Most people are still surprisingly unaware of how adoption has changed over the years. It used to be that American adoptions were kept secret. Folks whispered about "girls in trouble" who went away to a maternity home to hide being "pregnant out of wedlock" and to...
Dear Adoption Scammer, you apparently forgot that you'd met us before, when you came to talk with us this month about giving up a baby you're not really going to deliver in March? You didn't seem to recognize us, even though we already knew it was you. Yet the moment...
At least half of the birthparents whom Abrazo serves have opted for placing while parenting. If you're not sure what that means, you're not alone, because most people still assume that birthparents who place are young teenagers who couldn't possibly raise a child on...
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...
As wonderful as adoption reunions can be, reunion doesn't cure all that's been broken in every lost relationship. It just can't. (It's easy to think otherwise, though, when you're caught up in the excitement of reuniting with someone who's been lost to you.) Many...
Once upon a time, there was a reader who longed to hear a modern adoption story. Perhaps they were weary of the infertility journey and longed for assurance there was still another option? Or maybe she found herself facing an unwanted pregnancy in a state that limited...
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...
The world is full of lost girls, but truly, she shouldn’t have been one of them... ? The Girl Who Loved Sunflowers She was bright and beautiful, with a mom and stepdad who always loved her, even though they didn’t stay together. She didn’t enjoy school particularly,...
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...
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