I remember the first time I met with Cary and Crystal. We were sitting across from each other in a Panera and they were excited about starting their adoption journey. Just like other hopeful adoptive parents, they had their share of fears about adoption along with their excitement. Will we ever be ...
Not Your Typical Baby Shower: How to Prepare & Celebrate Well in Adoption
As with the birth of any child, there is much to celebrate in adoption! Any time a baby joins a family, we should celebrate new life and rally around the new parents with our support and excitement. Getting ready to welcome a child often comes with a lot of anticipation and joy as you prepare your ...
Adoption in Uncertain Times
There's no avoiding we're living in uncertain times. With the outbreak of COVID-19, our daily lives have all been personally impacted in a way I don't think any of us were anticipating just two weeks ago. Our metropolitan area is currently under stay at home orders for thirty days and our schools ...
Adoption Story: John + Lindsey
Sometimes adoption is a long road. And sometimes adoption can be more of a whirlwind. That was the case with John and Lindsey who started the adoption process in July and by Christmas had their daughter in their arms. Although it was quick, it wasn't easy. I'm thankful that Lindsey so openly shares ...
Adoption Story: Jon & Kathy
I remember when I first talked to Kathy. It was evident within minutes the huge heart she and Jon have for their family and for children. They were in the midst of finalizing their adoption of three children: making them a family of ten! But Kathy had a sense that their family was not complete. And ...
Adoption Story: Matthew + Heidi
How do you sum up how you became a family? How do you share the amazing ways God moved Heaven and Earth to accomplish His purposes? How do you begin to put words to the years of prayers and paperwork and plans to add a child to your home? When Heidi called me around this time last year, she was ...
A Love Letter To My Real Son
In 2016 one of our former CAC families, Natalie, shared a beautiful love letter she wrote to her son. Loren and Natalie had a crazy adoption journey. Heartbreak, infertility, loss, surprise pregnancy, and an unexpected move to a new state all in a matter of months. And then God asked them to step ...
Silence On The Other Side
When an adoptive family begins their journey, one of the things they struggle with is what kind of openness relationship they want to share with a birth family. And very often, after researching open adoption and hearing from other adoptive families and adoptees, they surprise themselves and decide ...
