Every adoption story is different, and every adoptive child joins his or her family at a different age. Some adopt their children at birth or sho
It’s easy to define “adopt” if all you do is look up what it means in the dictionary. In fact, the Dictionary.com definition of “adopt” i
What is the adopt meaning? For most, it is the quintessential definition of unconditional love, especially for the two mothers involved. One mother
A wave of nausea rolls through my body. I’m a little lightheaded and dizzy. It’s about that time of the month, but is it going happen? Even tho
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 adoption, b
Coercion and ethics are important topics in domestic infant adoption. I recently came across a Canadian website with a “coercion checklist”
National Adoption Awareness Month has been celebrated monthly since 1995 when President Bill Clinton expanded the National Adoption Awareness Week,
When we first decided we wanted to adopt and met with our adoption agency and they told us that they only have open adoptions, I was mad. I knew
For families involved in adoption search and reunion—whether it be a birth parent searching for a birth child or an adoptee searching for birth f
Before I attempt to answer this question, I’d like to briefly explain what a birth mother goes through. A birth mother deals with intense feeli
It had been a long time coming. Years, decades, to give you an idea. A move across the world, a job quit, a six-month visa and a single, one-way pl
One would be hard-pressed to find adoptive parents who said their worldview did not change completely from their adoption journey. Adoption changes
“We love our birth mom!” This is a statement I have heard and seen posted countless times by well-meaning prospective parents. The excitement o
I sat at the piano, working my way through a difficult song when the thought hit me like a lightning bolt: I should search my daughter’s birth mo
I don’t know if this is true for all potential and new foster parents, but I was extremely nervous about how I would interact with my foster chil
Adoption reunion stories often have sweet endings, but this story comes with a cherry on top. Colorado resident, Martin Schmidt, officiated the mar