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Back To School Resources Round Up
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Blocked Care: How to Help Discouraged Adoptive Parents Regain Compassion
This content by Melissa Corkum and Lisa Qualls was originally published by the National Council for Adoption in Adoption Advocate No. 145. Tricia loved being a mom. When she and
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