Comments on: Image Therapy

By: Lisa Beckwith

Lisa Beckwith — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:42:47 +0000

What a gift that will be for him when he grows up! It will be invaluable for him to be able to look back and recall all of the faces who have made such an impression on his life thus far.

In foster care we make what are called “Lifebooks” for all of the kids we work with. We help them find pictures, label them, write down memories such as homes they lived in, who they lived with, names of friends, all of the little things you might never think of. It could be a fun craft project for the older kids to work on once in a while. I have it on my hard drive if you’re interested.

By: Maureen

Maureen — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:22:17 +0000

Wow. that is just beautiful (and sad for you at the same time) but beautiful!!!

By: Carin

Carin — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:39:54 +0000

Thanks for sharing your heart Angie.

Carin

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:31:52 +0000

Congrats on another adoption, yeah!! Passing over the CDs of a child’s life with us (and sometimes even before) is one of my greatest joys in the adoptions. My family had exactly two pictures of my sister pre-adoption and how we treasure those!

I haven’t printed out the pics since our first or second adoption though because there are anywhere from 200-700 pics/videos per child, yikes! That makes for many late nights searching for pics…have heard of software that could help with that but haven’t taken the plunge yet.

By: Heather H.

Heather H. — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:40:51 +0000

Angie this is so perfect. I had thought of this exact thing after reading mind bytes. I was going to ask you if you made photo albums for the parents when children got adopted. As a picture person myself that would mean the would to me & I also would not want my child to forget where they came from. So glad it was a healing process for you too. God is good & knows just what to do to staighten us out.
Have you tried looking though other peoples facebook albums etc to find pics? I know that is where I got a few pic of JD that I have. Anyway, that is a thought if you are trying to find more photos. Libby also had a great idea of making personal files for each child.
Love & prayers to you always!

By: Livvy Lu

Livvy Lu — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:03:22 +0000

WOW Ang! God is so good to help us when we ask Him to help us find a better attitude! What a precious gift you gave and I’m sure very appreciated by the parents and especially J.D. as he grows older!

I wonder if keeping all those pics within a seperate folder and using tags with the children’s names would help you in future endevors. Surely there’s gotta be a nifty way to organize as you go! I’ll keep pondering that and see if I can think of anything to help out!

Big, big hugs!

By: Junglewife

Junglewife — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:39:27 +0000

What an amazing gift you are giving them.

thank you for sharing with us, even the hard stuff. I know that I would probably be going through some of the same emotions and feelings, but to admit it on your blog? Thanks for your honesty!!!