International, Intercountry & Overseas Adoption Process & Cost

When you decide to adopt a child one of the first big decisions you will make is whether to adopt domestically or internationally. When I was initi

I’m sitting on a riverboat half-listening. It’s the umpteenth time we’ve taken this trip, but for my family, it’s our San Antonio pilgrimag

Dear Home In Turmoil, Please believe me when I say I understand your pain. I may not know your exact personal circumstances, but I do know that the

Many of us dream about the type of parent we want to be. I always thought I would adopt, but I didn’t always know I would have a transracial fami

Madonna’s recent adoption of four-year-old twin girls from Malawi has once again brought the issue of celebrity adoptions into the spotlight. As

In this day and age, it’s not always popular to say “It’s a God thing.” However, I truly believe it was. You see, I had thought about inter

There are some adoption topics that everyone has an opinion on, and many of those opinions are vastly different from one another. Naming an adopted

I remember the day like it was yesterday. Blue sky. Sunshine. Gentle breeze. Quiet neighborhood–except for a dog’s bark echoing in the dist

I always pictured motherhood as an instantaneous burst of complete and eternal love. Of course, I had heard of postpartum depression with birth mot

The day has arrived. The day you have been waiting months and months for, that you have dreamed about, and worked so hard for. You are going to mee

I am a transracial adoptive mother. My four-year-old son is black, I am white, and my husband is Asian. We have many differing shades of skin, colo

Take a look around your house–the kitchen where you gather each morning to eat breakfast, the living room where you crash into your favorite

Throughout my life, I have heard lies, fibs, and myths. I think back over the content that made up these non-truths, and I find a couple common thr

As a former adoption professional serving as Executive Director of Joint Council on International Children’s Services and as the former Program D

As of 2016, there were over 140 million orphans in the world. Many of these children, the world’s most vulnerable children, will never experien

As a transracial family, displaying art in our home which reflects our child and his or her birth culture is immensely important. We are a white co

A while back I wrote an article about some amazing advocacy work volunteers with Children’s House International: China were doing. Six months

“She had the most beautiful smile,” said Natalie Walsh about her 10-year-old daughter nicknamed Daisy. Daisy had a rough start in life. As

Re-adoption is primarily a concept associated with international adoption. When we did our international adoption, and I felt we had spent all we

I am my adopted child’s real mom. She has a birth mom who happens to be real, too. It’s OK. No worries! We’re both good with that fact. We ac