Abrazo Blog
Ready To Talk? Call anytime, day or night: 800-454-5683
Texas Adoption
A Texas adoption gives each adoptee not just roots and wings, but bragging rights, as well. They may grow up anywhere, but their bloodline runs deep in Texas. Each year, Abrazo adoptees, their birthparents and adoptive families gather at a Texas dude ranch for Camp...
Better Late Than Never
When it comes to open adoption, whether someone is making a placement plan or thinking of re-establishing lost contact, four words apply: better late than never! Adoption has typically been about timing (bad timing, that is.) Unplanned pregnancy usually is a crisis...
Make a Smart Adoption Decision
Imagine having a baby you weren't expecting and that you're not ready for, then consider this: how does a parent in a crisis make a smart adoption decision, when they're facing what feels like the worst situation in their life? Sometimes, she's a panicked teen about...
Why Adoption Still Matters
These days, it's not unusual for the public to question why adoption still matters. Or if it still matters, at all. After all, fewer bio-moms now consider placing babies for adoption than ever before. (Which means that hopeful adoptive couples nationwide are waiting...
Adoption Gone Wrong
There's much about adoption that can be good, but an adoption gone wrong is, perhaps, a sin for which there can never be a proper penance. That painful truth came to mind today, as news broke of South Korea's Truth & Reconcilation Commission reporting massive and...
A Drive-By Home Study
Paying to get a home study for a Texas adoption? You deserve way more personal attention and a more in-depth report than a drive-by home study can produce. (There, we said it. This may tick off some "professionals" out there, but hey... sorry not sorry.) So What's a...
When You Know
Almost 23 years ago, a young married couple with infertility traveled to Texas to attend Abrazo's orientation weekend. They were feeling all the feels, no doubt. Excited, nervous, hopeful, doubtful, reserved (well, he was) and bubbly (she surely was.) Their names were...
The American Adoption Race
One of the most competitive challenges in this country these days is the American adoption race. Want to understand why adopting has become such a marathon? We got you... a short adoption history lesson may be helpful. The First Lap of the American Adoption Race A...
The Cost of a Broken Adoption Promise
One celebrity divorce in the news lately has us thinking of the cost of a broken adoption promise. It's one which-- sadly-- became a tragedy. Hugh Jackman and his wife, Deborra-Lee Furness, are Australian celebrities known intentionally. Their very public divorce is...
Birthright Citizenship
Just after a controversial speech in Washington, D.C., Abrazo is already fielding questions about how threats to end birthright citizenship may impact adoption. So let's unpack this together, shall we? What is birthright citizenship, anyway? The United States...
Ready To Talk? Call anytime, day or night: 800-454-5683
Want To Know More?
3123 NW Loop 410, San Antonio, TX 78230 | 800-454-5683 | Email Us