How to Adopt a Stepchild - For Adopting Stepparent

In May of 2010, we had just signed on with our second adoption agency. Our profile had been showing for a little less than two weeks when our phone

As a writer for my own personal blog, I post frequently about adoption. Recently, I’ve come to the realization that many people, even those that

Doug and Deanne Walker have 19 children, 10 of whom are adopted.  These loving parents have been up and down and all around adoption, and seem

This time of year always gets to be a little more than other times. The daughter we thought would be ours is turning two. When we officially starte

Doug and Deanne Walker have 19 children, 10 of whom are adopted. These loving parents have been up and down and all around adoption, and seem to me

For this article, I had the amazing pleasure of interviewing Jessica Butler, who is the creator and editor of the blog Raise Magazine. Jessica is b

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

I felt the familiar coil building in my stomach. “Wow….” I thought. “They really have it together! I should get it together…I should do m

Every state has different laws, rules, and requirements when it comes to adoption—from who is eligible to be adopted to who is eligible to adopt�

According to the United States Census Bureau, in 2010 an estimated 4.3 million children or 4.7 percent of children under 18 years of age lived in a