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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By A Cogent My Adoptive Mom is My Mother
She patiently cleaned the chocolate ice cream off my shirt the first day we met, even as I vehemently asserted,…
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By Stephanie Whitehead The Light of Adoption
Light—it comes in many different forms. From the sun during the day and sometimes the moon at night. From a…
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By Samantha Koellhoffer The Gift of Open Adoption
Ever since we met our daughter, we have been taking pictures of her. She is so used to the camera…
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By Crystal Fulmer In Defense of the Adopted
As I sit here in the throes of writing a book, I realize I’m at a crossroads. The story that…
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I’m Giving My Daughter Space To Define Her Adoption
I cracked a joke, and as I walked from the table, I heard her mutter to her friends, “Good thing…
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By Sue Volikas The Adoption Community Breathes Hope Into the Hard Places
When we started our adoption journey, there were endless phone calls and paperwork between the home study agency, the adoption…
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When She Calls Me Mama
“I’m going to tell my mama!” I’m still amazed how this sentence, shouted in frustration at her brothers, can still…
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By Kimberly Keys Adoption Means Two Moms Love a Baby
There was a woman who found out she was expecting a baby. She was going to be a mom. There…
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By Maralee Bradley As an Adoptive Mom, the Super Bowl Ad Featuring US Paralympic Swimmer Jessica Long Left Me Speechless
For those of us who typically watch the Super Bowl just to enjoy the commercials, Toyota had an unexpected emotional…
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To the Waiting Adoptive Mother in the Middle of a Paper Pregnancy
Dear adoptive parent-to-be, Wherever you may be in your own unique adoption journey, I want to cheer you on and…
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By Jenni Conrady To the Hopeful Adoptive Mom: Your Wait Will Be Worth It
Dear waiting adoptive mom, Today was hard—I saw you. I saw as your eyes followed the baby through the room,…
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