Today I want to highlight an organization that I think it doing wonderful things for adoption, The Heart Gallery of America. This organization works with local groups and photographers to take art-quality photos of children who are in foster care. They create a gallery of the photos to raise awareness about foster children who are [...]
I have written our adoption story many times, but it is always difficult to find the beginning. The story is intensely personal, yet not all that uncommon in the adoption world. Still, I find that many people assume that we came to adoption for very different reasons.
My husband and I are not infertile. In fact, [...]
Recently I found out a friend from high school is raising money for he and his wife to adopt a child. I was thrilled to hear they are going to adopt, and less than thrilled to hear they have to worry about the stress of the financial burden. Often couples or individuals are faced with [...]
My name is Bronwyn Schaefer Pope and my husband Dave and I have four children, two biological and two adopted. We were recently honored to be part of a fundraising campaign through our adoption agency, Children’s Home Society and Family Services of Minnesota. As part of the campaign they shot a video about [...]
I’ve told our adoption story verbally 100 times. When then I’m asked to write it down and put it into words; all I can do is stare blankly at the computer screen. Words that free fall off of my tongue are no longer found. The subject suddenly seems so enormous! It’s almost too big for [...]
This is Birthmother Cassi’s story – about how she chose adoption for her baby and the relationship she has with her child’s adoptive family today.
This beautiful story of Baby Moriah’s adoption doesn’t have many words, but you will clearly see the how special she is. This video was created by the adoptive parents to honor their daughter’s birthmother.
http://www.kristinjphotography.com/Slideshows/BringingHomeMoriah/
On Monday, May 23rd, at 5:11 pm, I was just getting Noah up from his nap. (He takes late, long naps). As he has become more and more likely to do, he asked me to get in bed with him and snuggle. (Can I just tell you how much I love this? He wasn’t a [...]
This month is National Adoption Month. In honor of the occasion, here’s a picture of a super-cute adoptive family.
Oh wait, that’s MY family! But we are pretty cute looking when we get all dressed up!
So in honor of National Adoption Month, please share your adoption story, or a picture of your family, or your connection [...]
This may be cheating a little, but I promise I got the author’s permission before posting! Here’s an excerpt of an adoption story from an adoptive dad’s point of view. This is from Dan Pearce’s blog, Single Dad Laughing.
My son, Noah, is quite possibly one of the brightest little lights to ever enter this world. [...]
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