Foster Care & Adoption - Becoming a parent for kids who need a home

Adoption.  It is complex and unique to each and every adoptive family, child, and biological family.  There are no two situations exactly alike,

For this article, I asked to interview my foster sister, Dawn, to tell her adoption story. Dawn is a 38-year-old African American woman who was ado

A picture says a thousand words and can change the course of a life when it comes to adoption. Thousands of children are waiting to be adopted acro

Making the decision to adopt is a big one. It is a loving and beautiful way to grow your family while creating an opportunity for a child who needs

If I believed in coincidence, I would say it was by pure coincidence that I am writing this post. Too bad I don’t believe in coincidence. However

Janey, age seven, was not raised in an orphanage, but her adopted brother was. Janey came from a loving, compassionate family who met all of her ea

The Department of Social Services says 2019 was a record year for adoptions in the state of South Carolina. Last year, 571 children were adopted w

Things were a lot different for me before I became a parent. I was selfish. I was reckless. While I considered the consequences of my actions, many

My heart was broken by the thought of so many children without loving homes, but I had no idea what to do about it. I was young and definitely not

After our son had been with us for about a year, we received a call about a little boy (we will call him “B” for this article) who needed a tem

The Gladney Center for Adoption has created a phenomenal podcast resource for those that support children, whether it’s adoptive parents, birth p

My name is Kandice, and I’m a 29-year-old African American adoptee. I have an identical twin sister named Katrice, and we both were adopted at th

There was only one piece of advice I was ever given when I learned I was about to be a mom.  I received this advice from a few different people, b

Jerod Bloemendaal is the star employee of the local ice rink in Jamestown, North Dakota. Praised by his employer, Junior Kautz, Jerod is described

Family tree projects can be the worst for a lot of kids. I get why they exist, and I definitely see the value in having a basic understanding of ho

If adoption were math, a key equation would be mother + father = baby. It takes both a mother and a father to biologically create a baby. Unfortuna