2. Jodie: Adopting within the UK

About this episode

Shaosheen chats with Jodie about her experience adopting her son Charlie in the UK during COVID.

In today's episode, Shaosheen chats to Jodie who adopted her son Charlie within the UK. Jodie shares the beautiful story of how she, her husband and Charlie all became a family and navigated the adoption process through COVID.

People in this episode

Host: Shaosheen Jewel-Quirk

Guest: Jodie

Topics covered

• adoption
• family
• COVID
• relationships
• personal stories

Keywords

• adoption
• UK
• family
• COVID
• personal story

Mentioned in this episode

Places: UK

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