04/08/2014Published by Odette Elliott at 04/08/2014Categories Adopting an older child Family HistoryWaiting – Jah’s Life Story BookFor well over one year we were considered as Jah’s Foster parents, with a view to becoming his adoptive parents. The delay was partly due to […]
09/06/2014Published by Odette Elliott at 09/06/2014Categories Adopting an older child Family HistoryJah’s hair is cut at last. Robert, the children’s cousin comes to stay. After several months we realised that it would be a very long time indeed before an adoption order would be granted. We asked our social worker […]
12/05/2014Published by Odette Elliott at 12/05/2014Categories Adopting an older child Adoption procedures 1970- - our experience Family HistoryJah’s name continued. Little progress on the adoption front. Then an interesting proposition.To update readers on Jah’s choice of name, following the criticism we received for continuing to use this special name. He was keen to add a […]
28/04/2014Published by Odette Elliott at 28/04/2014Categories Adopting an older child Family HistoryJah. What is in a name? Some contentious issues.When I went into the city centre in Leicester with Jah, I received many negative comments and they were always from black people. “You shouldn’t call […]
14/04/2014Published by Odette Elliott at 14/04/2014Categories Adopting an older child Adoption procedures 1970- - our experience Family HistoryBack to reality and our Leicester homeI counted recently and I reckon that In my long lifetime I have moved home eleven times, but always with family members, except when I was […]
31/03/2014Published by Odette Elliott at 31/03/2014Categories Adopting an older child Adoption procedures 1970- - our experience Family History UncategorizedIntroducing Jah to our wider family ‘Down South’. The long summer holiday.The long summer holiday is a time when children can be free from formal school learning. If they are fortunate, they can learn about the world […]
24/03/2014Published by Odette Elliott at 24/03/2014Categories Adopting an older child Adoption procedures 1970- - our experience Family HistorySam asks Jah “What does it mean to be 4?”Jah’s fourth birthday was due three weeks after he came to live with us. He had a lot of fun with his brother. He enjoyed the […]
10/03/2014Published by Odette Elliott at 10/03/2014Categories Adopting an older child Adoption procedures 1970- - our experience Family HistoryJah settles in. “He ain’t heavy. He’s my brother”.So now, after about eight months of waiting, Jah had come to live in our family. He was considered as a foster child, with a view […]
24/02/2014Published by Odette Elliott at 24/02/2014Categories Adopting an older child Adoption procedures 1970- - our experience Family HistoryA new beginning. Jah joins us in our Leicester homeOur first day out alone with Jah had gone fairly well, but reality was drawing near. He was very soon going to be our responsibility. We […]