree is about a child who is clearly bonded to her adoptive family and goes to them for reassurance and support, yet is grounded by a child's simple understanding of her history. This book demonstrates what an open adoption could do for a child's sense of identity.

I decided to promote this book today as "open adoption" is a term we are becoming more and more familiar with as we have started to navigate the waters of opening a closed foster care adoption. I'm working on some material so that I can share our journey with you.

If you have opened a closed adoption, especially a foster care adoption, click "comments" below and share your experiences or about your process.