Adoption
Adoption: Love in your adopted family is not fragile
Adoption is not a lesser kind of love. It is deliberate, hard-won, and deeply resilient. Here is a grounded, hope-filled reflection for any parent building family through adoption.
What adoption shows us about chosen family
Adoption is one path many families take to love and belonging. Here is what it can teach all of us about building chosen family with care, clarity, and lifelong commitment.
12 lessons adoption teaches families about love
Adoption does not just build a family. It expands your definition of love in ways you can feel every day, from the words you choose to the rituals you create.
Why adoption anniversaries matter more than you think
Marking the day your family legally or practically came together can be more than a sweet tradition. Done thoughtfully, an adoption anniversary can build identity, strengthen attachment and honor every person in your child’s story.
How adoption reshapes every part of family life
Adoption does not just add a child to your home, it rebuilds your family’s story, routines, and relationships. Here is what changes, why it is normal, and how to navigate it with care, clarity, and support.
9 supportive rituals that make adoption feel celebrated
Your family’s story deserves to be honored. Simple, repeatable rituals help you mark milestones, nurture connection and keep your child’s identity at the center.
Chicago man reunites with long-lost mother after adoption and helps keep her bakery alive
“It’s the most joyful story and time in my life,” Lindsey told ABC News. “In my senior years, all of this has come together.”
To everyone facing infertility this Christmas: I know the ache of ‘not this year’
As another holiday season comes and goes, I know how easy it is to begin to wonder if you're ever going to be called mom.
I didn’t make my son, but I’m in awe that I get to call him mine
On the flip side, as an adoptive mama, I feel the sentiment of looking at my child in complete awe.
Adoptive parents: How to level up in 2024
Search for birth parent voices to better understand and honor your child’s origins.
15 Children’s books to help kids understand adoption
A mulberry bird, a fox, even a baby fruit bat... all characters who were adopted and learn that families come in all colors, shapes, and sizes.
What I wish I knew before adopting
2. Adjusting to our new normal takes time
Reframing Mother’s Day: How an open adoption changed my views on motherhood
I know I am the most fortunate person in the fact that I gained a daughter and a co-mother, and they are both amazing people that I love.
This family’s viral adoption story proves ‘families don’t have to match’
Just when this couple had given up, adoption became an option.
This is birth: An adoption journey
An adoption journey: Watch this husband and wife finally become parents after…
Police officer adopts child he met on duty
Lieutenant Brian Zach begs families to consider adoption: it's "well worth it."
To all the parents waiting to adopt—don’t lose hope
With dwindling faith and lots of fear we boarded the plane to Armenia and arrived very late in a foreign land. That night we prayed on the three stars, went to sleep, and hoped that with the morning light our wish would come true.
Adoption is complicated—and the Myka Stauffer controversy proves it
It was a feel good story. Until it turned into a cautionary tale.
These parents flying home with their adopted baby got a surprise in-flight baby shower
"She's just been adopted by her parents Caren and Dustin, and is making her way home," Bobby told the entire plane, which promptly erupted into cheers.