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A New Beginning
She had come to Abrazo in search of a new beginning. Not yet thirty, she already felt old. She'd dropped out of school and left home during her first pregnancy, but had lost that child to the State. She dulled the pain with street drugs and went on looking for love in...
When CPS Takes a Child
When CPS takes a child from a parent, it feels like someone just dropkicked their heart clear out of their chest. No matter how it happened, parent/s and child are both often traumatized by the experience. (Texas lawyers can answer basic procedural questions about...
The Year That Was
It's that season when that our adoption agency welcomes stacks of annual reports, and yes, we do indeed read every single one... but this year, we are reading them astounded at the year that was. This time last year, your annual reports were filled with joyous tales...
Chosen Parents
All parents are born, of course-- but only some get to become chosen parents at Abrazo. Being chosen parents here usually takes 6-12 months or less for childless couples. (For couples who already have kids, the wait is generally twelve months or more.) They've...
Thankful… for Adoption?
Are you thankful for adoption? As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, in the midst of National Adoption Awareness Month, the best answer to that question is unique to the heart of whomever gets asked it. For many people, adoption remains the broken road by which they...
The Adoptee’s Voice
Have you ever noticed whose voice is typically missing in most adoption plans? It's the adoptee's voice. Adoption professionals do a lot of talking, whether for the purpose of educating clients or providing guidance. Adopting parents are given ample opportunities to...
Pregnant in Texas
When you're pregnant in Texas, it's not just like everywhere else. For starters, if you're pregnant in Texas, you've got more ob-gyns (and adoption agencies) to choose from here than in anywhere else in the nation. Whether you're in San Antonio, Dallas, Fort Worth,...
When an Adoption Plan Fails
When an adoption plan fails, regardless of which party walked away, it feels like a gut-punch to the heart. For days (or weeks or months) you've likely been preparing for what you thought (hoped) was going to be. The long wait was going to end. You were finally going...
How Adoption Works at Abrazo
Wondering how adoption works? There are lots of different kinds of adoptions, There are domestic adoptions and international adoptions, private agency adoptions and attorney adoptions and public (state) adoptions. But if you're interested in how adoption works at...
Adoption Makes Family
The day that adoption makes family possible becomes an anniversary that gets forever defined by that family's bond over the years. Successful adoption stories make adoption anniversaries worth celebrating, and that is surely the goal behind every placement that's done...
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