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Adoption Blog
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Placing My Baby For Adoption Has Given Him Twice The Love
Seeing the love his new family has for him is overwhelming.
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Read This Adoptive Mother’s Withering Response After Being Told She’s Not A “Real Mom”
When a woman on Facebook told her she wasn’t a “real mom” because she didn’t give birth to her son, this mom wasn’t afraid to share her thoughts.
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5 Biggest Mistakes Waiting Adoptive Parents Make At The Start Of The Year–And How To Avoid Them
How do you turn the page and increase your chances of making 2022 your year to adopt?
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8 Things You Can Do Differently To Find A Birthmother Match This Year
If your efforts to find an adoption match last year didn’t work, it’s time to try something new.
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The Day We Met Our Newborn Daughter Through Adoption
This felt like the scariest thing we had ever done. We had no idea what to expect. We boarded the plane not even knowing where we were going to sleep that night.
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I’m Not Pregnant, But I’m Expecting
As a waiting adoptive parent who is preparing for her baby’s arrival, I too am an expectant mom.
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How Being An Adoptee Influenced My Decision To Adopt In A Positive Way
Growing up, my favourite bedtime story was my adoption story—I knew that I was adopted before I even understood what “being adopted” meant.
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How We Wrote Our Adoption Profile Letter
I was trying to be open to the endless possibilities of what a family created through adoption could look like and not let my fear stop me.
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Never Give Up: Adoption Advice from a Canadian Gay Man Who Fought the Government…And Won
This was a journey of tenacity and dogged-determination.