adoption

Adoption proves that sometimes, you can choose your family; all about the process before, during and after adoption.

Puppy Love
My wife and I have been together for thirteen years. In that thirteen years, she is the one who is constantly telling me "do not bring that dog home..."
By Catherine MacKenzie4 years ago in Families
To My Mothers, With Gratitude
To Judith, the woman that adopted and raised me, to the woman that taught me everything, to the woman that took in her neighbor's granddaughter as soon as she ended up in foster care, these are the words I’ve never had the chance to say to you.
By Jenna Capron4 years ago in Families
5 Celebrities Who Became Parents by Adoption (Photos)
Children come in different ways. Some people become parents by birth, some people become parents by adoption. Either way, a child is a blessing and it is a blessing that a lot of people seek for.
By Jide Okonjo4 years ago in Families
THE GOOD - THE BAD - THE UGLY
My Journey of Discovery continued, seemingly at a snail’s pace! After discovering my sister’s adopted family name, it still took at least another six months for me to make any headway. I had posted part of the family story on a genealogy board in the town where we had been born. I was also using a genealogy site and had been for years now. I had a binder FULL of handwritten notes and letters and searches by “experts” and still nothing!
By Linda Gorsuch4 years ago in Families
THE GOOD - THE BAD - THE UGLY
The next few parts to this story have been edited from four articles originally written for the newspaper of a small Washington town where I lived. MANY years had passed and now, after my unrelenting years of detective work, tears and frustruation, things had actually paid off!
By Linda Gorsuch4 years ago in Families
10 Things I Learned from Having an Infant
I always saw the babies on television and thought that they were so cute, and don’t get me wrong, babies are cute. However, they are a lot of work too. Therefore, I decided to write a couple of tips down that might have helped me along if I had to do it all over again.
By Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue4 years ago in Families
Who am I? Part 3
The day had finally arrived. I had already been married for 6 years and we had our own apartment. I was going to meet my birthmother for the first time with no interruptions and no shame. I saw her limo pull up in the parking lot and then heard her walking up the stairs. This was it! I was going to open that door and see her, finally! I opened the door, and there she was. We fell into each others arms. How strange her skin felt like mine, I recognized her scent. I found that so very weird, but it was real somehow.
By Sue Julie4 years ago in Families
Who Am I? Part 2
I was told I was adopted when I was 8 years old. I was told that information was a secret and not to tell others, leaving me feeling isolated and different from everyone else, including my own family. When I was finally out of school and working in my own office and getting my own mail no one else could see, I started my search for my roots. Nine years later after much research and many disappointments I finally was about to give up and made a deal with our maker. I said to him "I'm done, maybe I should have never started this, it's almost my birthday, one more week, if I hear nothing from all the calls and letters I've sent out there in the world by my birthday I will take that as a sign to just stop".
By Sue Julie4 years ago in Families
Who Am I?
I had just turned 8 years old. Just a week before, I was excited because my parents told me I could get that puppy I always wanted. And to boot, I was also getting my ears pierced! I was so lucky I thought myself. One day around that time, my mother sat me down in our lovely azalea filled backyard and she had me all dressed up in a dainty dress she had bought for me. I was always nicely dressed as matter of fact. She began telling me about my birth. She explained I didn't come from her belly, but instead I was a "chosen baby". She told me how they went in a special room with many babies and they chose me! But at the end of that conversation I was instructed I could never tell anyone that information. I thought to myself, "if I am so special and chosen, why is that a secret?"
By Sue Julie4 years ago in Families
Generational curses we broke
Hair day, this means take them braids out and bring the comb! Seeing the look on LP's face said...this isn't my favorite part..
By Reddie4 years ago in Families
The Hurt Behind The Smile
The picture at the top of this story is a bit blurred on purpose. Initially I sought to change it but, I realized that sometimes our lives may seem blurred. You see things that don’t make sense and your mind just can‘t focus upon them. So many things in our daughter’s life seem to be just a bit unfocused. In the midst of those times there was always love.
By Dale Austin 4 years ago in Families
Adoption
I don't hear many stories coming from a child who is adopted so ill like to share mine. I was 6 when I was taken into the Foster System and yet I could remember how my life was before then. A sudden change can affect a lot in your mind and in your memories. I'll say one of my worries is losing those memories of who I was before I was adopted, memories with my biological mother.
By Elijah 4 years ago in Families