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

As an educator and adoptive mom, I’m always searching for new literature for my library at home and my school library. I want to do my best to cr

5 Ways Adoption Has Made Our Lives Better Throughout the holiday season, people are considering what family means to them. For me personally, the f

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

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

It is as inevitable as the tides rolling in. It is as undeniable as the sunrise. One trip into the grocery store lets you know it. Despite back to

Can you even believe we’re at this point in the year already? Honestly, it feels to me like the first 6 months of the year drag on for twice as l

When considering adopting kids from foster care,  prospective parents are usually concerned about childproofing their home, completing the req

Building Walls  Sometimes we build walls and borders to keep things in, and sometimes we make those walls and borders to keep things out. As a

My husband brought up adoption on our third date. He wanted to ask how I felt about it because, after his battle with cancer, he was unlikely able

Imagine you are a child who’s been in a few different foster homes, and now you’re going to your adoptive home for the first time. Or i