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...
When an adoption plan fails, regardless of which party walked away, it feels like a gut-punch to the heart. A failed adoption plan can be like a miscarriage. For days (or weeks or months) you've likely been preparing for what you thought (hoped) was going to be. The...
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...
Should adoptive parents be rewarded for adopting? Traditionally, this was the common consensus in American adoption. Adopters were historically seen as selfless, giving people who took in unwanted urchins and raised them as their own, out of the goodness of their...
When you adopt from Abrazo, you help save the children of Texas, one child at a time. Abrazo works with placing parents all across the state. Some make adoption plans during pregnancy. Others revisit the adoption option later, by planning for a child they can no...
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...
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