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Adoption the First Time Around

We adopted our daughter 8 mos. ago and expect to finalize soon, God willing. anyway, we ended up going through an agency after months of trying it on our own.We wanted the baby God had plan... [more]

Coincidence Makes the Perfect Family

We always wanted an open adoption, so in 1985, through an adoption agency, we met with a potential birth mother. She had been adopted, but instead of the clandestine way it happened (meet o... [more]

How We Became A Family

My husband Bill and I talked about our hopes of raising a family even while we were dating. I knew then, and made sure he knew, that it might be hard for me to get pregnant. I was told this... [more]

The Greatest Gift: The Story Continues

From a recent phone call to the director of the agency who helped place our son, I gained meaningful insights into the life of a very special person who was touched by adoption. It began wi... [more]

Adoption is Sharing for More Than One Family

Doug and I know first hand the heartaches of infertility, miscarriages, and premature births. We also know the complete joy and fulfillment that adoption brings. The following is a summary ... [more]

Our 68-Hour Pregnancy

It was a Tuesday afternoon at work like any other afternoon; the sun reached my office in the early afternoon so it was warm and bright and it relaxed me. I was feeling pretty good in gener... [more]

Telling David

We have four adopted children, currently 13, 10, 8 & 5. The youngest 5 year old (David) is a unique situation. We brought David into our home at the age of 2 1/2 from the county as fost... [more]

Connected by Our Hearts

It seemed like an ordinary day. I had some work to do in a nearby city and upon completion, decided to run into a department store to purchase a pair of shoes. Much to my surprise, that lit... [more]

My Adoption Story

Back in January, 2000, my husband and I decided that we wanted to start a family. We knew we couldn't have children, so we researched fertility treatments, in-vitro, you name it. Then my co... [more]

A Gift

I have eight children, six adopted. We have varying degrees of openness in our adoptions. Our birth parents range from severely mentally ill, to profoundly developmentally delayed. They are... [more]