http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/topics/meredith_gales/index.rss en-en 2012 Creative Media Group SL. All Rights Reserved. Sun, 28 Aug 2011 22:00:00 GMT Last year, Meredith Gales successfully adopted a girl from a West African country, a process that she wrote about for our website. Here she explains what life has been like for her new family

]]> http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/articles/diary-of-an-adoption%3A-sense-of-belonging http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/articles/diary-of-an-adoption%3A-sense-of-belonging Sun, 28 Aug 2011 22:00:00 GMT There's a birthday to celebrate in this month's adoption column

]]> http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/articles/diary-of-an-adoption%3A-paper-and-presents http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/articles/diary-of-an-adoption%3A-paper-and-presents Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:21:13 GMT Last year, Meredith Gales successfully adopted a girl from a West African country, a process that she wrote about for our website. Here she explains what life has been like for her new family

]]> http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/articles/diary-of-an-adoption http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/articles/diary-of-an-adoption Mon, 30 May 2011 11:28:00 GMT Our adoption blogger takes a break while she waits on some papers

]]> http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/blogs/diary-of-an-adoption/signing-out-for-the-moment http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/blogs/diary-of-an-adoption/signing-out-for-the-moment Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:51:00 GMT Our adoption blogger talks about the difficulties and uncertainty of getting a visa for her daughter

]]> http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/blogs/diary-of-an-adoption/the-long-and-winding-road http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/blogs/diary-of-an-adoption/the-long-and-winding-road Tue, 25 May 2010 08:00:59 GMT The next step in Meredith Gales's journey to adopting her daughter is arranging with someone on the ground to get key paperwork sorted out

]]> http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/blogs/diary-of-an-adoption/whats-next http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/blogs/diary-of-an-adoption/whats-next Mon, 17 May 2010 08:45:00 GMT Meredith Gales says that sometimes telling the truth is better than saying what they want to hear in her ongoing process of international adoption

]]> http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/blogs/diary-of-an-adoption/foreign-affairs http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/blogs/diary-of-an-adoption/foreign-affairs Tue, 04 May 2010 08:23:17 GMT Meredith Gales reports on moving along in her international adoption process, and believing a crucial milestone had been passed

]]> http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/blogs/diary-of-an-adoption/the-end-of-the-line http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/blogs/diary-of-an-adoption/the-end-of-the-line Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:14:20 GMT Our adoption blogger describes the experience of getting a home fit for two

]]> http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/blogs/diary-of-an-adoption/studying-your-home http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/blogs/diary-of-an-adoption/studying-your-home Mon, 05 Apr 2010 08:49:46 GMT Meredith Gales contemplates the importance of finding out as much as possible about the background of your potential adopted child

]]> http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/blogs/diary-of-an-adoption/adoption-blog-12 http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/blogs/diary-of-an-adoption/adoption-blog-12 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:30:09 GMT Meredith Gales broaches the issue of people's reactions to her "selfless" decision to go through with an international adoption

]]> http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/blogs/diary-of-an-adoption/the-big-ask http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/blogs/diary-of-an-adoption/the-big-ask Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:54:00 GMT Our blogger describes the importance of being prepared when embarking on an international adoption

]]> http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/blogs/diary-of-an-adoption/rules-are-there-to-be-bent http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/blogs/diary-of-an-adoption/rules-are-there-to-be-bent Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:25:00 GMT Our blogger Meredith Gales describes the emotional ups and downs of adopting a child from abroad

]]> http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/blogs/diary-of-an-adoption/heartbroken http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/blogs/diary-of-an-adoption/heartbroken Mon, 15 Feb 2010 07:00:00 GMT Our blogger Meredith Gales details how adoption agencies here work

]]> http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/blogs/diary-of-an-adoption/adoption-agencies-in-catalunya http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/blogs/diary-of-an-adoption/adoption-agencies-in-catalunya Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:58:37 GMT