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Have you ever heard the saying “You don’t know what you don’t know?” Over the last several years, it has become very apparent to me the sig

Crisis Mode  Here I am in a situation I thought I would never be in. I didn’t plan my life this way. I do not know what to do. I don’t kno

My New Year’s Resolutions for the Adoption Community “I’m usually emotional during the week leading up to the new year. I’m thinking ahead

While there are many reasons why adoption is so important, many people feel as if they aren’t quite ready to adopt or place their child for adopt

Open adoptions can be beautiful and wonderful in so many ways. They allow the birth family to maintain a relationship with their biological child w

6 Ways to Support a Birth Mother 1. Accept the Loss as a Loss There is this passage in The Girls Who Went Away, by Ann Fessler, where the mother de

Heartbreak and Healing in the Adoption Journey As I walked into the metropolitan hospital that had been my home away from home for years, I often f

“Wow. She is not your average birth mother!” This was my immediate thought as I saw Lorri Antosz Benson speak at the adoption conference, Talk

I used to dream of finding a baby on my doorstep. I had the silly notion that if I found a baby it would be mine. It happened in the movies all the

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