It's not often that nonprofit adoption agencies seek to advertise "great parents needed"... after all, there are a reported 100 prospective adoptive couples awaiting every ONE infant placed for adoption nowadays. But anybody can seek to adopt a baby, given the ease of...
Once upon a time the parents who didn't listen used to be a childless couple who really wanted to adopt (but wanted to do it their way.) They'd heard of a little adoption agency in San Antonio called Abrazo that was doing big things, so they signed up and came to the...
It's Abrazo's founder, Elizabeth, here to share some thoughts on lost adoption connections. I recently learned of one of my own lost adoption connections, without whom I would not have ever built my career in adoption. That's got me feeling some kind of way. Linda was...
It happened again-- somebody called this adoption agency known for ethical, fully open adoptions asking if we do "semi-adoption adoption." (Really? What was the last semi-open book you ever read and loved?) For years (32, to be exact) we've been working to educate the...
There are lots of different ways to be a good mom. There are good moms who parent, good moms who place, and good moms that adopt. Yet somehow, it seems a good mom rarely feels like that title belongs to her? Because whether they raise a child themselves or if they...
In the private agency adoption system in Texas, biological families have the option of voluntarily placing beloved children for open adoption through an agency like Abrazo, thus avoiding the possible trauma of state-managed child welfare proceedings and lengthy foster care stays.
If you've been hearing the name "Sasha Riley" lately, his recently-released recordings raise a very real question about whether adoption monsters are real? William "Sasha" Riley is an alleged military veteran, who claims to have been a German-born child named Manuel...
Not so long ago, "protecting adoptees from ICE" would have likely meant warm clothes and good boots. But not any more, sadly. And in America today, protecting adoptees from ICE applies whether a child was adopted in the USA or internationally. To avoid any hot button...
These are tough times for lots of folks, so the best adoption agency in Texas, Abrazo, put together a list of places to get free help in Texas, for anyone in need. Finding Free Help in Texas Start with calling 2-1-1 or looking up the 211texas website, through which...
Here's the thing: folks can't just call an adoption agency and order up a baby. Adoption is not a business and babies are not a product to be bought nor sold. Sadly, some people do call adoption agencies thinking it does work that way. They're the folks who think that...
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