Lots of people have lots of different feelings about pregnancy, of course, but if there's one universal truth, it's likely this: a baby changes everything. People of faith are reminded, this time of year, about the Holy Birth, in which a pregnant and unmarried...
Reunion doesn’t cure all
As wonderful as adoption reunions can be, reunion doesn't cure all that's been broken in every lost relationship. It just can't. (It's easy to think otherwise, though, when you're caught up in the excitement of reuniting with someone who's been lost to you.) Many...
A Modern Adoption Story
Once upon a time, there was a reader who longed to hear a modern adoption story. Perhaps they were weary of the infertility journey and longed for assurance there was still another option? Or maybe she found herself facing an unwanted pregnancy in a state that limited...
For Adoptees Who Wonder
A school-age child who was adopted through Abrazo as a baby recently came back with his parents for a visit with our staff. He had one very important question for our director that his parents could not answer for him. Elizabeth was out of town that day, so the staff...
Questions Adoptees Ask Birthmothers
One thing that placing moms in open adoption sometimes worry about are the questions adoptees ask birthmothers in the future. "Kenzie" was attending community college when she had an appendix attack in class. Upon arriving at the hospital, she was stunned when the...
Reconstructing Adoption
Lately, the overturning of Roe v. Wade is bringing the subject of adoption up for debate. Social media backlash, however, rightfully questions whether America should actually be reconstructing adoption, or deconstructing it entirely? In Highland Park, IL a...
Postcard from Camp
Dear Grandma, I'm sending this postcard from Camp Abrazo to let you know how much fun we're all having. We got here Thursday, so I thought I'd write you a little postcard from camp. Camp Abrazo doesn't actually start until Friday (which is when we get our cool tshirts...
Thank you, Kathleen Silber
Let us all take the opportunity to join in saying "thank you, Kathleen Silber!" If you're new to the adoption community, you may be wondering who Kathleen Silber is, and why we are paying tribute to her? Here's the reason: for all the adoption practitioners who brag...
Don’t Want Your Kids?
To anyone out there who's wishing they weren't parenting, if you don't want your kids, we know plenty of folks who long to be a mom and dad. We were, frankly, appalled to read a Golf Monthly article entitled "1 in 50 Americans Would Put a Child Up For Adoption To Play...
Rescuing Kids
Abrazo has a sterling record of helping children and parents since 1994-- but we are not in the business of "rescuing kids." And we'll be the first to tell you that all too often, those who brag about rescuing kids are doing precious little to actually "save"...
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