How to Adopt a Stepchild - For Adopting Stepparent

Why acknowledging the hard parts of adoption is important. We were sitting in our living room when we decided to adopt. I was on the couch,...

Adoption is such an amazing blessing, especially in my life. I chose adoption for my birth son at three months pregnant. I was 19 and had...

The October trees popped with red and gold and rich brown leaves, reminding us that the annual change of season was in full swing in...

We quickly learned that humility is an essential component in all adoptions. Anytime we chose pride, fear, or entitlement, we found...

I look back on the last year of my life and am in awe at how I have been blessed. I added two families to my own and have an abundance of...

There were several instances where my adoption story changed my understanding of what love is.  Adoption is defined in the dictionary as...

Choosing to adopt a child and becoming part of the adoption community will change your life forever. The adoption process is a roller...

To a birth mom Dear Fellow Birth Mama, I’m coming to you in hopes that my words will give you hope. Maybe I’m hoping I’ll...

Sure. I could say all the normal platitudes about placing a child for adoption. You know, “you can always have more children,” or...

6 Ways to Support a Birth Mother 1. Accept the Loss as a Loss There is this passage in The Girls Who Went Away, by Ann Fessler, where the...