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For Rainbow Families facing Painful Times

by Abrazo Admin | Jun 2, 2020 | Adoptee, Adoptive Parent, Uncategorized

This is a word of encouragement for rainbow families facing painful times. Rainbow families are those who adopt outside their race, and by some accounts, this describes 40% of all adoptions nowadays. Abrazo has been blessed to have been a part of countless transracial...

In Adoption Truth Matters

by Abrazo Admin | May 26, 2020 | Adoptee, Adoptive Parent, Uncategorized

People don’t always want to hear it, but in adoption truth matters. Yes, the truth may be awkward, or messy, or maddening or hurtful. Or it may be liberating, or illuminating. Either way: in adoption, truth matters. Just like teaching your child to brake when all they...

The Most Famous Birthmom You Never Knew

by Abrazo Admin | May 20, 2020 | Birth Parent, Uncategorized

Chances are Jane Roe (aka Norma Nelson McCorvey) is probably the most famous birthmom you never knew. You may be thinking the name Jane Roe sounds vaguely familiar? (Norma Nelson McCorvey, not so much.) But mention “Roe vs. Wade” and most Americans know...

The Problem with Adopt a Schemes

by Abrazo Admin | May 18, 2020 | Adoptee, Adoptive Parent, Birth Parent

Can we talk about the problem with Adopt A… schemes, please? We’re not trying to offend anyone, but any scheme that starts with the phrase “adopt a…” and doesn’t involve the permanent placement of a child in need is a problem with...

Long Time No See

by Abrazo Admin | May 12, 2020 | Adoptee, Adoptive Parent, Birth Parent

The woman who showed up in our lobby to talk about open adoption was someone we’d not seen in well over a decade, so “long time no see” was about the only greeting that seemed to fit, as we struggled to put a name to the face. “Do you remember...

For Rainbow Families facing Painful Times

In Adoption Truth Matters

The Most Famous Birthmom You Never Knew

The Problem with Adopt a Schemes

Long Time No See

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