- Adoption Blogs >
- Guatemala Adoption Blog >
- An Adoptee's Perspective
04/30/07
Tristan Talks About His Families and Adoption
Categories: An Adoptee's Perspective
I came across this essay written by a very special young man who lives with his family in Canada. I emailed his mother to get permission to post it, as I thought that my readers would be as impressed as me by the intelligence, insight and courage Tristan reveals in this remarkable essay.
Photo: The girls in Tristan's life: grandmother, mothers, sisters, aunt and cousin, July 2004
HAVING TWO FAMILIES Tristan Andrés Guibault 2005 Hi ... my name is Tristan and I am 11 years old. I was adopted from Medellin,... more
SPONSOR
Login To AdoptionBlogs.com
Search
Sponsors
Related Discussions
Related Sites
Categories
- All
- *Guatemalan Adoption News (50)
- Adoption Politics (21)
- Anti-Adoption Rhetoric (7)
- Hague Treaty (7)
- Adoption Process (15)
- Adoption Agencies (5)
- Adoption Supervisors (1)
- Changes in the process (7)
- Endurance during the process (16)
- Fostering your child (1)
- Guatemalan Foster Families (2)
- Must Know - Adoption Vocabulary (11)
- Pick up Trip (2)
- Prepare for the Process (8)
- Adoption Funding (10)
- Fundraising (5)
- Grants (8)
- Loans (3)
- Adoption Funding (10)
- Visiting During the Process (1)
- Adoptive Parent's Perspective (6)
- An Adoptee's Perspective (1)
- Birth Mothers (3)
- Grief and Loss (1)
- Guatemala (11)
- Adoption Statistics (1)
- Books (3)
- Fast Facts (3)
- Films about Guatemala (2)
- Giving Back (2)
- History (1)
- Organizations Helping Guatemala (7)
- Politics (3)
- Women in Guatemala (4)
- Guatemala Adoption Stories (48)
- Health Issues (7)
- Heritage Trips (1)
- Holidays, Festivals, Events (4)
- In the News (28)
- Parenting (17)
- Family (2)
- Family Fun (0)
- Family Trips (2)
- Friends (4)
- Race and Prejudice (2)
- Siblings (3)
- Sleeping Problems (3)
- Post Adoption (35)
Our Blogs
- Editor's Blog
- Adoptee
- Adopting a Sibling
- Adoption News
- Adoption Search
- Adoptive Parenting
- Africa Adoption
- Birth-First Parent
- China Adoption
- Christian Adoption
- Crisis Pregnancy
- Ethiopia Adoption
- Foster Adoption
- Foster Care
- Guatemala Adoption
- Haiti Adoption
- Hoping to Adopt
- International Adoption
- Jewish Adoption
- Kazakhstan Adoption
- Korea Adoption
- LDS Adoption
- Older Child Adoption
- Older Parent Adoption
- Open Adoption
- Parenting Children with Special Needs
- Reactive Attachment Disorder
- Russia Adoption
- Stepparent Adoption
- Transracial/Transcultural Adoption
- Ukraine Adoption
- Viet Nam Adoption
Misc
Who's Online?
- epibet80
- Guest Users: 245
Adoption Media, LLC 1995-2007. This site should not substitute personal professional, legal or medical advice. The accuracy and personal applicability of this information is not guaranteed. By using it you agree to the terms of service, including jurisdiction and limitation of liability provisions.