tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096204059985406542.post8158809982553819745..comments2024-02-23T06:52:46.801+00:00Comments on Al Coates - Adoption:Fostering:Social Work: I'll never forget the day you were born.Al Coateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364194762953045888noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096204059985406542.post-35655213671615718822014-11-07T13:04:34.719+00:002014-11-07T13:04:34.719+00:00It all seems quite appropriate in light of him com...It all seems quite appropriate in light of him coming to you! <br />Thanks for the comment.Al Coateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364194762953045888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096204059985406542.post-83487848987124618912014-11-06T23:21:22.053+00:002014-11-06T23:21:22.053+00:00Thanks for posing the question. I've just chec...Thanks for posing the question. I've just checked my calendar and I was waiting at home for my replacement toilet to be delivered at the time my now son was born! On the day he left hospital to go to his foster carers I was insulating the wall of his bedroom loft conversion. I'm glad I was doing something connected to his life with me now, at some point in his first few days of life out of the womb.Roryhttps://twitter.com/Rorygylenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096204059985406542.post-37890414181940231532014-10-13T18:24:26.964+01:002014-10-13T18:24:26.964+01:00Thank youThank youAl Coateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364194762953045888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096204059985406542.post-20406913496689915192014-10-13T15:37:39.549+01:002014-10-13T15:37:39.549+01:00Great post. Although I only know about the world o...Great post. Although I only know about the world of adoptions through family friends I had never considered the where was I when the kids were born. Really enjoyed reading this and will be cak to read more :-)<br />Tom<br />www.ideas4dads.netAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13844330689255468093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096204059985406542.post-39833794636561478362014-10-08T18:21:42.073+01:002014-10-08T18:21:42.073+01:00Thank you for the post. Thank you for the post. Al Coateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364194762953045888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096204059985406542.post-65909190782490053802014-10-07T19:57:29.817+01:002014-10-07T19:57:29.817+01:00My best guess is I was either studying for or taki...My best guess is I was either studying for or taking an exam for my final year of university when my son entered the world. Really interesting post, we are so lucky to know what time he was born, but I have never thought about where I was!Mama Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08364956766704653165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096204059985406542.post-3043541890499804082014-10-06T16:10:57.154+01:002014-10-06T16:10:57.154+01:00Looking back, it is surreal to consider such signi...Looking back, it is surreal to consider such significant events were unloading in the mixture of your normal.<br />Thank you for your comment.Al Coateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364194762953045888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096204059985406542.post-23151609985253245522014-10-05T20:47:50.947+01:002014-10-05T20:47:50.947+01:00Thanks to Google calendar I know I was doing gradu...Thanks to Google calendar I know I was doing graduation things on day. Blipfoto has a photo of my gown hung in my office as ceremony was late afternoon so had stuff with students before it. Hot day as I was complaining about heat in my outfit.rhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00433093291773020983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096204059985406542.post-31120948048902662742014-10-05T20:22:30.611+01:002014-10-05T20:22:30.611+01:00I await your results.
Thank you for having a #waso...I await your results.<br />Thank you for having a #waso to post upon.Al Coateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364194762953045888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096204059985406542.post-54608986389061799912014-10-05T20:21:27.247+01:002014-10-05T20:21:27.247+01:00It sounds like a difficult time on a challenging j...It sounds like a difficult time on a challenging journey! Thank you for being so honest.Al Coateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364194762953045888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096204059985406542.post-1492032146083573242014-10-05T14:27:50.776+01:002014-10-05T14:27:50.776+01:00You've got me thinking as weirdly I've not...You've got me thinking as weirdly I've not actually contemplated this before. Is that odd? Maybe I've not wanted to contemplate too much about not having been there as I might find it upsetting. Oh well I will think it out and come back to you. Thanks for linking up with #WASOAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12561624089930362726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096204059985406542.post-27217982067909443792014-10-05T09:42:11.834+01:002014-10-05T09:42:11.834+01:00I would have been at work in my job as a Connexion...I would have been at work in my job as a Connexions Personal Adviser either teaching sex ed or helping a young person with emergency housing etc when Katie was born. it was a full on job. We would have just had another miscarriage but already planning to adopt because we were literally just ticking the last medical boxes re starting a family naturally (we'd been trying for 14 years at that point). There was sadness at our loss but a glimmer of hope at our decision to start the adoption process. When Pip was born we were well into our second adoption process and knew he was imminent and probably coming to us. Having Pip at 7 months old has made me realise just how much of Katie's early life we missed. I'd suppressed that up until that point. I had to do a lot of grieving then. LifewithKatiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04128468078776052456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096204059985406542.post-72973380152303928632014-10-03T21:17:19.102+01:002014-10-03T21:17:19.102+01:00Thank you for your kind words. I've clearly go...Thank you for your kind words. I've clearly got too much time on my hands.Al Coateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364194762953045888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096204059985406542.post-85260226068243977482014-10-03T17:57:23.870+01:002014-10-03T17:57:23.870+01:00At last.At last.Al Coateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364194762953045888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096204059985406542.post-82360868865924736262014-10-03T17:57:15.277+01:002014-10-03T17:57:15.277+01:00I wonder this often! I've figured that when my...I wonder this often! I've figured that when my son was born I was off sitting on one of my freshmen college courses! When my daughter was born I was likely on Christmas holiday and visiting my mother. Such a great post and definitely something I often consider. I also wonder where I was for big milestones. Where was I when my son broke his leg, or my daughter took her first steps? It is a strange feeling to know they had such a life before us.Erinhttp://nobohnsaboutit.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096204059985406542.post-4282680397105138542014-10-03T17:56:50.535+01:002014-10-03T17:56:50.535+01:00You've painted a picture of a life in total ob...You've painted a picture of a life in total oblivion to the future events. <br />Thank you.Al Coateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364194762953045888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096204059985406542.post-39376791519693513572014-10-03T16:02:37.549+01:002014-10-03T16:02:37.549+01:00Hmmm - it was a Monday, so I was probably at work ...Hmmm - it was a Monday, so I was probably at work at my boring, temporary desk job (never again!!) trying to work out how to fill another long day with too little work. Three days later my social worker came to assess me with my friends' children as part of my fostering assessment. 18 weeks after that, I was sweeping rubble off the stairs of my new home (the landing ceiling had been taken down!) when I got the phone call to go and pick up my first foster child. Even then, I didn't know I was going to get my future son!Rebecca Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03323122949121536943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096204059985406542.post-13992187807772245922014-10-03T08:45:10.725+01:002014-10-03T08:45:10.725+01:00:-) :-) :-):-) :-) :-)Colourful carwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738570407192585172noreply@blogger.com