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How to Bust an Adoption Scammer
"How to Bust an Adoption Scammer" is not a course they teach in grad school. (But if you're going into social work to work in adoption, it probably should be.) Adoption scams can be perpetuated by anyone with an ulterior motive and a lack of ethics. And scams aren't...
The People Who Choose Open Adoption
There's something extra special about the people who choose open adoption. We're not just talking about the folks who stumble into it not knowing any better. Nor those who use it simply as a means to an end, to get what they want. We're talking about the people who...
Giving Up a Baby for Adoption
When you're thinking of giving up a baby for adoption or placing a child for adoption, it's hard to know what to expect. Pregnancy is such a noticeable condition, yet adoption is such a private decision. It can feel very lonely, especially if you're doing it all by...
At Long Last
This is a story that can only be shared today-- at long last. Any adoption agency is only as good as the clients it serves, and thus, we carry a heavy weight when hearts are broken. It happens here when planned placements don't happen. Yet it also happens when they...
Unwanted Kids
Adoption agencies are fond of saying "there's no such thing as unwanted kids." (We've probably said it, too, somewhere along the way.) The sad truth, though, is that it's not really true. The world is full of unwanted kids. (They're just not healthy newborns anymore.)...
When the Truth Comes Out
It matters, when the truth comes out. As the Senate hearings about impeachment rage on in Washington, it's easy to think that truth is somehow negotiable. But in adoption, when the truth comes out matters. (It matters a lot.) Everyone who adopts at Abrazo signs an...
I Have a Dream….
In one of the most famous speeches every heard in America, a pastor and father of four said "I have a dream... I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of...
Things Birthmoms Don’t Say
A while back, we were talking in birthparent support group about the things birthmoms don't say. Abrazo's birthparent support group is made up of parents who have placed children for adoption anywhere, not just through our agency. Our weekly meetings draw birthmothers...
Adoption in the Rearview Mirror
As they traveled home from Texas on Christmas Eve this year, one Abrazo couple smiled at the tiny answer to their prayers for adoption in the rearview mirror. Excited as they were to get home, though, they'd found leaving San Antonio to be far harder than they might...
Support Your Adoption Agency
If you're wondering how you can best support your adoption agency this holiday season, here are some ideas. This may not be relevant if you support one of those mega-agencies with million dollar endowments, of course. But for smaller nonprofits like Abrazo, the best...
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