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Adopting November 19, 2023

According to Adoption and Beyond, Michael Dukakis recognized Adoption Awareness Week when he was the governor of Massachusetts in 1976. In...

Adopting November 15, 2023

I inwardly groaned as the electronic voice let me know that I had eight new messages on my cellphone. It had been a brutal week. I dragged...

Adopting November 12, 2023

Sleep, baby, sleep, or so the poem goes. Chances are if you are a parent, the simplicity and ease of the poem can be frustrating to say the...

Adopting November 07, 2023

In our family, we are so blessed and thankful for adoption. That doesn’t mean we don’t recognize the loss that inevitably comes with...

Adopting November 06, 2023

If you have been touched by the gift of adoption, you probably know that November is National Adoption Month. National Adoption Month is...

Adopting October 03, 2023

Before I was a mom, I was one of those obnoxious, smug people who assumed I had all the answers. I had a fancy degree, had read hundreds of...

Adopting October 01, 2023

I felt completely unprepared to be a new foster mom to three children all at once. I am far enough removed from this particular event that...

Adopting September 22, 2023

Whenever your family decides to do anything big, it is ideal to have a realm of supportive family members surrounding you as you embark on...

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Adopting September 16, 2023

I think all parents (biological, foster care, and/or adoptive), at some point in their parenting journey, feel jolts of regret: regret at...

Adopting September 09, 2023

Once upon a time, I would have laughed at the title of this article. I would have told you that it would never happen in my home. But the...