“Do you know your real family?” At every family Christmas gathering, one of Karla’s cousins would ask her, “Where is your real family? Are they going to send you presents?”…
You may have reasons to have considered “giving up my baby.” We HATE the phrase, “give up my baby.” Giving up sounds like defeat. Giving up a baby sounds like…
 "We had never had a birth mother want to talk to us before," Monica said. "That is the most stressful conversation ever. How do you prepare for it? I'm in…
Hope was overwhelming when our home study was done. The profile book was completed. And we were active. How would we find our baby? We were with a consultant and…
“Adoption is the best for my baby, but the father said he won’t sign adoption papers.” This situation is not an anomaly. There are many reasons for birth fathers to…
"We get to bring him home forever?" The three-year-old kept asking. She was delighted with the prospect of bringing a baby brother home "forever." Eight months earlier, the young girl…
Zoey* was on edge. She stared out the window, subconsciously shaking her head. The pregnant woman had gone through dozens of adoptive family profiles. Finally, she had found a couple…