Lavender Luz https://lavenderluz.com open adoption expert, educator, writer, podcaster, speaker Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:14:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://lavenderluz.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Yingyang-heart_darkpurple-125x125.png Lavender Luz https://lavenderluz.com 32 32 21910978 6 Ways Adoption Misconceptions Break an Adoptee’s Heart & Spirit https://lavenderluz.com/how-society-hurts-adoptees/ https://lavenderluz.com/how-society-hurts-adoptees/#respond Mon, 13 Apr 2026 20:28:12 +0000 https://lavenderluz.com/?p=48614 An article in a TX magazine inadvertently reveals 6 ways that show how society hurts adoptees—without meaning to, of course. Let's do better.

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]]> https://lavenderluz.com/california-adoptee-rights/feed/ 0 48468 National Adoption Month May Not Mean What You Think It Means https://lavenderluz.com/national-adoption-month/ https://lavenderluz.com/national-adoption-month/#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2025 15:04:00 +0000 https://lavenderluzcom.bigscoots-staging.com/?p=33736 If you think National Adoption Awareness Month exists solely to celebrate adoption, you are not fully informed (and if you love an adoptee, you need to be).

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]]> https://lavenderluz.com/national-adoption-month/feed/ 8 33736 Families for Children…or Vice Versa? https://lavenderluz.com/adoption-tax-credit-part-3/ https://lavenderluz.com/adoption-tax-credit-part-3/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2025 15:09:00 +0000 https://lavenderluz.com/?p=48145 Families for children: Should the sacred cow that is the Adoption Tax Credit keep mooing—or be put out to pasture? Part 3 of 3.

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]]> https://lavenderluz.com/adoption-tax-credit-part-3/feed/ 2 48145 The Adoption Tax Credit & the Adoption Industry https://lavenderluz.com/adoption-tax-credit-part-2/ https://lavenderluz.com/adoption-tax-credit-part-2/#respond Tue, 19 Aug 2025 14:08:00 +0000 https://lavenderluz.com/?p=48016 What are the actual effects of the Adoption Tax Credit on the affordability of infant adoption and on the adoption industry? Part 2 of 3.

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]]> https://lavenderluz.com/adoption-tax-credit-part-2/feed/ 0 48016 The Adoption Tax Credit: Does Impact=Intent? https://lavenderluz.com/adoption-tax-credit-part-1/ https://lavenderluz.com/adoption-tax-credit-part-1/#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2025 13:07:00 +0000 https://lavenderluz.com/?p=47924 The Adoption Tax Credit is a sacred cow beloved by many. Does its impact match its intentions? Part 1 of a three-part series.

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]]> https://lavenderluz.com/adoption-tax-credit-part-1/feed/ 2 47924 Navigating Open Adoption: How to Balance Contact and Boundaries https://lavenderluz.com/should-i-close-our-open-adoption/ https://lavenderluz.com/should-i-close-our-open-adoption/#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2025 15:48:45 +0000 https://lavenderluz.com/?p=47662 You were committed to creating a beautiful open adoption. But then...reality. When things get hard you ask: should I close our open adoption?

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]]> https://lavenderluz.com/should-i-close-our-open-adoption/feed/ 4 47662 Interview with Lynne Hugo, author of Mothers of Fate https://lavenderluz.com/lynne-hugo-mothers-of-fate/ https://lavenderluz.com/lynne-hugo-mothers-of-fate/#respond Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:20:53 +0000 https://lavenderluz.com/?p=47395 An interview with novelist Lynne Hugo, author of the new book "Mothers of Fate," which looks at adoption from many angles.

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]]> https://lavenderluz.com/lynne-hugo-mothers-of-fate/feed/ 0 47395 Songs to Access Big Emotions & Facilitate Healing (part 7) https://lavenderluz.com/playlist-for-big-emotions-part-7/ https://lavenderluz.com/playlist-for-big-emotions-part-7/#respond Tue, 28 Jan 2025 15:36:52 +0000 https://lavenderluz.com/?p=45963 From lullabies to laments, music can heal. Here is part 7 of 7 of Lori's healing playlist for infertility and adoption.

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