11 Inspirational Adoption Photos | National Photograph Month

"Leanna, Ruby, and me." - Melinda.

"My daughter waited 6 years for her baby brother to arrive. They've been best friends ever since!" - Heather

"My daughter enjoying time with her birth dad." - Terra

"My daughter's adoptive mom, me, our daughter, and my husband at my wedding."

Canoeing on Evergreen Lake with Brielle's birth mom, Kara, Brielle, Aria, and adoptive mom Corrine - Corrine

"Spending time at the park: my daughter's adoptive mom, our daughter, and me." - Alexandria

"My son's adoptive parents invited me to celebrate his one month birthday. They're family to me, but even though they're family, my heart breaks a little every time I hear someone else call him "theirs." Open adoption is complicated. I feel guilty for having good days and feeling like I made the right decision, and sometimes I break down at nights, wishing I could hold my baby boy. I love him terribly and they are wonderful parents to him, but the grief is real too." - Lisa

"As birth parents and adoptive parents, we all love our son." - Brianna

"As birth parents and adoptive parents, we all love our son." - Brianna

"The son I parent, my birth son, and me at my birth son's band show this past February." - Roanne