To be asked to be a guest at the birth is both an honor and a responsibility. To be asked to be present when an adoption plan is pending is even more monumental. It can be controversial, to be sure. Whether you are a birthfamily member, a prospective adoptive parents...
A birthmother's visit to Abrazo's office two days before Christmas got us thinking: what if Mary had placed? A Modern Day Madonna There's this birthmother we know and love. She's beautiful. She's funny. And she'd be the first to tell you, her life is a hot mess....
In open adoption, the beauty of birthsiblings is that adoptees can gain the home they most need without losing the sibling connections they're likely to most treasure, over time. At Abrazo, the majority of the children who get adopted here are blest to have...
Moving a child from one family to another means we witness a lot of painful partings, but because Abrazo does open adoption, the day of relinquishment and placement is not, typically, the saddest goodbye. When birthparents legally commit to the surrender of their...
"HELPME. How can I adopt out my kids?" was the question that came in by text. The agency's on-call employee left her own sons' basketball game and stepped into the gymnasium hallways to gather her thoughts. "Hi there, what's got you thinking about adoption?" she typed...
It's normal to wonder how open adoption works, if you've never been a part of one. It's been said that a picture's worth a thousand words. So take a long look at the family photo* that's posted above. It's not a stock photo. These people are for real. What you can see...
She posted a request on Facebook for advice on how to choose adoptive parents for a baby, so this is for her and for every other parent-to-be who is considering the adoption option. Any inquiry like that draws dozens (if not hundreds) of responses) nowadays. There are...
Whether you've placed, adopted or you're thinking of either option, you're likely to have to deal with adoption opposition at some point or another. Sometimes, you know who's most likely to have problems with it (and why.) It may be one of your judgemental relatives,...
Can we talk about adoption marketing and baby trafficking? Because both are on the rise in America, and that should be of concern to us all. As one frustrated stranger shared online: "I've been asking about different adoption consultants because I just lost (six...
There's a beautiful, haunting song in the award-winning Broadway show Hamilton, in which the widow of the former treasurer secretary ponders who tells your story, and how and why? Remembering her late husband Alexander Hamilton after his fatal duel, the character...
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