ADOPTION CENTER OF UPSTATE NEW YORK

My Life in Transition

Lisa D. Maynard, LMSW, ACSW, RYT

December 21, 2015

As the year comes to a close, I am excited to announce that after nearly 11 years of overseeing Hillside Children’s Center’s Adoption Services, I am changing direction. I am expanding my private pr...

Nearly 28 years ago on this day, I received a call that changed my life; I was about to become a Mom, a mother through adoption of a baby boy from South Korea. It was a surreal feeling. I hung up the phone and could not make a simple decision – should I go out the fro...

I am Italian. My family traditions included sauce on Sundays at midday, large gatherings for special occasions such as communions, confirmations, weddings, funerals and holidays. I grew up in a neighborhood with friends that were for the most part Italian, and with fam...