Adoption appropriation is rearing it’s ugly head again— but what does this mean, and why is it a problem? In short, appropriating adoption means falsely claiming adoption for some personal benefit. The problem is that such deception always runs counter to the actual...
For those who celebrate National Adoption Month each November, we salute you! Because child-centered adoption is truly worth celebrating. Yes, every adoption is borne of loss. Yet "forever families" that include everyone forever (so adoptees can always know and love...
When someone is desperate to adopt, they have usually been a long, hard path of infertility treatment and disappointment after disappointment already. Their longing for a child is painfully obvious, like the scent of workout wear that's gone too long between washings....
March is Social Work Month, so what better time to express our thanks to all the hardworking social workers who help make adoption a possible option for parents in need? This month, those of us who work at Abrazo can't help but think of all the extraordinary social...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
It was nearly 6 pm when the office door chime rang, and although it was already 'quitting time,' these days it seems there's no good time when adoption shouldn't happen. In our lobby stood a young person, modestly dressed, who spoke in broken English. (We'll use...
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