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Growing Up in a Motel
Many children have grown up on the Eloise books-- but the hard truth is that growing up in a motel, as the invisible homeless, is typically far less glamorous. Visit the extended stay motels in any urban community and you're bound to find children who are growing up...
Saving Babies
At Abrazo, we're all for saving babies. We're proud to have joined countless birthparents and adoptive parents in saving many since 1994. Over the years, we've seen and heard a lot. We've been privvy to many stories, and just as many miracles. We've gotten called into...
An Adoption Dispute
An adoption dispute is brewing in Minnesota, but to all those ready to try the case online: hold your fire. It's easy to take sides, but the whole truth isn't known yet. (Clearly.) This case reportedly involves a Minnesota mother who claims to have only learned of her...
When Your Child’s Birthparent is An Addict
When your child's birthparent is an addict or the child you're adopting is drug-exposed during pregnancy, your adoption journey may follow a map that will look more colorful than most. That doesn't mean it's better nor worse. It just means it's different than it would...
A Guiding Star
If tonight's sky is darker yet the moon seems brighter, it might be because heaven has gained a guiding star. The Abrazo community knew him as “Grandpa Bruce.” He wasn’t really everybody’s grandfather, of course. But he was “grandpa” to the adoptive family who brought...
Adopting Is Hard
Adopting is hard... As anyone who's adopted can tell you, there's a mountain of paperwork that's required. Applications, income tax returns, floor plans. Photos of the applicants and their home. Reference letters. Proof of infertility status. Employment references....
A Child Needs You
Dear Stable Person with Love to Share: a child needs you. You may (or may not) have considered foster care or adoption before. “I don’t know if this is for us,” you may be saying. After all, your lives are secure, your relationships feel solid, and your home life is...
Adoption Means Change
If there were ever three words that say it all, it would be these: adoption means change. We were reminded of that this month, as our staff took on the mighty task of moving our agency from the high-rise where we'd been for 26 years to a free-standing office building...
Don’t Call it Adoption if it Isn’t
Once more, for those in the back: don’t call it adoption if it isn’t. (Please. Just. Don’t..) Here’s why we’re putting this out there... Adoption is a sacred vow, a tender transfer and a legal commitment that’s meant to last. It’s not “just an arrangement” or a...
When Sad Things Happen to Nice People
A stillborn baby this week reminds us of life's mysteries, like when sad things happen to nice people. The prospective birthcouple were nice people, who'd already faced great hardship in life and meant to do something good for their unborn baby. The hopeful adoptive...
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