For all its power to transform lives, adoption isn't easy. Maybe it seemed easier years ago, because it wasn't done in the open. For a long time, adoption was not discussed in "polite society" at all. Adoption was something done in secret, whether one was "giving up a...
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 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 can often be traumatized by Child Protective Services' involvement. (Texas lawyers can answer basic...
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...
All parents are born, of course-- but only some get to become chosen parents through open adoption at Abrazo. Getting 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...
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...
Have you ever noticed whose voice is typically missing in most adoption plans? It's the adoptees 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...
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...
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...
It's September 11, the nation's anniversary of that tragedy in New York that forever changed the landscape there and broke so many hearts all across the globe Children lost parents, parents lost children, and "never forget" became a worldwide rallying cry. Most...
3123 NW Loop 410, San Antonio, TX 78230 | 800-454-5683 | Email Us
24-Hour Birthparent HelpLine
for New Placing Parents/Medical Emergencies
Placing parents calling from Texas or surrounding states:
800-454-5683
Placing parents calling from outside Texas, please call collect:
210-342-LOVE (5683)
Placing parents text:
210-860-5683
Mailing address:
3123 Northwest Loop 410
San Antonio, TX 78230