For all the thousands of holiday travelers whose airline reservations get waylaid due to bad weather, the stakes could be no greater than it is for those whose adoption travel plans get complicated due to airline cancellations. Couples doing an open adoption typically...
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...
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...
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...
Waiting to adopt is like having a pregnancy with no due date and few fringe benefits (except that you and your spouse can still enjoy adult beverages now and then, perhaps?) Ask any prospective adoptive parent what the worst parts of the adoption process are and...
For placing parents, planning the hospital adoption experience is important. It's when it's most essential to be thinking for two-- for you and for your baby. (Not for your boyfriend or babydaddy. Not for the people who hope to adopt. Not for your crazy aunt who...
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...
There may be no crueler irony than when a baby meant for adoption is stillborn. It's a pre-birth tragedy for everyone involved. It's a tragedy for that unborn child-to-be, who was already so lovingly awaited by so many. For the birthparents who feel immense guilt on...
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...
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...
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