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Recipe For A Successful Adoption
No one can deny that love is one of the most important ingredients for a successful adoption. However, that alone doesn’t guarantee the process will go smoothly. Feelings aside, what exactly does it take to ensure your adoption goes well? Follow this recipe to increase your chances of having a good...
Moving From Infertility To Adoption
When I was a child, I dreamed of becoming a mother someday. My sister and I would often play with our baby dolls—feeding them, dressing them, and rocking them to sleep. I wondered what my future child would be like. Would she resemble me? Would she enjoy the same activities? Never in my thoughts did...
On Mother’s Day, Without Being a Mother
Every May, the store shelves are filled with greeting cards, potted flowers, and heart-shaped jewelry. The holiday that so many relish in is also the holiday that many women dread: Mother’s Day.
Mother’s Day is simply one of the hardest times of year for those who are considering or waiting to adop...
The Key To Creating A Great Adoption Profile
Adoption Profile, Adoption Letter, Dear Birthmother Letter, Adoption Brochure . . . these are all terms currently in use within the adoption community for the “letter” or “booklet” that prospective adoptive parent(s) (AP) are required to create. The adoption professional (attorney, agency, facilitat...
November Is National Adoption Month
November is National Adoption Month!
And everyone touched by adoption is welcome to join Adopting in the celebration.
Here's how:
1) Follow us on Instagram.
2) Share your adoption story on your Instagram page. Tell us how adoption has changed (or will change) your life. So we can find you, be sure...
Celebrating National Adoption Month
As most of you know, November is National Adoption Month. It’s the time each year when adoption organizations across the country celebrate with special events, programs, and activities to help raise awareness of adoption. For me, it has another special meaning: November is the month we were matched...
Faith And The Adoption Journey
Faith is a gift.
I remember sitting in religion class as a Catholic school student and being taught that statement.
I also remember being confused by it. Wasn’t faith a choice? If it is a gift — does that mean not everyone gets it? Shouldn’t God give it to everyone?
Lots of questions ran through my...
Staying Positive During the Wait to Adopt
Making the decision to adopt a child may seem like the easy part when compared to the often long, unpredictable wait inherent in adoption. Many questions will likely fill your mind, sometimes casting doubt and bringing you down. However, you can turn these fears and concerns around by practicing a l...
Don’t Hate The Wait. Learn From It
Adopting.com families, I congratulate you for having the heart to begin the adoption journey. One of my friends acknowledged, “Everything about adoption is hard, except loving the child.” I agree, and I think you are in the hardest part of the whole experience: the mysterious, incalculable WAIT. But...
In Their Own Words: Healing From A Lost Adoption Connection
In my book, The Eye of Adoption, I write about my first lost connection:
I turned my thoughts toward the birthparents and the chosen adoptive parents. I took the gifts [I’d purchased for the birthmother] to the [adoption agency] and asked the office coordinator to give them to the birthmother. She s...
What Does Adoption Mean to You?
Adoption means: “to take by choice into a relationship,” according to Webster’s Dictionary. These seem like simple words for such a complex concept. The truth is that adoption is so much more than just choosing to do so. It’s a powerful, life-changing event for everyone involved. Let’s take a look a...
Finding the “Promise of Spring” Along Your Adoption Journey
I find that every year about this time I am over winter. I feel cooped up, ready to get out and spread my wings, weighed down by heavy clothes and the comfort foods of winter, tired of dark colors and trees with no leaves. This winter in particular has seemed to go on forever with never-ending snow...