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Help[Games] Re: Bopperlynn's Adoption Agency
in reply to a message by bopperlynn
(I'm playing with characters from a story of mine. Don't let the names fool you, Shea's a boy and Finley is a girl. You'd have to know the characters...)
LN: Avery
Your name: Shealyn Moana "Shea"
Age: 31
Occupation: Fashion Designer
Interests: fashion, travel, music, politics
Disabilities: Occasional mild depression (like every other human being except it's diagnosed.)
Your SO's name: Ryan Fionán "Finley"
Age: 28
Occupation: Stay-at-home mom
Interests: animals, classic reading, The Beatles, and flowers.
Disabilities: Not a disability, but she has recently undergone gender reassignment and is on hormones.
Child(ren) living with you (names, ages, interests, disabilities): Son, Briar Xol (19mo). Cartoons and books with sounds or textured pages. No disabilities.
Others living with you (names, relations): Finley's older twin sister Siân(28) and her family live on the same property, but not the same house. The property is rather large so they have plenty of space between them.
Pet(s) (names, species): Georgiana (fennec fox) and Magnolia (teacup yorkshire terrier) and a decently large saltwater aquarium.
Location: Kyle, Scotland
Do you travel often? If so, where to and how often: Shea travels often for business and they sometimes travel back to Shea's native home of Tahiti.
What is/are the household’s religion(s): None. But Finley likes to keep a sense of balance for personal security reasons.
What language(s) do household members speak: English primarily. Shea speaks fluent French and Tahitian. Finley speaks some French, some Romani ("gypsy"), and some Gaelic. Finley is also fluent in sign language (She's had a deaf best friend for years now).
The Adoptee(s):
How many children do you want to adopt: 2
Ages (newborn-16): Under twelve.
Gender(s): All.
Preferred origin(s): Anywhere that speaks English or French.
Preferred language(s): above.
Will you accept (please be specific!):
-Disabilities (kinds and severities): minor disabilities. Have previous experience dealing with depression, vision problems, and deafness. Also equipped to deal with any level of gender dysphoria.
-Multiples (twins or triplets): yes.
-Siblings and/or close relatives: yes.
-Pregnant teen?: no.
-Teen mom, dad, or both: no.
--Teen mom, dad, or both WITH child: no.
-Gay/lesbian teens? If so, which or both: yes. either.
-Children with a terminal illness: no.
-Children with pets? If so, what kind(s): Yes. Any. Finley is an animal enthusiast.
Will you allow them to stay in contact with non-abusive parents/relatives/etc.: If the child(ren) wish(es) to.
Other:
Statistically, more than 40% of homeless youth are gay/lesbian/transsexual children who have been rejected by their families. Many of them, if young enough, are put back into the system and many never get adopted because families do not accept or want to take on the extra "baggage" of having a LBGT child. Since Finley is transsexual, we are very open to helping out and loving children who come from this background.
LN: Avery
Your name: Shealyn Moana "Shea"
Age: 31
Occupation: Fashion Designer
Interests: fashion, travel, music, politics
Disabilities: Occasional mild depression (like every other human being except it's diagnosed.)
Your SO's name: Ryan Fionán "Finley"
Age: 28
Occupation: Stay-at-home mom
Interests: animals, classic reading, The Beatles, and flowers.
Disabilities: Not a disability, but she has recently undergone gender reassignment and is on hormones.
Child(ren) living with you (names, ages, interests, disabilities): Son, Briar Xol (19mo). Cartoons and books with sounds or textured pages. No disabilities.
Others living with you (names, relations): Finley's older twin sister Siân(28) and her family live on the same property, but not the same house. The property is rather large so they have plenty of space between them.
Pet(s) (names, species): Georgiana (fennec fox) and Magnolia (teacup yorkshire terrier) and a decently large saltwater aquarium.
Location: Kyle, Scotland
Do you travel often? If so, where to and how often: Shea travels often for business and they sometimes travel back to Shea's native home of Tahiti.
What is/are the household’s religion(s): None. But Finley likes to keep a sense of balance for personal security reasons.
What language(s) do household members speak: English primarily. Shea speaks fluent French and Tahitian. Finley speaks some French, some Romani ("gypsy"), and some Gaelic. Finley is also fluent in sign language (She's had a deaf best friend for years now).
The Adoptee(s):
How many children do you want to adopt: 2
Ages (newborn-16): Under twelve.
Gender(s): All.
Preferred origin(s): Anywhere that speaks English or French.
Preferred language(s): above.
Will you accept (please be specific!):
-Disabilities (kinds and severities): minor disabilities. Have previous experience dealing with depression, vision problems, and deafness. Also equipped to deal with any level of gender dysphoria.
-Multiples (twins or triplets): yes.
-Siblings and/or close relatives: yes.
-Pregnant teen?: no.
-Teen mom, dad, or both: no.
--Teen mom, dad, or both WITH child: no.
-Gay/lesbian teens? If so, which or both: yes. either.
-Children with a terminal illness: no.
-Children with pets? If so, what kind(s): Yes. Any. Finley is an animal enthusiast.
Will you allow them to stay in contact with non-abusive parents/relatives/etc.: If the child(ren) wish(es) to.
Other:
Statistically, more than 40% of homeless youth are gay/lesbian/transsexual children who have been rejected by their families. Many of them, if young enough, are put back into the system and many never get adopted because families do not accept or want to take on the extra "baggage" of having a LBGT child. Since Finley is transsexual, we are very open to helping out and loving children who come from this background.
This message was edited 6/17/2010, 4:29 PM
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It's all great. I love to read the forms and see some people's creativity! Reading yours was actually refreshing. This was probably my favorite response to write. (: Sorry for the length.
