Today I'm thrilled to share some thoughts from one of my sweet adoptive mamas, Meg. Nik and Meg have adopted twice now and have a full and busy home with their two boys. I love her thoughts on adoption, motherhood, and selflessness... In honor of Adoption Awareness Month, I wanted to share a few ...
In Their Own Words: The Truth About Our Hurt
Joslyn is a sweet friend. We were roommates for several years in college, traveled together in a band (not as glamorous as you might be imagining), and grew into adulthood side by side. If you know Joslyn, you know her huge heart for others, her contagious belly laugh, and her passion for life. She ...
Viral Adoption Situations (and what the real story is)
Our world has been impacted dramatically with the internet and particularly social media. Information, networking, and advice is literally at our fingertips and as close as our laptop or cell phone. Photo Credit The adoption world is ...
Dear Mamas in Waiting
I've talked to a handful of hopeful adoptive mamas this week already about the wait. It's hard and easily tests patience and faith. But I love the gift that the wait can be. There's no doubt that most hopeful adoptive mama's hardest space is the wait to be matched. Once the home study paperwork ...
The Truth About Birth Parents
Let's face it: there are a lot of myths surrounding adoption. Where the real need is in adoption, the costs of adoption,?what open adoption really looks like, what expectant parents are looking for in an adoptive family...the list goes on. But truly, some of the biggest myths about adoption is ...
Adoption Story: Evan and Theresa
Eleven months after starting their adoption journey. Eight months after their home study was ready. Six weeks after starting with Christian Adoption Consultants. This sweet little boy made a family of two a family of three. Today Theresa shares what those months, weeks, and days held for them as ...
Your ICPC Survival Guide
For many adoptive families today, they using a multi-agency approach and adopting outside of their home state. This means they travel out of state to take custody of their baby as part of their adoption journey. When this happens, families need to follow the Interstate Compact on the Placement of ...
Adoption Story: Josh & Autumn
So often we want to rush to the end of the story. The one with the happy ending with full hearts and full hands. But sometimes what God does in the midst of the wait is every bit as important as the outcome. ? Josh and Autumn found that to be true in their own story. The story began hearing they ...
