For the adoptee who wonders what not being adopted might've been like, know this: it's normal. Many adoptees wonder how it would've been, to not have been adopted. After all, those with divorced parents wonder what having parents who stayed together would've been...
Can we talk about childrens rights in adoption, for a few minutes? Traditionally, childrens rights in adoption were considered something of an oxymoron. This was because having rights at all was thought to be an adult responsibility. Children were long considered the...
Adoption is a journey that can be filled with unexpected blessings. The adoption experience is one that most come to unexpectedly, after all. Sometimes, it's precipitated by an unexpected pregnancy, an unwanted infertility diagnosis, or the abrupt loss of both...
Dear Adoptee: permit us to offer a bit of insight about the birthparent you never knew. The truth is you've always known her/him/them, even if you've never met. Why? Because their cells live on in you. And you still know what her heartbeat sounded like from the...
This is Elizabeth, Abrazo's director, with some thoughts on sharenting, adoption, child exploitation ... these are my own opinions, and I'm thinking aloud here, so bear with me, y'all... Granted, this is hardly an uplifting or inspirational blog topic during National...
At Abrazo's recent orientation event, a question arose about lost connections and adoption ghosting. There's a common misconception that whenever open adoptions go closed, it's because the adoptive parents shut down access. The reality, however, is that successful...
"It's just a piece of paper," she told herself, as she sat in her hospital bed, contemplating the legal document that would change everything forever. Three days ago, she'd delivered the result of an unplanned pregnancy that happened nine months earlier. She'd been a...
One of the challenges of open adoption these days is maintaining real relationships in a digital age. Because of our agency's infertility requirement, Abrazo couples usually have undergone fertility treatment for years before adopting. Thus, Abrazo's adoptive parents...
Today's adoption finalization was a beautiful reminder of what open adoption means. Google "what open adoption means" and you'll find plenty of different explanations. What open adoption means in its simplest form is just that birthparents and adoptive parents have...
Today being the 18th anniversary of September 11, our topic of discussion at birthparent support group today was, naturally, disaster and resilience. After all, on September 11, 2001, three thousand people lost their lives in the terrorist attacks on American soil....
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