Please welcome siblings Allegra Juliet and Indigo Willoughby into your family! They are, respectively, 11 and 8 years old. They are very close and the agency has been extensively searching for a family that would adopt both, as to not separate them. Their single mother died six years ago and they have been living with a great aunt. The aunt's health has been quickly deteriorating and she is now is a nursing home, leaving the children with no other living relatives. Their aunt raised them in a gender neutral environment and always encouraged them to follow their heart, wherever it may lead them.
Allegra is going through puberty and has already been noticing girls in the way that most girls notice boys, yet no one has hastened to term her feelings by society's standards. She enjoys a wide variety of hobbies. Some include running track, shopping and hanging out with friends, reading and writing, putting together puzzles and solving word games, dancing, and playing outside. She is very self confident and is really open-minded. She has been scared and confused lately, with her great aunt being admitted to a nursing home and going through foster care, and she could really use someone to talk to, and that person needn't be a professional, just someone who cares. Her little brother is her best friend and they are often together.
Indigo tends to be a bit more reserved and on-guard than his sister. He has few friends and seldom opens up. He looks up to Allegra and tells her everything, and always looks to her first for advice. He is very interested in science and music. He likes to sit outside and night and look at the stars, and he has a vast knowledge of the constellations.
Please welcome siblings Allegra Juliet and Indigo Willoughby into your family! They are, respectively, 11 and 8 years old. They are very close and the agency has been extensively searching for a family that would adopt both, as to not separate them. Their single mother died six years ago and they have been living with a great aunt. The aunt's health has been quickly deteriorating and she is now is a nursing home, leaving the children with no other living relatives. Their aunt raised them in a gender neutral environment and always encouraged them to follow their heart, wherever it may lead them.
Allegra is going through puberty and has already been noticing girls in the way that most girls notice boys, yet no one has hastened to term her feelings by society's standards. She enjoys a wide variety of hobbies. Some include running track, shopping and hanging out with friends, reading and writing, putting together puzzles and solving word games, dancing, and playing outside. She is very self confident and is really open-minded. She has been scared and confused lately, with her great aunt being admitted to a nursing home and going through foster care, and she could really use someone to talk to, and that person needn't be a professional, just someone who cares. Her little brother is her best friend and they are often together.
Indigo tends to be a bit more reserved and on-guard than his sister. He has few friends and seldom opens up. He looks up to Allegra and tells her everything, and always looks to her first for advice. He is very interested in science and music. He likes to sit outside and night and look at the stars, and he has a vast knowledge of the constellations.
This message was edited 6/18/2010, 1:57 AM
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I have put the same request in every adoption game I have ever played. You are the first one to ever indulge me in it. Thank you sincerely. It means more than a simple game.
Hello,
This is Shea reporting in on the status of Allegra and Indigo's settling in. They’ve been here three months now and have really been the light that was missing in the house. I’ve tried to limit my travels so I can be there more for my new family. Hopefully, in time, I can take them with me places, but I feel they should become adjusted to our home before I whisk them off to other parts of the world.
Almost immediately, I noticed more smiles on Finn’s face so I could tell we were headed in the right direction. Finn doesn’t smile so easily without a good reason. She LOVES having another girl in the house. At first, she said she didn’t know how to relate to a girl going through puberty because she’d never been there herself, but a few days later she said it seemed she and Allegra were just going through the same things at different stages of life. She said she didn’t know if that made her just as naive as Allegra about the situations, but I told her it probably made her easier to talk to. I figure she can relate better having been there recently as opposed to a parent who hasn’t been there in decades. I hope I’m right, but really, I have no idea. That in itself is kind of terrifying, but I think we‘re all handling it okay so far.
Finn took her shopping for some clothes for the summer and to just to give them time together. I figure that once I find out a bit more about what clothing she prefers, I’ll make her a few pieces in my next line. Until then, I just ordered her a few track jerseys in colours she seems to buy a lot of. I go running every morning and I started to offer to let her go running with me only a few days after she’d arrived, but she didn’t take me up on the offer until just this past Tuesday. That’s when I knew it was time to write to you and tell you how well she had settled. It seemed like a milestone.
I have put the same request in every adoption game I have ever played. You are the first one to ever indulge me in it. Thank you sincerely. It means more than a simple game.
Hello,
This is Shea reporting in on the status of Allegra and Indigo's settling in. They’ve been here three months now and have really been the light that was missing in the house. I’ve tried to limit my travels so I can be there more for my new family. Hopefully, in time, I can take them with me places, but I feel they should become adjusted to our home before I whisk them off to other parts of the world.
Almost immediately, I noticed more smiles on Finn’s face so I could tell we were headed in the right direction. Finn doesn’t smile so easily without a good reason. She LOVES having another girl in the house. At first, she said she didn’t know how to relate to a girl going through puberty because she’d never been there herself, but a few days later she said it seemed she and Allegra were just going through the same things at different stages of life. She said she didn’t know if that made her just as naive as Allegra about the situations, but I told her it probably made her easier to talk to. I figure she can relate better having been there recently as opposed to a parent who hasn’t been there in decades. I hope I’m right, but really, I have no idea. That in itself is kind of terrifying, but I think we‘re all handling it okay so far.
Finn took her shopping for some clothes for the summer and to just to give them time together. I figure that once I find out a bit more about what clothing she prefers, I’ll make her a few pieces in my next line. Until then, I just ordered her a few track jerseys in colours she seems to buy a lot of. I go running every morning and I started to offer to let her go running with me only a few days after she’d arrived, but she didn’t take me up on the offer until just this past Tuesday. That’s when I knew it was time to write to you and tell you how well she had settled. It seemed like a milestone.
This message was edited 6/21/2010, 3:31 PM
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