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Siblings Separated By Adoption

One of the great things about open adoption is you can tailor-make an adoption plan to fit each birth and adoptive family’s situation. This is especially helpful when a birthmother has children she is currently parenting at the time of placement or has plans for future children and wants those child...

Questions To Ask Yourself If You Are Considering Adoption For Your Baby

If you are considering placing your child for adoption, you will likely have a great many questions that you need answered. Here are a few answers to some commonly asked questions about choosing adoption for you and your baby:What is adoption? Adoption is a legal process in which you terminate your...

How I Stay Positive During A Crisis

We are in the middle of an international pandemic – the stock market is down, finances are uncertain, anyone can get seriously ill, the hospitals are not well stocked, the courts are not in session, and there is panic everywhere. The question that haunts me, as a hopeful adoptive single mother is, w...

How We Explained Surrogacy & Adoption To Our Kindergartener

In life, there are many things people want that they don't have. For children like our sweet six-year-old Olivia, wanting is even more challenging to comprehend. What she wants is not an object or a special outing. She wants a sibling, or what she calls a “little Sissy”. This wanting is not shared b...

Breastfeeding My Adopted Baby

When my husband and I decided we were ready for kids, I knew from the beginning I would want to breastfeed. I was a breastfed baby, and I had always heard about the health benefits. I had talked about it with my mom and made up my mind I wanted to do this for my baby one day. I struggled with fertil...

Adopting Single: Feeling the Fear, Pursuing the Dream

It’s been almost two years since I started to think seriously about adopting. It’s something I always thought that I would do, but put off over fears of such a big expense. I filed it away as something I would do in the future, when I felt more financially secure. Two years ago, back when my plan wa...

Adopting During COVID-19: An Interview with Adoption Attorney Faith Getz Rousso

Perhaps no one understands staying optimistic during times of uncertainty quite like adoptive parents. So even during these unprecedented times, it isn’t surprising to learn that so many are still moving forward with their plans to adopt. COVID-19 has impacted almost every aspect of our daily lives....

3 Powerful Ways to Own Your Adoption Journey

Have you ever heard the saying “Life is a journey”? The important thing about that statement is that it’s not just a beginning and an end – life is the journey. It’s all the stuff that happens in the messy middle. Well, the same thing is true of your adoption journey. You have made the choice (or yo...

How Compassion Can Help Improve Your Adoption Journey

Everybody makes mistakes. Everyone fails sometimes. No one is perfect. But what if I said that everybody is always doing the best that they can? This is a concept that was first introduced to me by Brené Brown, PhD in her book Rising Strong, and it kind of blew my mind. It helped that Brené wa...

What You Should Know Before Trying To Adopt

Thinking of adopting a child? It isn't going to be easy. But those who have gone through the adoption process know it’s totally worth it, in spite of all the obstacles that stand in your way. For those who have not yet started the process, however, it is important to be as educated and prepared as p...

How to Know If Adoption Is Right For You As a Single Parent

You’ve always wanted children, yet you haven’t found your soulmate or anyone you would want to have children with. Or, you have no interest in partnering but want to become a parent. There is good news for people in your position. Adoption by single parents is legal in all 50 states and has become...

Single, Pregnant, And Choosing To Place My Baby For Adoption

I don’t think I’ve ever written anything this important since I was in high school. So starting this out, I may sound a little rusty. However, I am just going to have a conversation with you about adoption and tell you how I became involved. When I was in high school I found myself pregnant and I...