By Kimberly Keys 4 Things Not to Say to a Family after a Failed Adoption
We were fortunate when we adopted our first child. Just months after we completed our home study, our sweet baby…
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By Her View From Home I Love a Child in ‘Generation O’
Did you know October is National Opioid-Exposed Children Awareness Month? I didn’t know it existed until last year. No mom…
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By Sara Easterly A Plea to Adoptive Parents, From an Adoptee
Dear Adoptive Parent, When you publicly share my story on social media and tell strangers private details about my adoption…
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By Emaline Ashe Open Adoption Shaped Our Family
Becoming a parent seemed impossible for my husband and me. After many years of trying to have a child, and…
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The Silent Pain of Unexplained Infertility
Twenty-five years ago, my husband and I were young, healthy, and ready to have several children. Life had different plans…
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By Lauren Barrett We’re Waiting To Adopt, and Sometimes I Fear We’ll be Waiting Forever
July 2021: I wasn’t pregnant. I stood in the apartment in New York City about to crumble in the tiny,…
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By Tara Fisher Dukart She Gave Life To My Dream of Motherhood
Adoption was not my first choice. I imagine it wasn't hers either. It wasn’t until the path of her choices…
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Navigating Life as a Birth Mother
As I walked into my son’s elementary school holding bags of treats for his class, another mother passed by and…
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Adoptive Parents-To-Be Deserve to Be Celebrated Too
My husband and I are on a very exciting journey—we are in the process of adopting our first child! Wow,…
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By Christena Estby I Loved You Before I Knew You and I’ll Love You Forever
My dear sweet boys, I loved you before I knew you. I just didn’t know how long the wait would…
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I Adopted Your Babies Today
I adopted your babies today. We’re smiling in the pictures, but I also feel the pain deep inside your heart.…
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At Long Last, Emily
The summer following my eighth-grade graduation, I discovered a stone wall across from the intersection of Forest Row and Franklin…
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