Adoption Blog

This guest post is by Barb, a waiting adoptive parent. Next month marks two years since my husband and I have been officially waiting for an adoption match. We did a lot of research about open adoption and finding a match before we started the process but I don’t think anything could have fully prepared us for what was to come. We have experienced highs and lows and through it all, we have learned some valuable lessons about what it

This guest post is by Barb, a waiting adoptive mother. The adoption journey can be a roller coaster ride. It has its ups and downs, good times and bad. It’s important to surround yourself with people who support you and encourage you. Too often, though, even well-meaning people will say the wrong things. Sometimes, if you don’t know what to say, it’s better not to say anything. My husband and I have been waiting to adopt for more than a

This guest post is by Andrea Nagle, an adoptive mother.  In October of 2014, after waiting a year-and-a-half, my husband and I adopted our beautiful little girl Olivia. Her birthparents picked us the night we met them. They were young, hip kids and individual thinkers. They said they liked that our adoption profile was interesting and had personality. I had included things like our musical tastes which seemed to be a bit of a selling point for them as they liked

This guest post is by Kristin Vredevoogd, an adoptive mother and author. Many movies and television shows misrepresent adoption and portray couples who easily say, “Let’s adopt,” and it’s smooth sailing from there.  Adoption is filled with many opposing emotions on every side of the adoption triad.  There is joy and sorrow, loss and gain, and grief and fulfillment.  Adoption is something that can be difficult to relate to unless you have personal experience.  While adoption contains a positive end

This guest post is by Barb, a waiting adoptive mother. My husband and I have been officially waiting to adopt for 1 1/2 years but that’s just on paper. In our hearts, we’ve been waiting for much longer. It’s not an easy journey and when all the paperwork is done and there is nowhere left to register, all one can do is wait. Wait for that phone call or email saying that you’ve been chosen. It’s the moment I dream about

If you’re pregnant and asking yourself “should I give my baby up for adoption?”, you’re not alone. Every year, women from all walks of life from all across the country, ask themselves the very same question. Most women who create an adoption plan do it because they’re unable or not ready to parent and want the best for their baby. And yet even though placing a baby for adoption is an act of love  (note, like others in the adoption community, we use this