Tough choices but finally, family
A mother writes about how a cross-country move in the middle of their adoption proceedings almost disrupted their plans.
Family story
Be perfect? No, just be loving and kind
A mother who was adopted as a baby reflects on raising six children she and her husband adopted from foster care.
“Having each other made life easier for our children—and for us”
Ryan and Christopher knew they wanted to be parents, and that adoption was how it would happen. What they didn’t realize was that over the course of five months, they would become fathers to four siblings—and that was only the beginning!
Finding Cora
In this guest post, a mother writes about finding her daughter on AdoptUSKids: “The process that I thought would be quick took more than four years, but if I had been matched sooner, I wouldn’t have been matched with Cora.”
Finding normal
A young woman reflects on her adoption after eight foster placements: “I realized that they really loved me, that they weren’t going to give up on me.”
“My kids’ bio parents are like our extended family”
A single father talks about why he ensures that the children he adopted stay connected to their birth families.