If you are just beginning the domestic adoption process, one of the first things you will hear about is your home study. For a lot of families, this can feel a little intimidating at first. Someone is coming into your home, asking questions, reviewing paperwork, and helping determine whether you are ...
How To Choose The Right Adoption Consultant For Your Family
After working in the adoption field for 9 years, I want to share some helpful questions and practical tips to guide those early conversations as you begin exploring adoption. And yes, I know I’m biased. I work for Christian Adoption Consultants. But CAC has been around the longest, and our team has ...
Will We Feel Like Just Another Number? 5 Things to Look For in an Adoption Consultant
It’s a question I know many families carry when they begin exploring adoption: “Will we feel like just another number?” And honestly… I understand why. By the time you’re looking into adoption, it’s something you’ve prayed about, wrestled through, and thought deeply about. There’s a lot of hope ...
The Wait Is Never Wasted
Are you waiting on an answer from God about when/if to begin the adoption process? Are you knee deep in paperwork and home study interviews and you feel like it's never going to end? Are you in the very middle of the journey and it feels like an expectant mother is never going to choose your family? ...
A Letter To The Hopeful Adoptive Family
Dear Hopeful Adoptive Family, I can't imagine everything you must be thinking and feeling right now. And I'm so very sorry your loss. I wish there were perfect words I could formulate into existence that would erase your pain, but I'm not na?ve in this arena. I've walked with other families through ...
Adopting Again? Here’s 7 Questions To Ask First
If you’re here, chances are you’ve already walked through the beauty and complexity of adoption once, and you might be wondering if it’s time to do it again. Maybe you feel that tug on your heart to grow your family. Maybe you’re sensing God stirring something new. Or maybe you’re just curious, ...
Adoption Story: Jeff + Shari
I had the pleasure of walking Jeff and Shari through the adoption process! After 5 months of being active with agencies, they got a call they had been chosen to be the parents of a one-month-old baby boy. In less than 24 hours, they were holding their little one in their arms! Shari and Jeff, it was ...
Adoption Story: Brittany + Michael
I had the immense JOY of walking with this sweet family on the journey that led them to their beautiful baby girl! The adoption process is no easy feat, and their unshakeable faith and hope-filled perspective inspired me throughout the twists and turns that are often synonymous with adoption. ...
